Key Takeaway (TL;DR): Three dominant v2rayN failures and their instant solutions: 1. Port 10808 collision: Change local listen port to 20808 or kill rogue PIDs via PowerShell; 2. System time drift: When Windows clock drifts by >90 seconds, TLS handshakes fail silently—run
w32tm /resyncto fix; 3. Core crashes: Corrupt JSON configs or outdated cores, update Xray-core via the Check Update menu.
1. Resolving Port Collisions
Detect port conflicts with Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 10808 and adjust internal listening ports in Preferences.