# USB re-connect fails from container

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**Category:** balenaOS\
**Created:** [September 25, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/usb-re-connect-fails-from-container/363284 "2022-09-25T20:54:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/usb-re-connect-fails-from-container/363284/2 "2022-09-28T20:20:28Z")

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At first glance this looks all correct. Does the [`lsusb`](https://command-not-found.com/lsusb) command show you a change in the USB devices after hot-plugging your USB stick?

**If** lsusb can show the hot-plugged USB device, then the actual reconnection works fine.  
**In that case** the problem might lie with the library you are using to monitor USB devices - maybe similar to the issue I’m having with libudev for monitoring devices: [libudev cannot monitor udev events inside container](https://forums.balena.io/t/libudev-cannot-monitor-udev-events-inside-container/363638)

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