macOS 15 Sequoia firewall breaks network connection

macOS 15 Sequoia was launched on September 16, 2024 and includes some breaking changes to their firewall feature. According to TechCrunch and The Register many apps are experiencing issues with apps that use networking. Apple has released a patch (15.0.1) for macOS Sequoia which fixes some of these issues, but some customers still report problems related to network disconnects.

Recommendation from Synergy: 

• At this time we recommend that customers wait for Apple to address the remaining the bugs in the macOS Sequoia firewall.
• If you are on macOS 14 Sonoma, we reccomend that you delay upgrading to macOS 15 Sequoia
• If you have already on macOS 15 Sequoia then please try updating your system to 15.0.1 or higher