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      jasongreb
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      Hey everyone, this was fixed for me by going to System / Update / Update Settings and clicking the Save button without making any changes. Once I did that, the package list came up (I may have forced a refresh too).

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        really2002 @jasongreb
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        @jasongreb it works!!!!

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          level4 @jasongreb
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          @jasongreb Works like a charm, thank you!

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            eschwitter @jasongreb
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            @jasongreb
            This also fixed it for me! Thank you!

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              McMacaron
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              Hello guys,

              Nothing helped. But in the end, I went to Diagnostics-Backup & Restore and at the bottom is Reinstall all packages. Suddenly everything started to work properly.

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                sgorbach @jasongreb
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                @jasongreb Same over here in 4 different installs on different customers plus my homelab, went from pfsense CE to pfsense Plus a few days ago, empty "Avaliable packages" list, tried other options (at least the ones that didn't seem too drastic) but this one is the one that worked. Thanks!

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                  y2raza @jasongreb
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                  @jasongreb Thank you sir. This was the simplest solution and worked like a charm

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                    liudger @jasongreb
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                    @jasongreb said in Package List Empty:

                    Hey everyone, this was fixed for me by going to System / Update / Update Settings and clicking the Save button without making any changes. Once I did that, the package list came up (I may have forced a refresh too).

                    Thanks it worked running pfsense 23.05. I think this should be fixed?

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                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                      It should be fixed in 23.05. If you were running a 23.05 dev/beta/rc snapshot it's possible you got stuck on an older version on pfSense-upgrade that still had this bug.

                      Steve

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                        Ethereal @jasongreb
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                        @jasongreb you the man!

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                          sometechguy @yaw
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                          @yaw sounds like a bug to me. I'm seeing the same thing on CE 2.7.0

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                            Ethereal @sometechguy
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                            @sometechguy check out the solution posted by @jasongreb on 6th of April 2023. It worked for me.

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                              Yup try that. If you're on 2.7.0 also try running: certctl rehash

                              https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/upgrades.html?highlight=certctl#debug-pkg-metadata-update

                              Steve

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