Bug 2392391

Summary: gnome-initial-setup start in F43 gets delayed by 90 seconds
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Kamil Páral <kparal>
Component: gnome-initial-setupAssignee: GNOME SIG Unassigned <gnome-sig>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity: unspecified Docs Contact:
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 43CC: awilliam, gnome-sig, jeremy.linton, kalevlember, mcatanza, robatino, tiagomatos, traxtopel
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Whiteboard: AcceptedBlocker
Fixed In Version: gnome-initial-setup-49~beta.1-2.fc43 Doc Type: ---
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Last Closed: 2025-09-12 04:29:52 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Kamil Páral 2025-09-01 13:50:56 UTC
Description of problem:
After a clean F43 Workstation installed, the next boot sees a 90-second delay before gnome-initial-setup is started. After the delay, the fail-whale screen is displayed, and only afterwards the gnome-initial-setup starts. The initial setup is functional and the resulting system as well.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-initial-setup-49~alpha-3.fc43.x86_64
gnome-shell-49~alpha.1-2.fc43.x86_64
gnome-session-49~alpha.1-2.fc43.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install F43 Workstation
2. reboot
3. wait for GIS

Additional info:
You can watch a video of the boot process below.

Comment 1 Kamil Páral 2025-09-01 13:51:19 UTC
Created attachment 2105488 [details]
bug demonstration video

Comment 2 Kamil Páral 2025-09-01 13:52:00 UTC
Created attachment 2105489 [details]
system journal (errors)

Comment 3 Kamil Páral 2025-09-01 13:52:09 UTC
Created attachment 2105490 [details]
system journal

Comment 4 Kamil Páral 2025-09-01 13:52:16 UTC
Created attachment 2105491 [details]
rpm -qa

Comment 5 Kamil Páral 2025-09-01 13:53:15 UTC
Proposing as a Beta blocker:
"If a utility for creating user accounts and other configuration is configured to launch, it must be visible within 10 seconds of the first boot reaching the launch point."
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Basic_Release_Criteria#Expected_installed_system_boot_behavior

It takes 90 seconds instead.

Comment 6 Kamil Páral 2025-09-01 13:56:02 UTC
This seems to occur both on bare metal and in virtual machines, so it's unlikely to be hardware-dependent.

Comment 7 Kamil Páral 2025-09-01 15:14:07 UTC
Upstream report:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/8519

Comment 8 Adam Williamson 2025-09-01 15:16:25 UTC
We reported this upstream some time ago:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/8519
I thought we had a downstream bug, but can't seem to find it. The upstream issue seems a bit dead.

Comment 9 Adam Williamson 2025-09-01 15:33:45 UTC
+4 in https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/1898 , marking accepted.

Comment 10 Jeremy Linton 2025-09-05 18:37:58 UTC
I just hit this on aarch64 too, kvm UEFI, there are some messages about media keys failing, and a few other things in the logs but no actual coredumps shown in coredumpctl.

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2025-09-05 20:59:12 UTC
FEDORA-2025-7e109c4976 (adwaita-icon-theme-49~rc-1.fc43, at-spi2-core-2.57.2-1.fc43, and 62 more) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-7e109c4976

Comment 12 Adam Williamson 2025-09-05 21:00:08 UTC
From the openQA videos, it looks to me like the GNOME 49 RC megaupdate fixes this.

Comment 13 Fedora Update System 2025-09-06 01:32:23 UTC
FEDORA-2025-7e109c4976 has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-7e109c4976`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-7e109c4976

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 14 Fedora Update System 2025-09-07 04:35:55 UTC
FEDORA-2025-7e109c4976 has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-7e109c4976`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-7e109c4976

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 15 Fedora Update System 2025-09-08 01:56:59 UTC
FEDORA-2025-7e109c4976 has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-7e109c4976`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-7e109c4976

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 16 Fedora Update System 2025-09-09 02:01:10 UTC
FEDORA-2025-7e109c4976 has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-7e109c4976`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-7e109c4976

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 17 Kamil Páral 2025-09-09 11:32:58 UTC
(In reply to Fedora Update System from comment #16)
> FEDORA-2025-7e109c4976 has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.

This update fixes the problem.

Comment 18 Fedora Update System 2025-09-10 01:36:39 UTC
FEDORA-2025-7e109c4976 has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-7e109c4976`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-7e109c4976

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 19 Fedora Update System 2025-09-11 02:21:59 UTC
FEDORA-2025-7e109c4976 has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-7e109c4976`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-7e109c4976

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 20 Fedora Update System 2025-09-12 04:29:52 UTC
FEDORA-2025-7e109c4976 (adwaita-icon-theme-49~rc-1.fc43, at-spi2-core-2.57.2-1.fc43, and 89 more) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.