Connection

Automatic connection exists only after Enable automatic networking. Before that choice, pause and resume are not how you start.

Pause and resume

The window shows Pause and Resume. The menu bar shows Pause networking and Resume networking. Pause stops automatic reconnection and keeps that choice the next time ContainerMesh opens, including an open-at-login launch. Resume connects again once the prerequisites are ready.

Sample of the ContainerMesh menu with Pause networking, connection checks, logs, and Quit.

The menu bar

The menu shows the connection state, then:

Open ContainerMesh
Settings
Open setup, while Setup still applies
Pause networking or Resume networking
Connection checks
View logs
Quit ContainerMesh

Closing the window does not quit. The menu-bar icon keeps the app available. Quit disconnects for this session. The saved choice is still what the next launch follows: a paused app stays paused, and an app you left connected connects again.

After an interruption

Once you have opted in, ContainerMesh connects at launch. If Docker or a prerequisite drops, it tries again while the saved choice is still to stay connected. It uses the saved configuration, not an unfinished edit in Settings.