Getting Errors everytime I Reboot

cjbujold

Using 2.8.1 with latest patches.
When I reboot I keep getting errors. I normally need to reboot if a HAProxy change hangs the system.

The errors I'm getting are: (how can I fix)

Crash report begins. Anonymous machine information:

amd64
15.0-CURRENT
FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT #21 RELENG_2_8_1-n256095-47c932dcc0e9: Thu Aug 28 16:27:48 UTC 2025 root@pfsense-build-release-amd64-1.eng.atx.netgate.com:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-CE-snapshots-2_8_1-main/obj/amd64/AupY3aTL/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-CE-

Crash report details:

PHP Errors:
[16-Apr-2026 13:53:22 America/Moncton] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot access offset of type string on string in /etc/inc/upgrade_config.inc:1428
Stack trace:
#0 /etc/inc/config.lib.inc(457): upgrade_049_to_050()
#1 /etc/rc.bootup(144): convert_config()
#2 {main}
thrown in /etc/inc/upgrade_config.inc on line 1428
No FreeBSD crash data found.

Crash report details:

PHP Errors:
[16-Apr-2026 13:53:22 America/Moncton] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot access offset of type string on string in /etc/inc/upgrade_config.inc:1428
Stack trace:
#0 /etc/inc/config.lib.inc(457): upgrade_049_to_050()
#1 /etc/rc.bootup(144): convert_config()
#2 {main}
thrown in /etc/inc/upgrade_config.inc on line 1428

PHP {$errortype}s

PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /etc/inc/upgrade_config.inc, Line: 1428, Message: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot access offset of type string on string in /etc/inc/upgrade_config.inc:1428
Stack trace:
#0 /etc/inc/config.lib.inc(457): upgrade_049_to_050()
#1 /etc/rc.bootup(144): convert_config()
#2 {main}
thrown @ 2026-04-16 13:53:22

General

An error occurred while uploading the encrypted pfSense configuration backup to https://acb.netgate.com (Unable to resolve acb.netgate.com) @ 2026-04-16 13:54:05
An error occurred while uploading the encrypted pfSense configuration backup to https://acb.netgate.com (Unable to resolve acb.netgate.com) @ 2026-04-16 13:54:11

SteveITS

@cjbujold Well for the second one, does Diagnostics > DNS Lookup find that host?

stephenw10

You should only hit that error if the config is upgraded and that should certainly not be happening at every boot!

Is it pulling in a backup config at boot perhaps?

That's also a very old config version step. But if it is hitting it I'd guess you have a bad user defined in the config. Maybe missing a user ID.

cjbujold

Yes, the DNS lookup finds it every time. If I force a manual backup, it does not have any problem finding acb.netgate.com and doing the backup.

cjbujold

I only have the admin user. How can I check for an old config file? Also, I use HAProxy and see that some people have problems with it locking up pfSense. Could this be a side effect?

stephenw10

If you have force rebooted pfSense enough times it may have caused filesystem issues and damaged the config. Though it would be unlikely to be something that specific.

Try resaving the admin user and check if the config is changed.

cjbujold

Resaved the Admin user and yes, there seem to have some change in the config. Will monitor and see if it fixed the issue.

Thanks