The Network Connections window fails to open after the system has been idle for some time

This issue occurs occasionally after the system wakes from sleep. The Network Connections window fails to open, and more importantly, the system is unable to reconnect to the internet. At first I thought it was vpn issue, as I have that running. Though for the purpose of testing, disabling didn't help. The only effective workaround so far is to restart the laptop. it starts working fine, even coming in and out of sleep, it works.

I have seen this happen with usb Ethernet Adapter and Wifi

I’ve included a brief clip illustrating the problem in action. I'm trying to figure out what might be causing this issue

The next time it happens, rather than first restarting would you check if signing out and back in brings it back. Then you can restart if it doesn't.