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    2.7.2 --> 2.8.1 error - check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1

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    • RahzadanR Offline
      Rahzadan
      last edited by

      output from running pkg update -f

      Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pkg: No SRV record found for the repo 'pfSense-core'
pkg: An error occured while fetching package
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/meta.txz -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
repository pfSense-core has no meta file, using default settings
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/data.pkg -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/data.tzst -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/packagesite.pkg -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/packagesite.tzst -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
Unable to update repository pfSense-core
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
pkg: No SRV record found for the repo 'pfSense'
pkg: An error occured while fetching package
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/meta.txz -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
repository pfSense has no meta file, using default settings
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/data.pkg -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/data.tzst -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/packagesite.pkg -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/packagesite.tzst -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
Unable to update repository pfSense
Error updating repositories!

      If I run pkg update -f a couple more times, I get:

      Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: . done
Fetching data.pkg: . done
Processing entries: . done
pfSense-core repository update completed. 4 packages processed.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: . done
Fetching data.pkg: ..... done
Processing entries: .......... done
pfSense repository update completed. 541 packages processed.
All repositories are up to date.

      But if I close webconfing and come back, the error returns... Any ideas? I see here on the forums a few others are having a similar error, but mine doesn't seem to be quite the same.

      My installed packages are as follows:
      packages.png

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      • stephenw10S Offline
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Try running pkg -d update, see what errors it produces.

        What WAN type do you have? How is your DNS configured?

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        • RahzadanR Offline
          Rahzadan
          last edited by Rahzadan

          My WAN type is IPv4 DHCP.

          DNS config:
          dns.png
          I have around 20 DNS IP's in General Setup. It's never been an issue before.

          Here is the output of pkg -d update:

          DBG(1)[4374]> pkg initialized
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
DBG(1)[4374]> PkgRepo: verifying update for pfSense-core
DBG(1)[4374]> Pkgrepo, begin update of '/var/db/pkg/repos/pfSense-core/db'
DBG(1)[4374]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/meta.conf
DBG(1)[4374]> curl_open
pkg: No SRV record found for the repo 'pfSense-core'
DBG(1)[4374]> Fetch: fetcher used: pkg+https
DBG(1)[4374]> curl> fetching https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/meta.conf

DBG(1)[4374]> CURL> No mirror set url to https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/meta.conf

DBG(1)[4374]> CURL> attempting to fetch from https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/meta.conf, left retry 3

* Couldn't find host pkg.pfsense.org in the .netrc file; using defaults
* Could not resolve host: pkg.pfsense.org
* Closing connection
DBG(1)[4374]> CURL> No mirror set url to https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/meta.conf

DBG(1)[4374]> CURL> attempting to fetch from https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/meta.conf, left retry 2

* Couldn't find host pkg.pfsense.org in the .netrc file; using defaults
* Could not resolve host: pkg.pfsense.org
* Closing connection
DBG(1)[4374]> CURL> No mirror set url to https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/meta.conf

DBG(1)[4374]> CURL> attempting to fetch from https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/meta.conf, left retry 1

* Couldn't find host pkg.pfsense.org in the .netrc file; using defaults
* Could not resolve host: pkg.pfsense.org
* Closing connection
pkg: An error occured while fetching package
DBG(1)[4374]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/meta.txz
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/meta.txz -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
repository pfSense-core has no meta file, using default settings
DBG(1)[4374]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/data.pkg
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/data.pkg -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
DBG(1)[4374]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/data.tzst
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/data.tzst -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
DBG(1)[4374]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/packagesite.pkg
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/packagesite.pkg -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
DBG(1)[4374]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/packagesite.tzst
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/packagesite.tzst -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
Unable to update repository pfSense-core
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
DBG(1)[4374]> PkgRepo: verifying update for pfSense
DBG(1)[4374]> Pkgrepo, begin update of '/var/db/pkg/repos/pfSense/db'
DBG(1)[4374]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/meta.conf
DBG(1)[4374]> curl_open
pkg: No SRV record found for the repo 'pfSense'
DBG(1)[4374]> Fetch: fetcher used: pkg+https
DBG(1)[4374]> curl> fetching https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/meta.conf

DBG(1)[4374]> CURL> No mirror set url to https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/meta.conf

DBG(1)[4374]> CURL> attempting to fetch from https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/meta.conf, left retry 3

* Couldn't find host pkg.pfsense.org in the .netrc file; using defaults
* Could not resolve host: pkg.pfsense.org
* Closing connection
DBG(1)[4374]> CURL> No mirror set url to https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/meta.conf

DBG(1)[4374]> CURL> attempting to fetch from https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/meta.conf, left retry 2

* Couldn't find host pkg.pfsense.org in the .netrc file; using defaults
* Could not resolve host: pkg.pfsense.org
* Closing connection
DBG(1)[4374]> CURL> No mirror set url to https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/meta.conf

DBG(1)[4374]> CURL> attempting to fetch from https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/meta.conf, left retry 1

* Couldn't find host pkg.pfsense.org in the .netrc file; using defaults
* Could not resolve host: pkg.pfsense.org
* Closing connection
pkg: An error occured while fetching package
DBG(1)[4374]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/meta.txz
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/meta.txz -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
repository pfSense has no meta file, using default settings
DBG(1)[4374]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/data.pkg
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/data.pkg -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
DBG(1)[4374]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/data.tzst
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/data.tzst -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
DBG(1)[4374]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/packagesite.pkg
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/packagesite.pkg -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
DBG(1)[4374]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/packagesite.tzst
pkg: packagesite URL error for pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/packagesite.tzst -- pkg+:// implies SRV mirror type
Unable to update repository pfSense
Error updating repositories!

          If I run pkg -d update 3-4 times, the output changes slightly:

          DBG(1)[8135]> pkg initialized
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
DBG(1)[8135]> PkgRepo: verifying update for pfSense-core
DBG(1)[8135]> Pkgrepo, begin update of '/var/db/pkg/repos/pfSense-core/db'
DBG(1)[8135]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/meta.conf
DBG(1)[8135]> curl_open
DBG(1)[8135]> Fetch: fetcher used: pkg+https
DBG(1)[8135]> curl> fetching https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/meta.conf

DBG(1)[8135]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 3

* Couldn't find host pkg01-atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
* Host pkg01-atx.netgate.com:443 was resolved.
* IPv6: 2610:160:11:18::209
* IPv4: 208.123.73.209
*   Trying 208.123.73.209:443...
* Connected to pkg01-atx.netgate.com (208.123.73.209) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: none
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection using TLSv1.2 / ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 / X25519 / RSASSA-PSS
* ALPN: server accepted http/1.1
* Server certificate:
*  subject: CN=*.netgate.com
*  start date: Apr 10 00:00:00 2025 GMT
*  expire date: May 11 23:59:59 2026 GMT
*  subjectAltName: host "pkg01-atx.netgate.com" matched cert's "*.netgate.com"
*  issuer: C=GB; ST=Greater Manchester; L=Salford; O=Sectigo Limited; CN=Sectigo RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA
*  SSL certificate verify ok.
*   Certificate level 0: Public key type RSA (2048/112 Bits/secBits), signed using sha256WithRSAEncryption
*   Certificate level 1: Public key type RSA (2048/112 Bits/secBits), signed using sha384WithRSAEncryption
*   Certificate level 2: Public key type RSA (4096/152 Bits/secBits), signed using sha384WithRSAEncryption
* using HTTP/1.x
> GET /pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/meta.conf HTTP/1.1
Host: pkg01-atx.netgate.com
User-Agent: pkg/1.21.3
Accept: */*
If-Modified-Since: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:50:33 GMT

* Request completely sent off
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Fetching meta.conf: < Server: nginx
< Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 22:26:01 GMT
< Content-Type: application/octet-stream
< Content-Length: 179
< Last-Modified: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:50:33 GMT
< Connection: keep-alive
< ETag: "68b088d9-b3"
< Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; preload
< X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
< X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
< X-Robots-Tag: all
< X-Download-Options: noopen
< X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies: none
< Accept-Ranges: bytes
<
* The requested document is not new enough
* Simulate an HTTP 304 response
* Closing connection

DBG(1)[8135]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/data.pkg
DBG(1)[8135]> curl_open
DBG(1)[8135]> Fetch: fetcher used: pkg+https
DBG(1)[8135]> curl> fetching https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/data.pkg

DBG(1)[8135]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 3

* Couldn't find host pkg01-atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
* Hostname pkg01-atx.netgate.com was found in DNS cache
*   Trying 208.123.73.209:443...
* Connected to pkg01-atx.netgate.com (208.123.73.209) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: none
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection using TLSv1.2 / ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 / X25519 / RSASSA-PSS
* ALPN: server accepted http/1.1
* Server certificate:
*  subject: CN=*.netgate.com
*  start date: Apr 10 00:00:00 2025 GMT
*  expire date: May 11 23:59:59 2026 GMT
*  subjectAltName: host "pkg01-atx.netgate.com" matched cert's "*.netgate.com"
*  issuer: C=GB; ST=Greater Manchester; L=Salford; O=Sectigo Limited; CN=Sectigo RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA
*  SSL certificate verify ok.
*   Certificate level 0: Public key type RSA (2048/112 Bits/secBits), signed using sha256WithRSAEncryption
*   Certificate level 1: Public key type RSA (2048/112 Bits/secBits), signed using sha384WithRSAEncryption
*   Certificate level 2: Public key type RSA (4096/152 Bits/secBits), signed using sha384WithRSAEncryption
* using HTTP/1.x
> GET /pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-core/data.pkg HTTP/1.1
Host: pkg01-atx.netgate.com
User-Agent: pkg/1.21.3
Accept: */*
If-Modified-Since: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:50:33 GMT

* Request completely sent off
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Fetching data.pkg: < Server: nginx
< Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 22:26:01 GMT
< Content-Type: application/octet-stream
< Content-Length: 1632
< Last-Modified: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:50:33 GMT
< Connection: keep-alive
< ETag: "68b088d9-660"
< Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; preload
< X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
< X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
< X-Robots-Tag: all
< X-Download-Options: noopen
< X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies: none
< Accept-Ranges: bytes
<
* The requested document is not new enough
* Simulate an HTTP 304 response
* Closing connection

pfSense-core repository is up to date.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
DBG(1)[8135]> PkgRepo: verifying update for pfSense
DBG(1)[8135]> Pkgrepo, begin update of '/var/db/pkg/repos/pfSense/db'
DBG(1)[8135]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/meta.conf
DBG(1)[8135]> curl_open
DBG(1)[8135]> Fetch: fetcher used: pkg+https
DBG(1)[8135]> curl> fetching https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/meta.conf

DBG(1)[8135]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 3

* Couldn't find host pkg00-atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
* Host pkg00-atx.netgate.com:443 was resolved.
* IPv6: 2610:160:11:18::207
* IPv4: 208.123.73.207
*   Trying 208.123.73.207:443...
* Connected to pkg00-atx.netgate.com (208.123.73.207) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: none
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection using TLSv1.2 / ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 / X25519 / RSASSA-PSS
* ALPN: server accepted http/1.1
* Server certificate:
*  subject: CN=*.netgate.com
*  start date: Apr 10 00:00:00 2025 GMT
*  expire date: May 11 23:59:59 2026 GMT
*  subjectAltName: host "pkg00-atx.netgate.com" matched cert's "*.netgate.com"
*  issuer: C=GB; ST=Greater Manchester; L=Salford; O=Sectigo Limited; CN=Sectigo RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA
*  SSL certificate verify ok.
*   Certificate level 0: Public key type RSA (2048/112 Bits/secBits), signed using sha256WithRSAEncryption
*   Certificate level 1: Public key type RSA (2048/112 Bits/secBits), signed using sha384WithRSAEncryption
*   Certificate level 2: Public key type RSA (4096/152 Bits/secBits), signed using sha384WithRSAEncryption
* using HTTP/1.x
> GET /pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/meta.conf HTTP/1.1
Host: pkg00-atx.netgate.com
User-Agent: pkg/1.21.3
Accept: */*
If-Modified-Since: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:21:37 GMT

* Request completely sent off
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Fetching meta.conf: < Server: nginx
< Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 22:26:02 GMT
< Content-Type: application/octet-stream
< Content-Length: 179
< Last-Modified: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:21:37 GMT
< Connection: keep-alive
< ETag: "68c82f01-b3"
< Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; preload
< X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
< X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
< X-Robots-Tag: all
< X-Download-Options: noopen
< X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies: none
< Accept-Ranges: bytes
<
* The requested document is not new enough
* Simulate an HTTP 304 response
* Closing connection

DBG(1)[8135]> Request to fetch pkg+https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/data.pkg
DBG(1)[8135]> curl_open
DBG(1)[8135]> Fetch: fetcher used: pkg+https
DBG(1)[8135]> curl> fetching https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/data.pkg

DBG(1)[8135]> CURL> attempting to fetch from , left retry 3

* Couldn't find host pkg00-atx.netgate.com in the .netrc file; using defaults
* Hostname pkg00-atx.netgate.com was found in DNS cache
*   Trying 208.123.73.207:443...
* Connected to pkg00-atx.netgate.com (208.123.73.207) port 443
* ALPN: curl offers http/1.1
*  CAfile: none
*  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs/
* SSL connection using TLSv1.2 / ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 / X25519 / RSASSA-PSS
* ALPN: server accepted http/1.1
* Server certificate:
*  subject: CN=*.netgate.com
*  start date: Apr 10 00:00:00 2025 GMT
*  expire date: May 11 23:59:59 2026 GMT
*  subjectAltName: host "pkg00-atx.netgate.com" matched cert's "*.netgate.com"
*  issuer: C=GB; ST=Greater Manchester; L=Salford; O=Sectigo Limited; CN=Sectigo RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA
*  SSL certificate verify ok.
*   Certificate level 0: Public key type RSA (2048/112 Bits/secBits), signed using sha256WithRSAEncryption
*   Certificate level 1: Public key type RSA (2048/112 Bits/secBits), signed using sha384WithRSAEncryption
*   Certificate level 2: Public key type RSA (4096/152 Bits/secBits), signed using sha384WithRSAEncryption
* using HTTP/1.x
> GET /pfSense_v2_8_1_amd64-pfSense_v2_8_1/data.pkg HTTP/1.1
Host: pkg00-atx.netgate.com
User-Agent: pkg/1.21.3
Accept: */*
If-Modified-Since: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:21:37 GMT

* Request completely sent off
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Fetching data.pkg: < Server: nginx
< Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 22:26:02 GMT
< Content-Type: application/octet-stream
< Content-Length: 189698
< Last-Modified: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:21:37 GMT
< Connection: keep-alive
< ETag: "68c82f01-2e502"
< Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; preload
< X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
< X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
< X-Robots-Tag: all
< X-Download-Options: noopen
< X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies: none
< Accept-Ranges: bytes
<
* The requested document is not new enough
* Simulate an HTTP 304 response
* Closing connection

pfSense repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
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          • stephenw10S Offline
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            Hmm, that second output is correct.

            Do you have Unbound running in the default config locally?

            What do you see if you try to resolve pfsense.org in Diag > DNS Lookup? How many servers? Are they all responding?

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