2.4.4 P3 Unable to retrieve package information. Fix without reinstall?

[TurnItOffAndOnAgain]

So this seems to be a fairly common problem however the normal suggestions to fix haven't worked for me so far. I know I could restore a backup to a fresh install but that would mean a long journey and downtime I'd rather avoid.

Shell Output - pkg update -f:

Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pkg: repository meta /var/db/pkg/pfSense-core.meta has wrong version 2
pkg: Repository pfSense-core load error: meta cannot be loaded No error: 0
Fetching meta.txz: . done
pkg: repository meta /var/db/pkg/pfSense-core.meta has wrong version 2
repository pfSense-core has no meta file, using default settings
Fetching packagesite.txz: . done
pkg: repository meta /var/db/pkg/pfSense-core.meta has wrong version 2
pkg: Repository pfSense-core load error: meta cannot be loaded No error: 0
Unable to open created repository pfSense-core
Unable to update repository pfSense-core
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
pkg: repository meta /var/db/pkg/pfSense.meta has wrong version 2
pkg: Repository pfSense load error: meta cannot be loaded No error: 0
Fetching meta.txz: . done
pkg: repository meta /var/db/pkg/pfSense.meta has wrong version 2
repository pfSense has no meta file, using default settings
Fetching packagesite.txz: .......... done
pkg: repository meta /var/db/pkg/pfSense.meta has wrong version 2
pkg: Repository pfSense load error: meta cannot be loaded No error: 0
Unable to open created repository pfSense
Unable to update repository pfSense
Error updating repositories!

Whichever branch I select in system update all I get is the picture below:

Apologies if this is a lost cause but any help would be greately appreciated.

[Gertjan]

Hi,

You did use this : https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/install/upgrade-troubleshooting.html ?