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    check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      Hmm, this "feels" like a race condition during boot that only some systems hit. What hardware are you running?

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        mad_4u @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10
        i am runing pfsense on proxmox vm

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        • DonnyD
          Donny @stephenw10
          last edited by

          @stephenw10 This is the hardware I used for testing with pfSense 2.7.2, and I have never encountered this issue before.
          Asrock QC 5000 ITX/PH CPU on board
          Type AMD A4-5000 APU with Radeon(TM) HD Graphics
          4 CPUs : 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)
          AES-NI CPU Crypto: Yes (active)
          QAT Crypto: No
          Hardware crypto: AES-CBC, AES-CCM, AES-GCM, AES-ICM, AES-XTS
          Intel network card 4 ports (39Y6138)
          Kington SSD now 300V 60 GB

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @mad_4u
            last edited by

            @mad_4u said in check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1:

            i am runing pfsense on proxmox vm

            What specs on the VM?

            I also test in proxmox extensively on various sized VMs and haven't yet been able to replicate. I'll keep trying...

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              mad_4u @stephenw10
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              @stephenw10

              i am running proxmox on PowerEdge T620 2 X CPU 256 GB RAM
              CPU Type QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+
              16 CPUs : 4 package(s) x 4 core(s)
              AES-NI CPU Crypto: Yes (inactive)
              QAT Crypto: No
              RAM: 8GB
              HD: 10GB

              on 2.7.2 never had this issue but only apears after upgrading.
              it's only apearing after reboot otherwise no conflect or issue on any functions

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                Hmm, OK not an under resource issue then. Perhaps something hit y booting much faster in fact....

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                  mad_4u @stephenw10
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                  @stephenw10

                  I did factory defaults and reset everyting the error still shows and even after restoring my configuration it keeps coming back
                  then i reinstall all packages and reboot.
                  no more errors

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    Are you redirecting DNS? Routing over a VPN?

                    I can't hit this on anything here, fast or slow...

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                      mad_4u @stephenw10
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                      @stephenw10
                      yes dns on adguard-home, Guest vlan on wireguard vpn.
                      after reinstalling everything no more erros i suspect the issue was acme package

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Hmm, curious...

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                          rpsmith
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                          Same problem here:

                          PC Engines APU2 Platform ("apu4" model)
                          Netgate Device ID: 97372676272a13e1bf6f

                          Everything else seems to be working OK. This system has no packages installed and the WAN is using 100 megabit PPPoE.

                          RPSmith...

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                            rpsmith
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                            Also, if I set "Disable the dashboard auto-update check", the error does not appear again even after a reboot and I can manually check for an update and still no error so It might be a timing issue during boot-up.

                            RPSmith...

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              Yes, it certainly seems like a race condition with the initial upgrade check. But there must be something additional in play to trigger it. I still can't replicate it here....

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                                rpsmith @stephenw10
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                                @stephenw10 ~ I think it will start again if I re-enable "dashboard auto-update check" and I could give you access to the firewall if that would help your troubleshooting.

                                RPSmith...

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by

                                  I think we're going to need to replicate it locally but if I can't that could be helpful.

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                                    rpsmith @stephenw10
                                    last edited by rpsmith

                                    @stephenw10 ~ The one I'm seeing this problem on is my one and only PC Engines APU2 Platform ("apu4" model) so it doesn't have much for CPU power and my "Branch" has always been correctly populated. Also, My WAN is PPPoE and I have the new PPPoE service enabled.

                                    RPSmith...

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                                      JonnyQuest
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                                      I would like to add I am having the same problem after upgrading from 2.7.2 to 2.8.0. The only packages that I had installed were Wireguard and the system patches. Packages were uninstalled then updated. As with the others, the message only shows up again after a reboot.

                                      Running bare metal on a

                                      Dell Wyze 5070 Extended

                                      Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver J5005 CPU @ 1.50GHz
                                      Current: 1500 MHz, Max: 1501 MHz
                                      4 CPUs : 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)
                                      AES-NI CPU Crypto: Yes (active)
                                      QAT Crypto: No

                                      4 GB DDR4

                                      250GB M.2 SATA used for pfSense
                                      (Internal eMMC not used)

                                      Intel I350-T2 Network card

                                      Very basic configuration (no vlans) with no wireguard at the moment (Did not restore my configuration file yet).

                                      Had no issues running 2.7.2

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        Also using a pppoe WAN?

                                        And I assume, like the others here, you can still access the repos after boot?

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                                          JonnyQuest @stephenw10
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                                          @stephenw10

                                          WAN - DHCP

                                          I also noticed the first 3-4 minutes of a reboot the CPU usage is very high at 27-37% then settles down to 2-5% (typical for 2.7.2) then the message pops up. I don't remember that high of a CPU usage with 2.7.2 during the first few minutes, but to be fair I did not reboot much.

                                          I do have "Current Stable Version (2.8.0)" in the Branch dropdown box.

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                                            rpsmith
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                                            I've seen this error now on multiple PC Engines APU2 Platforms but not on any of my other platforms.

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