nmcli the WiFi network could not be found

this one fixed the issue for me - https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/519620/407616
add this

[device]
wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no

to /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
then run

sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager

then you can connect to the ssid by

sudo nmcli dev wifi connect "SSID" password "wifipassword"