25.11 palgued with --> check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 ever since alfa

petrpastor

Hi all,

I have Netgate SG-6100 at my home / lab. ever since I tried version 25.11 first was alpha I have persistence issue with the error message --> check_upgrade: "Updating repositories metadata" returned error code 1 . the issue means any package installation attaemt errors out ang web UI upgrade as well. I reverted back to 25.07 and tried few beta releases isuue alway appeared after upgarde from 25.07 to any version of 25.11. I was able to install upgrade from cli: -> pfSense-upgrade -4, but isue is still there, I got hold of 25.11 release image did a fresh install loaded settings from backup and issue is still there. tryning --> pkg-static update -f , just thows a bunch of errors.

Any Idea?

Thanks

Petr

stephenw10

In 25.11 run: pkg -dd update and see what the level 2 error output is.

Does pkg -6 update complete successfully?

petrpastor

Hi,

Thanks for reply. I have lost patience after countless hours of reading through the forums and trying all I could find in pfsense docs and forums. I just finish two hours freshly installing 25.07.1 and searching for old backup closest to that release. It seems to me that 25.11 is not ready. I needed open vpn back working, mainly client export plugin which did not reinstall on 25.11 upgrade and I could not get packages working.

I may try tinker some more in January 2026.

-p-

stephenw10

If you're running ZFS you can just roll back to the 25.07.1 BE after upgrading.

petrpastor

Good morning

I gave the update to 25.11 try again. same check_upgrade error right after installation.

pkg -dd update shows:

pkg -6 update -->

" pkg -6 update
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
repository pfSense-core has no meta file, using default settings
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
Unable to update repository pfSense-core
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
repository pfSense has no meta file, using default settings
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
Unable to update repository pfSense
Error updating repositories!"

Not much of the change.

-p-

stephenw10

Does pkg -4 update return anything differently?

If so try disabling TSO in Sys > Adv > Networking. We are tracking an issue there with IPv6.

petrpastor

I seems to did the trick:

pkg -6 update
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pfSense-core repository is up to date.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
pfSense repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.

I will observe pfsense behavior on my SG-6100 box further but for now it looks like it is working.

Many thanks

-p-

stephenw10

Aha, so to be clear disabling TSO allowed it to complete with both v4 and v6?

petrpastor

yes both -4 and -6 completed successfully now. For good measure I tried to reinstall one package ad it went flawlessly. Just disabling TSO made the change.

stephenw10

Excellent, thanks for confirming. For reference I believe it's this: https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=2e7699355f08258365fb5f65d11ac297e20f78de

jaltman

https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=2e7699355f08258365fb5f65d11ac297e20f78de alters the fix for https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=288274 which was merged in August 2025