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      mfld LAYER 8
      last edited by mfld

      Went nuclear after nothing worked.

      mkdir /root/backup && cp -r /usr/local/etc/pfSense/pkg/repos /root/backup/ && rm -rf /usr/local/etc/pfSense/pkg/repos && pfSense-upgrade -c -d
      

      Resolved it on that instance.

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        overlordchex @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10

        I'm having this same issue as I mistakenly acquired a new token thinking I would need one after changing out the OS Drive. the system automatically activates itself with the old token and then drops the SSL certs after about a week. the registration option is grayed out so I have no means of fixing it

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          bavcon22
          last edited by rcoleman-netgate

          This post is like I posted in, look at link below: https://forum.netgate.com/post/1097286

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            overlordchex @bavcon22
            last edited by

            @bavcon22 , not quite. mine is automatically registered for PFsense+ and will install the PFsense+ upgrade after being reinstalled from disk, but after about a week it loses access to the PFsense+ package repo until I reinstall the entire thing again. additionally, because it thinks it's registered already it wont let me input a new activation key.

            Thank you though!

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              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              What error are you actually seeing when this happens?

              If you send me your NDI in chat I can check it.

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                mfld LAYER 8 @overlordchex
                last edited by mfld

                @overlordchex

                Try this

                mkdir /root/backup && cp -r /usr/local/etc/pfSense/pkg/repos /root/backup/ && rm -rf /usr/local/etc/pfSense/pkg/repos && pfSense-upgrade -c -d
                
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                  overlordchex @mfld
                  last edited by

                  @mfld

                  @stephenw10 was able to help me resolve it but i'm pretty sure this would have fixed it also.
                  Many thanks!

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                    jasongreb
                    last edited by

                    I am having this same issue. I'm building out a new pfSense setup, started on CE and installed a few packages. Applied my Plus configuration and upgraded to 23.01. Now I can no longer see any available packages. It's is resolving, but the certificate is apparently not being passed as I'm getting a 400 Bad Request error. Has this been resolved yet? Is there something I should be doing differently?

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                      overlordchex @jasongreb
                      last edited by rcoleman-netgate

                      @jasongreb

                      try the above post from @mfld or the instructions on this page. https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14137

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                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Yup try the instructions on that bug report first, resave the update repo path. If you just upgraded that's probably the cause.

                        Steve

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                          t41k2m3 @stephenw10
                          last edited by

                          @stephenw10 said in Package List Empty:

                          What device do you have? If you send me your NDI in chat I can check it.
                          Experiencing same issue, will send NDI via chat as well if you could please help and check. Thank you.

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                            jasongreb
                            last edited by

                            Hey everyone, this was fixed for me by going to System / Update / Update Settings and clicking the Save button without making any changes. Once I did that, the package list came up (I may have forced a refresh too).

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                              really2002 @jasongreb
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                              @jasongreb it works!!!!

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                                level4 @jasongreb
                                last edited by

                                @jasongreb Works like a charm, thank you!

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                                  eschwitter @jasongreb
                                  last edited by

                                  @jasongreb
                                  This also fixed it for me! Thank you!

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                                    McMacaron
                                    last edited by

                                    Hello guys,

                                    Nothing helped. But in the end, I went to Diagnostics-Backup & Restore and at the bottom is Reinstall all packages. Suddenly everything started to work properly.

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                                      sgorbach @jasongreb
                                      last edited by

                                      @jasongreb Same over here in 4 different installs on different customers plus my homelab, went from pfsense CE to pfsense Plus a few days ago, empty "Avaliable packages" list, tried other options (at least the ones that didn't seem too drastic) but this one is the one that worked. Thanks!

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                                        y2raza @jasongreb
                                        last edited by

                                        @jasongreb Thank you sir. This was the simplest solution and worked like a charm

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                                          liudger @jasongreb
                                          last edited by

                                          @jasongreb said in Package List Empty:

                                          Hey everyone, this was fixed for me by going to System / Update / Update Settings and clicking the Save button without making any changes. Once I did that, the package list came up (I may have forced a refresh too).

                                          Thanks it worked running pfsense 23.05. I think this should be fixed?

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                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                            last edited by

                                            It should be fixed in 23.05. If you were running a 23.05 dev/beta/rc snapshot it's possible you got stuck on an older version on pfSense-upgrade that still had this bug.

                                            Steve

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