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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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    • K Offline
      Kelpie
      last edited by Kelpie

      Upgraded from 2.8.0 to 2.8.1

      a week ago

      sometimes in the system update menu goes back commercial version and on the dashboard

      Nov 8 15:24:00 php 12152 Standard input code: New alert found: check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1
      Nov 8 15:19:52 php 93775 Standard input code: New alert found: check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1
      Nov 8 15:17:48 php 28987 Standard input code: New alert found: check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1
      Nov 8 15:17:17 php 19559 Standard input code: New alert found: check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1
      Nov 8 15:14:12 php 73350 Standard input code: New alert found: check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1
      Nov 8 15:03:20 php 32733 Standard input code: New alert found: check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1

      got a lot some time today

      very random sometimes wont happen for hours.

      Home Assistant logs
      2025-11-08 02:00:17.161 ERROR (SyncWorker_3) [custom_components.pfsense.pypfsense] Unexpected get_firmware_update_info error err=TimeoutError('timed out'), type(err)=<class 'TimeoutError'>
      2025-11-08 02:01:10.448 WARNING (Recorder) [homeassistant.components.recorder.db_schema] State attributes for binary_sensor.XXXXXXX_pending_notices_present exceed maximum size of 16384 bytes. This can cause database performance issues; Attributes will not be stored

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      • D Offline
        ddavis000
        last edited by

        I started seeing these messages when I upgraded to 2.8.0 and they continued through 2.8.1. I usual get a couple a week but over the last three days I've had 487 of them (shorten due to post length restriction):

        check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 11:55:08
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 12:01:24
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 12:08:33
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 12:11:08
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 12:17:20
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 12:24:03
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 12:24:28
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 12:26:38
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 12:30:47
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 12:33:21
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 12:36:58
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 12:39:02
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 12:48:51
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 12:55:03
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 12:55:28
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 12:56:36
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 12:58:09
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:01:17
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:04:21
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:07:27
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:07:52
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:09:31
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:10:33
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:20:55
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:23:29
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:26:35
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:27:00
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:32:16
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:36:24
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:40:01
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:42:05
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:43:07
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:45:11
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:46:13
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:48:48
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:49:50
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:51:54
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:52:56
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:53:21
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:55:00
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:57:04
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:58:06
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:59:08
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 13:59:33
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:00:41
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:01:43
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:03:50
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:04:53
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:07:31
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:08:33
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:11:39
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:14:14
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:16:50
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:17:51
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:22:38
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:23:40
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:26:15
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:26:40
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:28:20
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:28:44
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:29:52
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:35:03
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:35:28
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:40:44
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:41:09
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:45:54
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:50:02
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:51:04
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:53:08
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:54:41
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:56:45
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 14:57:47
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 15:01:29
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 15:03:59
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 15:04:24
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 15:06:03
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 15:07:05
check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-06 15:09:09

        ...
        check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-08 02:48:01
        check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-08 02:52:09
        check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-08 03:56:44
        check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-08 04:08:38
        check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-08 05:11:09
        check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-08 05:11:39
        check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-08 05:12:14
        check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-08 05:19:57
        check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-08 05:35:27
        check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-08 05:35:58
        check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-08 05:38:32
        check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-08 06:02:50

        output of pfSense-upgrade -dc

        Updating repositories metadata...
        Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
        Fetching meta.conf:
        Fetching data.pkg:
        pfSense-core repository is up to date.
        Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
        Fetching meta.conf:
        Fetching data.pkg:
        pfSense repository is up to date.
        All repositories are up to date.
        Your system is up to date

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        • static418S Offline
          static418
          last edited by

          I'm also getting stacks of
          check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 @ 2025-11-07 18:29:51

          66 on my main firewall, less frequently on some remote installs but I cleared a pile of them on each earlier in the week. Switching from pfsense CE to pfsense plus as an upgrade path on machines I've never registered, then back again.

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          • T Offline
            tariqali
            last edited by

            Jumping in with a "me too", seeing a bunch of these errors recently as well.

            Anyone figure out how to stop them yet?

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            • stephenw10S Offline
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              A backend change has been reverted. You should not hit this issue now. Or at least not for that reason.

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              • K Offline
                Kelpie @stephenw10
                last edited by

                @stephenw10 Thankyou

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                • T Offline
                  tariqali @stephenw10
                  last edited by

                  @stephenw10 Thank you, so far so good today, no errors.

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                  • G Offline
                    ghc88
                    last edited by

                    Can also confirm the high number of errors has stopped here as well. Do we have any idea what it is about 2.8 onwards that causes them to occur occasionally?

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                    • static418S Offline
                      static418 @stephenw10
                      last edited by

                      @stephenw10
                      Looks like success to me! No new alerts since yesterday afternoon on any of my sites. Much appreciated :)

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                      • stephenw10S Offline
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @ghc88
                        last edited by

                        @ghc88 said in check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1:

                        Do we have any idea what it is about 2.8 onwards that causes them to occur occasionally?

                        It appears to be a race condition. It mostly happens at boot. The re-write of the certctl hashing function will likely prevent it in the next version. It's much, much faster!

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