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check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1

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    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
    last edited by 22 days ago

    Ah OK. That sounds more like it simply hasn't had time to fail the check the first time you login and display the dashboard. As soon as you go to some other page the check has failed and it displays the alert.

    If you can try just refreshing the dashboard. I expect the alert to be shown then too.

    But importantly this only happens once after rebooting and not again until the next reboot?

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      Donny @stephenw10
      last edited by 22 days ago

      @stephenw10 In the case where the notification bell is already visible at the top right corner of the Dashboard, and I refresh the Dashboard, the bell remains visible as it was.

      However, if I click 'Mark All as Read' on the notification bell, the notification disappears. After that, when I refresh the Dashboard, the bell does not reappear.

      Yes, this behavior only occurs once after a reboot and does not happen again until the next reboot.

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        mad_4u @Donny
        last edited by 22 days ago

        same here but only after reboot.

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          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by 22 days ago

          Hmm, this "feels" like a race condition during boot that only some systems hit. What hardware are you running?

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            mad_4u @stephenw10
            last edited by 22 days ago

            @stephenw10
            i am runing pfsense on proxmox vm

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              Donny @stephenw10
              last edited by 22 days ago

              @stephenw10 This is the hardware I used for testing with pfSense 2.7.2, and I have never encountered this issue before.
              Asrock QC 5000 ITX/PH CPU on board
              Type AMD A4-5000 APU with Radeon(TM) HD Graphics
              4 CPUs : 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)
              AES-NI CPU Crypto: Yes (active)
              QAT Crypto: No
              Hardware crypto: AES-CBC, AES-CCM, AES-GCM, AES-ICM, AES-XTS
              Intel network card 4 ports (39Y6138)
              Kington SSD now 300V 60 GB

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                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @mad_4u
                last edited by 21 days ago

                @mad_4u said in check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1:

                i am runing pfsense on proxmox vm

                What specs on the VM?

                I also test in proxmox extensively on various sized VMs and haven't yet been able to replicate. I'll keep trying...

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                  mad_4u @stephenw10
                  last edited by mad_4u 21 days ago 21 days ago

                  @stephenw10

                  i am running proxmox on PowerEdge T620 2 X CPU 256 GB RAM
                  CPU Type QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+
                  16 CPUs : 4 package(s) x 4 core(s)
                  AES-NI CPU Crypto: Yes (inactive)
                  QAT Crypto: No
                  RAM: 8GB
                  HD: 10GB

                  on 2.7.2 never had this issue but only apears after upgrading.
                  it's only apearing after reboot otherwise no conflect or issue on any functions

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                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by 21 days ago

                    Hmm, OK not an under resource issue then. Perhaps something hit y booting much faster in fact....

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                      mad_4u @stephenw10
                      last edited by mad_4u 21 days ago 21 days ago

                      @stephenw10

                      I did factory defaults and reset everyting the error still shows and even after restoring my configuration it keeps coming back
                      then i reinstall all packages and reboot.
                      no more errors

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                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by 21 days ago

                        Are you redirecting DNS? Routing over a VPN?

                        I can't hit this on anything here, fast or slow...

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                          mad_4u @stephenw10
                          last edited by 21 days ago

                          @stephenw10
                          yes dns on adguard-home, Guest vlan on wireguard vpn.
                          after reinstalling everything no more erros i suspect the issue was acme package

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                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by 21 days ago

                            Hmm, curious...

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                              rpsmith
                              last edited by 21 days ago

                              Same problem here:

                              PC Engines APU2 Platform ("apu4" model)
                              Netgate Device ID: 97372676272a13e1bf6f

                              Everything else seems to be working OK. This system has no packages installed and the WAN is using 100 megabit PPPoE.

                              RPSmith...

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                                rpsmith
                                last edited by 21 days ago

                                Also, if I set "Disable the dashboard auto-update check", the error does not appear again even after a reboot and I can manually check for an update and still no error so It might be a timing issue during boot-up.

                                RPSmith...

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                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by 21 days ago

                                  Yes, it certainly seems like a race condition with the initial upgrade check. But there must be something additional in play to trigger it. I still can't replicate it here....

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                                    rpsmith @stephenw10
                                    last edited by 21 days ago

                                    @stephenw10 ~ I think it will start again if I re-enable "dashboard auto-update check" and I could give you access to the firewall if that would help your troubleshooting.

                                    RPSmith...

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                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by 21 days ago

                                      I think we're going to need to replicate it locally but if I can't that could be helpful.

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                                        rpsmith @stephenw10
                                        last edited by rpsmith 21 days ago 21 days ago

                                        @stephenw10 ~ The one I'm seeing this problem on is my one and only PC Engines APU2 Platform ("apu4" model) so it doesn't have much for CPU power and my "Branch" has always been correctly populated. Also, My WAN is PPPoE and I have the new PPPoE service enabled.

                                        RPSmith...

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                                          JonnyQuest
                                          last edited by 21 days ago

                                          I would like to add I am having the same problem after upgrading from 2.7.2 to 2.8.0. The only packages that I had installed were Wireguard and the system patches. Packages were uninstalled then updated. As with the others, the message only shows up again after a reboot.

                                          Running bare metal on a

                                          Dell Wyze 5070 Extended

                                          Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver J5005 CPU @ 1.50GHz
                                          Current: 1500 MHz, Max: 1501 MHz
                                          4 CPUs : 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)
                                          AES-NI CPU Crypto: Yes (active)
                                          QAT Crypto: No

                                          4 GB DDR4

                                          250GB M.2 SATA used for pfSense
                                          (Internal eMMC not used)

                                          Intel I350-T2 Network card

                                          Very basic configuration (no vlans) with no wireguard at the moment (Did not restore my configuration file yet).

                                          Had no issues running 2.7.2

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