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    after upgrading to 25.03_Beta Cloned boot environment - now have PHP Fatal error code and blank blue page when attempting to access boot environments

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      marcg @The Party of Hell No
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      @The-Party-of-Hell-No said in after upgrading to 25.03_Beta Cloned boot environment - now have PHP Fatal error code and blank blue page when attempting to access boot environments:

      My first edit:
      Current_25.03_BETA_Updated_From_24.11_RELEASE,24.11.r.20241112.1813_LAST_ACTIVE

      The comma or periods in the name may have triggered something. Valid characters for the BE name field are [0-9a-zA-Z_] per the help text in the GUI.

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        The Party of Hell No @marcg
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        @marcg From above:
        "It balked at my first attempt - I assume because I used a comma. I re-edited to remove the comma and saved and here we are!"

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          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @The Party of Hell No
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          @The-Party-of-Hell-No said in after upgrading to 25.03_Beta Cloned boot environment - now have PHP Fatal error code and blank blue page when attempting to access boot environments:

          when I decided if I could roll-back using - Diagnostics - configuration history - I get the same blank blue screen

          So just visiting the Diag > Config History page?

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            The Party of Hell No @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10 Yes same blank blue screen with the words "Return to Dashboard" which when clicked on returns me to the dashboard.

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              The Party of Hell No @stephenw10
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              @stephenw10 Hello, I am still being plagued by this error. I rolled back to 24.11? using boot environment selection at bootup -the boot environments are available during the boot process.

              Once the 24.11 environment booted, this error is also presented itself in that boot environment.

              Another area affected by this error is again in the Diagnostic - Reboot which leads to the blue screen with the words "Return to Dashboard."

              Any help or direction would be appreciated.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                You removed all the BEs with commas in the name?

                It sounds like it's failing anywhere it has to parse the BE list and display it.

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                  The Party of Hell No @stephenw10
                  last edited by The Party of Hell No

                  @stephenw10 I did not remove any of the boot environments. I have no access to the boot environments because of this error - other than at boot when I can select the boot environments.

                  I ended up with this error as I said above after editing the boot environment name - added a comma and it refused the name, corrected the name (Removed the comma) and attempted to save and then the error appeared.

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                    The Party of Hell No @stephenw10
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                    @stephenw10 How would I remove, or inspect boot environment names without access through: System - Boot Environments?

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                      You can use the command line: bectl list

                      Then you can bectl destroy <name> if needed.

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                        The Party of Hell No @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10 pfsense BE.jpg

                        I do not see any errors in the names. Maybe you see errors?
                        So my plan, since I am currently booted in to:
                        Active-Current_25.03_BETA_Updated_From_24.11_RELEASE_24.11.r.20241112.1813_LAST_ACTIVE, is to reboot and boot into:
                        Archived_Active-Current_24.11_RELEASE_UPDATED_FROM_24.11.r.20241112.1813_clone_2 and then use the bectl to eliminate the two BE created on 5/11 since this is the date of when the error first appeared.

                        For my own education. for this error to appear across all BE means the changes and additions to the BE file are written across/to all BEs, or is a separate file residing on the HDD independent of the BEs?

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          The list of BEs is the same in all BEs. So if you create BE that somehow cannot be disaplayed it will hit the error in any/all BEs.

                          The actual list of allowed characters doesn't include .
                          We had excluded that because all your BE's have names containing that but....

                          I would try renaming the last created BE to something far simpler and test that.

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                            The Party of Hell No @stephenw10
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                            So no "." periods. Is there a way to "renaming the last created BE" through the command prompt or in the boot process? I A better question is how to rename without access from the GUI to the BE list and editing.
                            The difficulty I have with naming is when trying to choose a BE at boot... more details in the name is usually helpful.

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                              Yes you should be able to just use: bectl rename oldname newname

                              See: https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bectl

                              I would at least try the most recent BE as a test there. It's unclear to me why that is hitting the issue and none of the previous ones did though.

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                                The Party of Hell No @stephenw10
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                                @stephenw10 This was surprisingly easy after I understood the syntax.
                                I edited the last BE title I created... no change, rebooted, no change - still get blue screen with Boot Environments, Configuration History and Reboot.
                                I then used the bectl destroy to remove two of the older BEs.
                                Edited the last two BEs titles removing all the (.) (See attached screen shot) and - rebooted no change still giving me the blue screen.BEs Last Edit 250613(2).jpg

                                Have any other ideas?

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by

                                  Hmm, still the same PHP error traggered?

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                                    The Party of Hell No @stephenw10
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                                    @stephenw10 Current:
                                    [13-Jun-2025 14:08:34 America/Denver] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: array_combine(): Argument #1 ($keys) and argument #2 ($values) must have the same number of elements in /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc:781
                                    Stack trace:
                                    #0 /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc(781): array_combine(Array, Array)
                                    #1 /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc(907): zfs_list('pfSense/ROOT', 'pfsense:descrip...', 'pfsense:failed', 'pfsense:lastboo...', 'pfsense:prior', 'pfsense:protect', 'pfsense:upgradi...', 'pfsense:version')
                                    #2 /usr/local/www/system_be.php(89): be_get_bootenv_props_ex(Object(LibbeHandle), Array)
                                    #3 {main}
                                    thrown in /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc on line 781
                                    [13-Jun-2025 14:09:31 America/Denver] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: array_combine(): Argument #1 ($keys) and argument #2 ($values) must have the same number of elements in /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc:781
                                    Stack trace:
                                    #0 /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc(781): array_combine(Array, Array)
                                    #1 /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc(907): zfs_list('pfSense/ROOT', 'pfsense:descrip...', 'pfsense:failed', 'pfsense:lastboo...', 'pfsense:prior', 'pfsense:protect', 'pfsense:upgradi...', 'pfsense:version')
                                    #2 /usr/local/www/diag_confbak.php(78): be_get_bootenv_props_ex(Object(LibbeHandle), Array)
                                    #3 {main}
                                    thrown in /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc on line 781
                                    [13-Jun-2025 14:16:14 America/Denver] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: array_combine(): Argument #1 ($keys) and argument #2 ($values) must have the same number of elements in /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc:781
                                    Stack trace:
                                    #0 /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc(781): array_combine(Array, Array)
                                    #1 /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc(907): zfs_list('pfSense/ROOT', 'pfsense:descrip...', 'pfsense:failed', 'pfsense:lastboo...', 'pfsense:prior', 'pfsense:protect', 'pfsense:upgradi...', 'pfsense:version')
                                    #2 /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc(566): be_get_bootenv_props_ex(Object(LibbeHandle), Array)
                                    #3 /usr/local/www/diag_reboot.php(170): be_gen_select_list(Object(LibbeHandle))
                                    #4 {main}
                                    thrown in /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc on line 781
                                    [13-Jun-2025 14:16:25 America/Denver] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: array_combine(): Argument #1 ($keys) and argument #2 ($values) must have the same number of elements in /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc:781
                                    Stack trace:
                                    #0 /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc(781): array_combine(Array, Array)
                                    #1 /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc(907): zfs_list('pfSense/ROOT', 'pfsense:descrip...', 'pfsense:failed', 'pfsense:lastboo...', 'pfsense:prior', 'pfsense:protect', 'pfsense:upgradi...', 'pfsense:version')
                                    #2 /usr/local/www/system_be.php(89): be_get_bootenv_props_ex(Object(LibbeHandle), Array)
                                    #3 {main}
                                    thrown in /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc on line 781
                                    [13-Jun-2025 14:22:06 America/Denver] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: array_combine(): Argument #1 ($keys) and argument #2 ($values) must have the same number of elements in /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc:781
                                    Stack trace:
                                    #0 /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc(781): array_combine(Array, Array)
                                    #1 /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc(907): zfs_list('pfSense/ROOT', 'pfsense:descrip...', 'pfsense:failed', 'pfsense:lastboo...', 'pfsense:prior', 'pfsense:protect', 'pfsense:upgradi...', 'pfsense:version')
                                    #2 /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc(566): be_get_bootenv_props_ex(Object(LibbeHandle), Array)
                                    #3 /usr/local/www/diag_reboot.php(170): be_gen_select_list(Object(LibbeHandle))
                                    #4 {main}
                                    thrown in /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc on line 781

                                    Previous:
                                    [11-May-2025 23:48:01 America/Denver] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: array_combine(): Argument #1 ($keys) and argument #2 ($values) must have the same number of elements in /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc:781
                                    Stack trace:
                                    #0 /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc(781): array_combine(Array, Array)
                                    #1 /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc(907): zfs_list('pfSense/ROOT', 'pfsense:descrip...', 'pfsense:failed', 'pfsense:lastboo...', 'pfsense:prior', 'pfsense:protect', 'pfsense:upgradi...', 'pfsense:version')
                                    #2 /usr/local/www/system_be.php(89): be_get_bootenv_props_ex(Object(LibbeHandle), Array)
                                    #3 {main}
                                    thrown in /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc on line 781
                                    [11-May-2025 23:48:16 America/Denver] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: array_combine(): Argument #1 ($keys) and argument #2 ($values) must have the same number of elements in /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc:781
                                    Stack trace:
                                    #0 /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc(781): array_combine(Array, Array)
                                    #1 /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc(907): zfs_list('pfSense/ROOT', 'pfsense:descrip...', 'pfsense:failed', 'pfsense:lastboo...', 'pfsense:prior', 'pfsense:protect', 'pfsense:upgradi...', 'pfsense:version')
                                    #2 /usr/local/www/system_be.php(89): be_get_bootenv_props_ex(Object(LibbeHandle), Array)
                                    #3 {main}
                                    thrown in /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_be.inc on line 781

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                                      The Party of Hell No @The Party of Hell No
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                                      @The-Party-of-Hell-No I finally rolled back to 24.11 pre 25.03 release BE, used the "bectl destroy" command on the saved 25.03 BETA BE and the php errors disappeared and all choices that lead to the blank blue screen now work correctly.

                                      So this php error appears to be the wrong naming of a BE (unknown/wrong syntax) which requires a destroy of the BE. It appears using the bectl rename will not correct the php error.

                                      Finally, resolved.

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        Huh that's weird.

                                        Which BE was causing that? Do you have the name that was used?

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