I see it happening on my system as well, and it seems (from last time I looked at it briefly) like it was the timestamp for last use being in the past or something, causing the label do display "Never", for a wired connection currently in use.
Same applies to a currently-used wifi connection: mine currently displays "4 minutes ago", even though it is currently connected.
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I see it happening on my system as well, and it seems (from last time I looked at it briefly) like it was the timestamp for last use being in the past or something, causing the label do display "Never", for a wired connection currently in use.
Same applies to a currently-used wifi connection: mine currently displays "4 minutes ago", even though it is currently connected.