Crash report after upgrade to 23.05

[AMG A35]

About 90 minutes after upgrading to 23.05 GUI showed there had been a crash.
PHP error log

[30-May-2023 13:04:35 Europe/London] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: fwrite(): Argument #1 ($stream) must be of type resource, bool given in /etc/inc/config.lib.inc:172
Stack trace:
#0 /etc/inc/config.lib.inc(172): fwrite(false, 'a:43:{s:7:"vers...')
#1 /etc/inc/config.lib.inc(147): generate_config_cache(Array)
#2 /etc/inc/config.inc(141): parse_config()
#3 /etc/inc/gwlb.inc(25): require_once('/etc/inc/config...')
#4 /etc/inc/functions.inc(35): require_once('/etc/inc/gwlb.i...')
#5 /etc/inc/notices.inc(26): require_once('/etc/inc/functi...')
#6 /usr/local/pkg/nut/nut_email.php(24): require_once('/etc/inc/notice...')
#7 {main}
thrown in /etc/inc/config.lib.inc on line 172
[30-May-2023 13:04:35 Europe/London] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: Path cannot be empty in /etc/inc/notices.inc:101
Stack trace:
#0 /etc/inc/notices.inc(101): fopen('', 'w')
#1 /etc/inc/config.lib.inc(1162): file_notice('phperror', 'PHP ERROR: Type...', 'PHP errors')
#2 [internal function]: pfSense_clear_globals()
#3 {main}
thrown in /etc/inc/notices.inc on line 101

I believe I may just have restarted NUT which had lost contact with UPS, from General system log:

May 30 13:04:35 php-cgi 37927 nut_email.php: PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /etc/inc/config.lib.inc, Line: 172, Message: Uncaught TypeError: fwrite(): Argument #1 ($stream) must be of type resource, bool given in /etc/inc/config.lib.inc:172

Can I provide any additional information?

[stephenw10]

Does the error return if you just remove the warning? After reboot perhaps?

[AMG A35]

@stephenw10

After downloading PHP_errors.log I removed the warning and have not had any further problems.

Yesterday without problems I:

• Restarted nut twice

• Downloaded and configured udpbroadcastrelay

• Removed Avahi

Today without problems I:

• Rebooted

• Restarted nut

Is there anything else I can try or provide?

[stephenw10]

If it does not return it was likely something that happened during the upgrade. Though you said it only alerted 90mins after that which is unexpected.
It might have been a package install that became stuck and was hence still on the old php code. Rebooting allowed it to complete.
If you see it again we can certainly dig into it.

Steve

[AMG A35]

@stephenw10 Today I upgraded snort to latest version immediately got same crash. I have cleared the warning and the system is running ok.
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[29-Jun-2023 09:09:22 Europe/London] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: fwrite(): Argument #1 ($stream) must be of type resource, bool given in /etc/inc/config.lib.inc:172
Stack trace:
#0 /etc/inc/config.lib.inc(172): fwrite(false, 'a:44:{s:7:"vers...')
#1 /etc/inc/config.lib.inc(147): generate_config_cache(Array)
#2 /etc/inc/config.inc(141): parse_config()
#3 /etc/inc/gwlb.inc(25): require_once('/etc/inc/config...')
#4 /etc/inc/functions.inc(35): require_once('/etc/inc/gwlb.i...')
#5 /etc/inc/notices.inc(26): require_once('/etc/inc/functi...')
#6 /usr/local/pkg/nut/nut_email.php(24): require_once('/etc/inc/notice...')
#7 {main}
thrown in /etc/inc/config.lib.inc on line 172
[29-Jun-2023 09:09:22 Europe/London] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: Path cannot be empty in /etc/inc/notices.inc:101
Stack trace:
#0 /etc/inc/notices.inc(101): fopen('', 'w')
#1 /etc/inc/config.lib.inc(1162): file_notice('phperror', 'PHP ERROR: Type...', 'PHP errors')
#2 [internal function]: pfSense_clear_globals()
#3 {main}
thrown in /etc/inc/notices.inc on line 101

[stephenw10]

It's this: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14061

But that should be fixed in 23.05.

Are you able to replicate this, by reinstalling Snort for example?

Steve

[AMG A35]

@stephenw10 Just did snort reinstall via package manager without problem. Anything else I can try?

[stephenw10]

I added your data point here: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14432

Since it's in NUT you might try reinstalling that.

This doesn't appear to be an error affecting functionality beyond the notice itself.

[AMG A35]

@stephenw10 Just did nut reinstall via package manager without problem. Anything else I can try?

[stephenw10]

Not sure at this point. We'll update that ticket as we know more.