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      overlordchex @bavcon22
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      @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
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        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
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          @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
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            @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
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              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
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                @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
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                  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
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                    @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
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                      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
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                          @jasongreb Works like a charm, thank you!

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

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

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                                    liudger @jasongreb
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                                    @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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                                        Ethereal @jasongreb
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                                        @jasongreb you the man!

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                                          sometechguy @yaw
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                                          @yaw sounds like a bug to me. I'm seeing the same thing on CE 2.7.0

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                                            Ethereal @sometechguy
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                                            @sometechguy check out the solution posted by @jasongreb on 6th of April 2023. It worked for me.

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