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      Artichost
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      Just update the certificate and reboot the server. ;-)

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        p1ter @Artichost
        last edited by

        @artichost said in Pkg-Static 100% CPU:

        Just update the certificate and reboot the server. ;-)

        Sorry. I'm not shure I understand what you mean. Can you explain please?

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          gonace
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          Kind of a big oversight that a failing update-server(s) can cause pfSense to hog a process at 100% ;)

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            Grimson Banned @gonace
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            @gonace said in Pkg-Static 100% CPU:

            Kind of a big oversight that a failing update-server(s) can cause pfSense to hog a process at 100% ;)

            Well the pkg system is part of FreeBSD, feel free to create a bug report at: https://bugs.freebsd.org

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              gonace
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              @grimson said in Pkg-Static 100% CPU:

              @gonace said in Pkg-Static 100% CPU:

              Kind of a big oversight that a failing update-server(s) can cause pfSense to hog a process at 100% ;)

              Well the pkg system is part of FreeBSD, feel free to create a bug report at: https://bugs.freebsd.org

              I'm not sure since I've not confirmed it on multiple machines, but I can't reproduce it under FreeBSD 11.2 (clean install) so I'm not sure if it's a bug in FreeBSD rather than something specific when running pfSense.

              But yeah, just tried to reproduce it on one virtual machine.

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                Grimson Banned @gonace
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                @gonace said in Pkg-Static 100% CPU:

                I'm not sure since I've not confirmed it on multiple machines, but I can't reproduce it under FreeBSD 11.2 (clean install) so I'm not sure if it's a bug in FreeBSD rather than something specific when running pfSense.

                Well the FreeBSD servers aren't down.

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                  gonace @Grimson
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                  @grimson said in Pkg-Static 100% CPU:

                  @gonace said in Pkg-Static 100% CPU:

                  I'm not sure since I've not confirmed it on multiple machines, but I can't reproduce it under FreeBSD 11.2 (clean install) so I'm not sure if it's a bug in FreeBSD rather than something specific when running pfSense.

                  Well the FreeBSD servers aren't down.

                  Well, I blocked traffic to them and even blocked access to the internet on FreeBSD 11.2 (clean install) and did the same with a clean install of pfSense and the problem only arises on the clean install of pfSense.

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                    Artichost @p1ter
                    last edited by

                    @p1ter It´s a handshake problem ;-)

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                      veriqster
                      last edited by

                      The BSD servers might be up but blocking access to them upstream would be equivalent to them being down. Can someone try to do just that?
                      Definitely a very disturbing oversight, makes me wonder what other things received the same level of attention :)

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                        p1ter @Artichost
                        last edited by

                        @artichost Thank you. I mean can I fix it by myself?

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                          Grimson Banned @veriqster
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                          @veriqster said in Pkg-Static 100% CPU:

                          The BSD servers might be up but blocking access to them upstream would be equivalent to them being down.

                          That would make them completely unreachable, it currently looks like the pfSense servers hang/are very slow during the SSL negotiation which is a different situation. If you want to see the difference do a traffic capture instead of fooling around.

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                            DougM
                            last edited by

                            Hello from Brazil. Same here, pkg-static-update 100% usage cpu but the system looks functional.

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                              mikekoke
                              last edited by

                              Hello everyone,
                              I have the same problem but also the process /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static search -r to 100%

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                                chance
                                last edited by

                                I'm not an expert, but could one via ssh temporarily replace pkg-static with a shell script that basically does nothing? If so, can someone with more skills than myself show me the way?
                                -Chance

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                                  veriqster
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                                  then maybe someone should just pull the Ethernet plug out of them until things are sorted out instead of messing up with some systems that people depend on.
                                  Honestly I would have said "shit happens, maybe they can just fix it going forward" but his attitude of leaving the servers on knowing it causes issues like this makes me wonder what other things are deemed as acceptable by "the man in charge", things that a dumb user like me might not be able grasp even by looking at the code (which I have neither time nor desire to dedicate myself to)

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                                  • RicoR
                                    Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                                    last edited by Rico

                                    Guys, just disable the dashboard automatic update check, the process will disappear after some time. No reboot or anything is needed.
                                    Yeah its annoying to eat one core after the update server broke, but not this dramatic.
                                    I'm sure the Devs will fix this issue in future.

                                    -Rico

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                                      gmjs
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                                      Identical issue with my copy of the community version here (2.4.4-RELEASE-p2, upgraded three times since installation).

                                      I've killed off the pkg-static process with "kill" and disabled the "Dashboard Check" for updates. This seems to bring CPU usage back to normal, provided that I don't open the Update screen.

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                                        chance
                                        last edited by chance

                                        I've done the following and corrected (temporarily) the 100% CPU.

                                        Via ssh, I moved /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static to /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static.old and created /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static (a shell script) with the following contents.

                                        while :
                                        do
                                        sleep 5000
                                        done;

                                        don't forget to chmod +x /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static

                                        This has corrected my CPU usage until the servers are back up. I am not sure if this survives a reboot, but as such it's easy to implement.

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                                          amorphous @Rico
                                          last edited by

                                          I disabled updates in the dashboard in /system_update_settings.php 30 minutes ago, no change. Did some of you guys had any luck with that?

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                                          • RicoR
                                            Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                                            last edited by

                                            Can take up to ~1 hour. But it will stop, trust me. ☺

                                            -Rico

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