No updates for 23.01-RELEASE (amd64) and no packages available

[SteveITS]

@Zak-McKracken Some suggestions here…

https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/15097
“Currently users can workaround this problem by going to System --> Update --> Update Settings, clicking save without making any changes, and the symlink will be regenerated.”

https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13724#note-3 (was in the troubleshooting doc I believe)

[Zak McKracken]

@SteveITS said in No updates for 23.01-RELEASE (amd64) and no packages available:

https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/15097

I tried that, but that's only for cases where the symlink itself is missing. In my case it's still there, but file it's pointing to is missing.

[Zak McKracken]

Ok, I've cobbled together a pfSense-repo-stable.conf file:

[23.01-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.mydomain.local]/root: cat /usr/local/etc/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-stable.conf
FreeBSD: { enabled: no }

pfSense-core: {
  url: "pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-core",
  mirror_type: "srv",
  signature_type: "fingerprints",
  fingerprints: "/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg",
  enabled: yes
}

pfSense: {
  url: "pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_01",
  mirror_type: "srv",
  signature_type: "fingerprints",
  fingerprints: "/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg",
  enabled: yes
}

With that in place, updating the packages does something:

[23.01-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.delien.local]/root: pkg-static clean -ay
pkg-static: Repository pfSense-core missing. 'pkg update' required
pkg-static: No package database installed.  Nothing to do!
[23.01-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.delien.local]/root: pkg-static install -fy pkg pfSense-repo pfSense-upgrade
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: 100%    163 B   0.2kB/s    00:01    
Fetching packagesite.pkg: 100%    2 KiB   2.3kB/s    00:01    
Processing entries: 100%
pfSense-core repository update completed. 15 packages processed.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: 100%    163 B   0.2kB/s    00:01    
Fetching packagesite.pkg: 100%  153 KiB 156.7kB/s    00:01    
Processing entries: 100%
pfSense repository update completed. 537 packages processed.
All repositories are up to date.
The following 3 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

Installed packages to be DOWNGRADED:
	pfSense-upgrade: 1.0_66 -> 1.0_62 [pfSense]
	pkg: 1.19.1_1 -> 1.18.4_5 [pfSense]

Installed packages to be REINSTALLED:
	pfSense-repo-23.01 [pfSense]

Number of packages to be reinstalled: 1
Number of packages to be downgraded: 2

9 MiB to be downloaded.
[1/3] Fetching pfSense-repo-23.01.pkg: 100%    6 KiB   6.0kB/s    00:01    
[2/3] Fetching pkg-1.18.4_5.pkg: 100%    9 MiB   4.8MB/s    00:02    
[3/3] Fetching pfSense-upgrade-1.0_62.pkg: 100%   22 KiB  22.6kB/s    00:01    
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
[1/3] Reinstalling pfSense-repo-23.01...
[1/3] Extracting pfSense-repo-23.01: 100%
cat: /usr/local/etc/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-stable.abi: No such file or directory
cat: /usr/local/etc/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-stable.altabi: No such file or directory
[2/3] Downgrading pkg from 1.19.1_1 to 1.18.4_5...
[2/3] Extracting pkg-1.18.4_5: 100%
[3/3] Downgrading pfSense-upgrade from 1.0_66 to 1.0_62...
[3/3] Extracting pfSense-upgrade-1.0_62: 100%
You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf if it is no longer needed.

I don't understand the downgrading, but at least it seems to be download packages. Unfortunately, still there are no branches showing in System Update and Update Settings.

What's noticeable, and may or may not be important, is that System Update shows the follow Message:
Your device has not been registered for pfSense+. Please purchase a pfSense+ subscription to receive future updates. Netgate store
When re-entering the key, it seems to be accepted, but the message remains.

[stephenw10]

Try running:
pkg-static -d update
pfSense-repoc

If it was able to see the 23.05 dynamic repo tree at any time it will have pulled that in and it's currently pointing at the dynamic repo location.

If that fails you can try resetting that symlink to the old repo location
/usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo.conf

That will then re-pull the files required to reach 23.05 and higher.

Steve

[Zak McKracken]

I threw away my cobbled together pfSense-repo-stable.conf, as it seemed to be not the only missing file. The whole /usr/local/etc/pfSense/pkg/repos directory was empty, except for my cobbled pfSense-repo-stable.conf file. Running pfSense-upgrade -c -d, hoping that would recreate and populate it, failed unfortunately:

[23.01-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.mydomain.local]/root: rm -rf /usr/local/etc/pfSense/pkg/repos
[23.01-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.mydomain.local]/root: pfSense-upgrade -c -d
cp: /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pfSense.conf: No such file or directory
Your device has not been registered for pfSense+. Please purchase a pfSense+ subscription to receive future updates. <a href="https://shop.netgate.com/products/pfsense-software-subscription" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Netgate store</a>
ERROR: It was not possible to determine pkg remote version
ERROR: It was not possible to determine pkg remote version
>>> Updating repositories metadata... 
pkg-static: Unable to open '/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos//pfSense.conf':No such file or directory
No active remote repositories configured.
ERROR: It was not possible to determine pfSense remote version
ERROR: It was not possible to determine pfSense-base remote version
ERROR: It was not possible to determine pfSense-kernel-pfSense remote version
Your system is up to date

@stephenw10 said in No updates for 23.01-RELEASE (amd64) and no packages available:

Try running:
pkg-static -d update
pfSense-repoc

pkg-static -d update failed in a similar fashion as above, but the second one is where it gets interesting:

[23.01-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.delien.local]/root: pfSense-repoc
ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/sbin/pfSense-repoc: Undefined symbol "__libc_start1@FBSD_1.7"

I'm running a bog-standard pfsense(+), with only a NUT plugin. I used to have pfBlockerNG installed, but removed that because I thought it was dragging down performance. (It did not, but I didn't reinstall it because the Available Packages list was empty. It didn't think too much of it that time.)
Neither did I add any 3rd party repositories, or install any software I built myself.

If it was able to see the 23.05 dynamic repo tree at any time it will have pulled that in and it's currently pointing at the dynamic repo location.

If that fails you can try resetting that symlink to the old repo location
/usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo.conf

That old file still exists, and I have symlinked it. Running pkg-static -d update does something:

[23.01-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.mydomain.local]/root: pkg-static -d update
DBG(1)[97734]> pkg initialized
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
DBG(1)[97734]> PkgRepo: verifying update for pfSense-core
DBG(1)[97734]> Pkgrepo, begin update of '/var/db/pkg/repo-pfSense-core.sqlite'
DBG(1)[97734]> Request to fetch pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-core/meta.conf
DBG(1)[97734]> opening libfetch fetcher
DBG(1)[97734]> Fetch > libfetch: connecting
DBG(1)[97734]> Fetch: fetching from: https://pkg00-atx.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-core/meta.conf with opts "i"
DBG(1)[97734]> Fetch: fetcher chosen: https
DBG(1)[97734]> Request to fetch pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-core/packagesite.pkg
DBG(1)[97734]> opening libfetch fetcher
DBG(1)[97734]> Fetch > libfetch: connecting
DBG(1)[97734]> Fetch: fetching from: https://pkg00-atx.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-core/packagesite.pkg with opts "i"
DBG(1)[97734]> Fetch: fetcher chosen: https
DBG(1)[97734]> Request to fetch pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-core/packagesite.txz
DBG(1)[97734]> opening libfetch fetcher
DBG(1)[97734]> Fetch > libfetch: connecting
DBG(1)[97734]> Fetch: fetching from: https://pkg00-atx.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-core/packagesite.txz with opts "i"
DBG(1)[97734]> Fetch: fetcher chosen: https
pfSense-core repository is up to date.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
DBG(1)[97734]> PkgRepo: verifying update for pfSense
DBG(1)[97734]> Pkgrepo, begin update of '/var/db/pkg/repo-pfSense.sqlite'
DBG(1)[97734]> Request to fetch pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_01/meta.conf
DBG(1)[97734]> opening libfetch fetcher
DBG(1)[97734]> Fetch > libfetch: connecting
DBG(1)[97734]> Fetch: fetching from: https://pkg01-atx.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_01/meta.conf with opts "i"
DBG(1)[97734]> Fetch: fetcher chosen: https
DBG(1)[97734]> Request to fetch pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_01/packagesite.pkg
DBG(1)[97734]> opening libfetch fetcher
DBG(1)[97734]> Fetch > libfetch: connecting
DBG(1)[97734]> Fetch: fetching from: https://pkg01-atx.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_01/packagesite.pkg with opts "i"
DBG(1)[97734]> Fetch: fetcher chosen: https
DBG(1)[97734]> Request to fetch pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_01/packagesite.txz
DBG(1)[97734]> opening libfetch fetcher
DBG(1)[97734]> Fetch > libfetch: connecting
DBG(1)[97734]> Fetch: fetching from: https://pkg01-atx.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_01/packagesite.txz with opts "i"
DBG(1)[97734]> Fetch: fetcher chosen: https
pfSense repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.

That will then re-pull the files required to reach 23.05 and higher.

Available Packages is no longer empty, a clear win. But no Branches appear, and no updates. I'm rebooting, just to be sure. Thank you for your help.

[stephenw10]

@Zak-McKracken said in No updates for 23.01-RELEASE (amd64) and no packages available:

[23.01-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.delien.local]/root: pfSense-repoc
ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/sbin/pfSense-repoc: Undefined symbol "__libc_start1@FBSD_1.7"

Ah try pfSense-repoc-static

Send your NDI in chat and I'll check it.

@Zak-McKracken said in No updates for 23.01-RELEASE (amd64) and no packages available:

Your device has not been registered for pfSense+.

That implies it's not recognised,

Steve

[Zak McKracken]

Thanks to the kind and competent help of @stephenw10 my box is working again: The packages available list is fully populated, branches are showing in the system update menu, and it is now fully up to date to 23.09.1.

For anybody appreciating closure: I think the root cause of my problem was an empty /usr/local/etc/pfSense/pkg/repos directory. I do not know how it became emptied out, but the cause of it not to be repopulated with all the commands mentioned above, was my Netgate Device ID (NID) no longer being registered. It also appeared to have changed.

I did add a network card to my box exactly a year ago, and took it out a week later, when it became unstable because it ran too hot. Two weeks ago I installed an alternative that does not run hot, and it is still in. I do know when my NID got invalidated, and if it reverts back to valid in between the to cards, but Stephen re-validated it again, and I will no longer change my box' configuration now. Ever.

[petrt3522]

@Zak-McKracken Did you get an answer to this? I just ran into the same after replacing my network card

[stephenw10]

Your NDI changed?

Send it to me in chat and I can check it.

Steve

[Zak McKracken]

@petrt3522 Yes; Thanks to @stephenw10 and Netgate's kind policy to allow for one reactivation of the Pfsense+ license, my box is up an running again. It turns out that swapping hardware, like your NIC, changes your box' hardware ID, no longer matching the one attached to your license.

Please respond to @stephenw10 with your NDI; He already chimed in.

[yon 0]

@stephenw10

 pkg-static -d update
DBG(1)[20409]> pkg initialized
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
DBG(1)[20409]> PkgRepo: verifying update for pfSense-core
DBG(1)[20409]> Pkgrepo, begin update of '/var/db/pkg/repo-pfSense-core.sqlite'
DBG(1)[20409]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pfsense-plus-pkg.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v24_03_amd64-core/meta.conf
DBG(1)[20409]> curl_open
DBG(1)[20409]> Fetch: fetcher used: pkg+https
DBG(1)[20409]> curl> fetching https://pfsense-plus-pkg.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v24_03_amd64-core/meta.conf

DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 3

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::207]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.207:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::207) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 2

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg01.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::209]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.209:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg01.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::209) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 1

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
* Hostname pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com was found in DNS cache
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::207]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.207:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::207) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
pkg-static: An error occured while fetching package
DBG(1)[20409]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pfsense-plus-pkg.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v24_03_amd64-core/meta.txz
DBG(1)[20409]> curl_open
DBG(1)[20409]> Fetch: fetcher used: pkg+https
DBG(1)[20409]> curl> fetching https://pfsense-plus-pkg.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v24_03_amd64-core/meta.txz

DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 3

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::207]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.207:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::207) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 2

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg01.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::209]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.209:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg01.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::209) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 1

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::207]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.207:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::207) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
pkg-static: An error occured while fetching package
repository pfSense-core has no meta file, using default settings
DBG(1)[20409]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pfsense-plus-pkg.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v24_03_amd64-core/packagesite.pkg
DBG(1)[20409]> curl_open
DBG(1)[20409]> Fetch: fetcher used: pkg+https
DBG(1)[20409]> curl> fetching https://pfsense-plus-pkg.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v24_03_amd64-core/packagesite.pkg

DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 3

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
* Hostname pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com was found in DNS cache
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::207]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.207:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::207) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 2

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg01.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::209]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.209:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg01.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::209) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 1

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::207]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.207:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::207) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
pkg-static: An error occured while fetching package
DBG(1)[20409]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pfsense-plus-pkg.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v24_03_amd64-core/packagesite.txz
DBG(1)[20409]> curl_open
DBG(1)[20409]> Fetch: fetcher used: pkg+https
DBG(1)[20409]> curl> fetching https://pfsense-plus-pkg.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v24_03_amd64-core/packagesite.txz

DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 3

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
* Hostname pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com was found in DNS cache
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::207]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.207:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::207) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 2

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg01.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::209]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.209:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg01.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::209) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 1

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::207]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.207:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::207) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
pkg-static: An error occured while fetching package
Unable to update repository pfSense-core
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
DBG(1)[20409]> PkgRepo: verifying update for pfSense
DBG(1)[20409]> PkgRepo: need forced update of pfSense
DBG(1)[20409]> Pkgrepo, begin update of '/var/db/pkg/repo-pfSense.sqlite'
DBG(1)[20409]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pfsense-plus-pkg.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v24_03_amd64-pfSense_plus_v24_03/meta.conf
DBG(1)[20409]> curl_open
DBG(1)[20409]> Fetch: fetcher used: pkg+https
DBG(1)[20409]> curl> fetching https://pfsense-plus-pkg.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v24_03_amd64-pfSense_plus_v24_03/meta.conf

DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 3

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::207]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.207:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::207) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 2

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg01.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::209]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.209:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg01.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::209) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 1

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
* Hostname pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com was found in DNS cache
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::207]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.207:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::207) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
pkg-static: An error occured while fetching package
DBG(1)[20409]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pfsense-plus-pkg.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v24_03_amd64-pfSense_plus_v24_03/meta.txz
DBG(1)[20409]> curl_open
DBG(1)[20409]> Fetch: fetcher used: pkg+https
DBG(1)[20409]> curl> fetching https://pfsense-plus-pkg.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v24_03_amd64-pfSense_plus_v24_03/meta.txz

DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 3

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::207]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.207:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::207) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 2

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg01.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::209]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.209:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg01.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::209) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 1

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::207]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.207:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::207) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
pkg-static: An error occured while fetching package
repository pfSense has no meta file, using default settings
DBG(1)[20409]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pfsense-plus-pkg.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v24_03_amd64-pfSense_plus_v24_03/packagesite.pkg
DBG(1)[20409]> curl_open
DBG(1)[20409]> Fetch: fetcher used: pkg+https
DBG(1)[20409]> curl> fetching https://pfsense-plus-pkg.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v24_03_amd64-pfSense_plus_v24_03/packagesite.pkg

DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 3

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
* Hostname pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com was found in DNS cache
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::207]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.207:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com (208.123.73.207) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 2

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg01.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::209]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.209:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg01.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::209) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 1

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::207]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.207:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::207) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
pkg-static: An error occured while fetching package
DBG(1)[20409]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pfsense-plus-pkg.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v24_03_amd64-pfSense_plus_v24_03/packagesite.txz
DBG(1)[20409]> curl_open
DBG(1)[20409]> Fetch: fetcher used: pkg+https
DBG(1)[20409]> curl> fetching https://pfsense-plus-pkg.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v24_03_amd64-pfSense_plus_v24_03/packagesite.txz

DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 3

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
* Hostname pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com was found in DNS cache
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::207]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.207:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::207) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 2

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg01.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::209]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.209:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg01.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::209) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
DBG(1)[20409]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 1

* Couldn't find host pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
*   Trying [2610:160:11:18::207]:443...
*   Trying 208.123.73.207:443...
* Connected to pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com (2610:160:11:18::207) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: /etc/ssl/netgate-ca.pem
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection timeout
* Closing connection
pkg-static: An error occured while fetching package
Unable to update repository pfSense
Error updating repositories!

[yon 0]

pfSense-repoc
pfSense-repoc: failed to fetch the repo data
failed to read the repo data.

[stephenw10]

The debug shows the connection is just timing out.

Can you: ping ews.netgate.com ?