Bug 2529146
| Summary: | dnf5 doesn't install pending updates (indefinite loop) | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Héctor Louzao <louzaoh> |
| Component: | dnf5 | Assignee: | rpm-software-management |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | unspecified | ||
| Version: | 44 | CC: | jonathan, mcatanza, mcrha, pkratoch, ppisar, rpm-software-management, tor |
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Desktop, Regression, Upgrades |
| Target Release: | --- | Flags: | fedora-admin-xmlrpc:
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| Hardware: | x86_64 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
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| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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additional information -- Boot fe10137d45e64d5da101402521dec790 -- sep 06 11:25:50 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Starting dnf5-offline-transaction.service - Offline upgrades/transactions using DNF 5... sep 06 11:25:51 FedoraBox dnf5[1092]: The system has been modified since the offline transaction was prepared. To reschedule, run: dnf5daemon-server sep 06 11:25:51 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE sep 06 11:25:51 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. sep 06 11:25:51 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Failed to start dnf5-offline-transaction.service - Offline upgrades/transactions using DNF 5. sep 06 11:25:51 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Consumed 692ms CPU time over 790ms wall clock time, 488.9M memory peak. sep 06 11:25:51 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies. systemctl cat dnf5-offline-transaction.service # /usr/lib/systemd/system/dnf5-offline-transaction.service [Unit] Description=Offline upgrades/transactions using DNF 5 Documentation=https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/SystemUpdates DefaultDependencies=no Requires=sysinit.target dbus.socket After=sysinit.target systemd-journald.socket system-update-pre.target Before=poweroff.target reboot.target shutdown.target system-update.target OnFailure=dnf5-offline-transaction-cleanup.service [Service] # We are done when the script exits, not before Type=oneshot # Upgrade output goes to journal and on-screen. StandardOutput=journal+console ExecStart=/usr/bin/dnf5 offline _execute [Install] WantedBy=system-update.target # /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d/10-timeout-abort.conf # This file is part of the systemd package. # See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Shorter_Shutdown_Timer. # # To facilitate debugging when a service fails to stop cleanly, # TimeoutStopFailureMode=abort is set to "crash" services that fail to stop in # the time allotted. This will cause the service to be terminated with SIGABRT # and a coredump to be generated. # # To undo this configuration change, create a mask file: # sudo mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/service.d # sudo ln -sv /dev/null /etc/systemd/system/service.d/10-timeout-abort.conf [Service] TimeoutStopFailureMode=abort -- Boot dbdcae4d63ff4c65ab1135bfbe3dcc52 -- Aug 09 19:58:03 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Starting dnf5-offline-transaction.service - Offline upgrades/transactions using DNF 5... Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: Comenzando transacci<C3><B3>n sin conexi<C3><B3>n. Esto tomar<C3><A1> un rato. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: Failed to resolve transaction. This indicates some bigger problem, since the offline transaction was already successf> Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: Error al resolver la transacci<C3><B3>n: Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: No puede realizar Retirar acci<C3><B3>n, no coincide para: libnghttp2-1.68.0-4.fc44.x86_64. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: No puede realizar Retirar acci<C3><B3>n, no coincide para: libnghttp2-1.68.0-4.fc44.i686. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: No puede realizar Retirar acci<C3><B3>n, no coincide para: libnghttp2-devel-1.68.0-4.fc44.x86_64. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: No puede realizar Retirar acci<C3><B3>n, no coincide para: python3-unbound-1.25.2-1.fc44.x86_64. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: No puede realizar Retirar acci<C3><B3>n, no coincide para: unbound-anchor-1.25.2-1.fc44.x86_64. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: No puede realizar Retirar acci<C3><B3>n, no coincide para: unbound-libs-1.25.2-1.fc44.x86_64. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: No puede realizar Retirar acci<C3><B3>n, no coincide para: vim-data-2:9.2.843-1.fc44.noarch. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: No puede realizar Retirar acci<C3><B3>n, no coincide para: vim-filesystem-2:9.2.843-1.fc44.noarch. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: No puede realizar Retirar acci<C3><B3>n, no coincide para: vim-minimal-2:9.2.843-1.fc44.x86_64. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: No puede realizar Retirar acci<C3><B3>n, no coincide para: xxd-2:9.2.843-1.fc44.x86_64. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: El paquete "libnghttp2-1.68.0-5.fc44.x86_64" ya est<C3><A1> instalado. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: El paquete "libnghttp2-devel-1.68.0-5.fc44.x86_64" ya est<C3><A1> instalado. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: El paquete "libnghttp2-1.68.0-5.fc44.i686" ya est<C3><A1> instalado. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: El paquete "python3-unbound-1.26.0-1.fc44.x86_64" ya est<C3><A1> instalado. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: El paquete "unbound-libs-1.26.0-1.fc44.x86_64" ya est<C3><A1> instalado. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: El paquete "unbound-anchor-1.26.0-1.fc44.x86_64" ya est<C3><A1> instalado. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: El paquete "vim-data-2:9.2.920-1.fc44.noarch" ya est<C3><A1> instalado. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: El paquete "vim-minimal-2:9.2.920-1.fc44.x86_64" ya est<C3><A1> instalado. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: El paquete "vim-filesystem-2:9.2.920-1.fc44.noarch" ya est<C3><A1> instalado. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: El paquete "xxd-2:9.2.920-1.fc44.x86_64" ya est<C3><A1> instalado. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Failed to start dnf5-offline-transaction.service - Offline upgrades/transactions using DNF 5. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Consumed 980ms CPU time over 1.099s wall clock time, 508.3M memory peak. Aug 09 19:58:04 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies. -- Boot 5fa2fabf4298418f9a1f9dc034580148 -- Aug 21 19:55:04 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Starting dnf5-offline-transaction.service - Offline upgrades/transactions using DNF 5... Aug 21 19:55:05 FedoraBox dnf5[1095]: The system has been modified since the offline transaction was prepared. To reschedule, run: dnf5daemon-server Aug 21 19:55:05 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Aug 21 19:55:05 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Aug 21 19:55:05 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Failed to start dnf5-offline-transaction.service - Offline upgrades/transactions using DNF 5. Aug 21 19:55:05 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Consumed 1.062s CPU time over 1.161s wall clock time, 590.1M memory peak. Aug 21 19:55:05 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies. -- Boot 69c377eb413b4510bd715bf99168608d -- Aug 21 19:57:19 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Starting dnf5-offline-transaction.service - Offline upgrades/transactions using DNF 5... Aug 21 19:57:20 FedoraBox dnf5[1094]: The system has been modified since the offline transaction was prepared. To reschedule, run: dnf5daemon-server Aug 21 19:57:20 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Aug 21 19:57:20 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. -- Boot 410c707beac04d86b10e5bbe0cca2cb6 -- Aug 21 20:51:50 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Starting dnf5-offline-transaction.service - Offline upgrades/transactions using DNF 5... Aug 21 20:51:51 FedoraBox dnf5[1100]: The system has been modified since the offline transaction was prepared. To reschedule, run: dnf5daemon-server Aug 21 20:51:51 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Aug 21 20:51:51 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Aug 21 20:51:51 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Failed to start dnf5-offline-transaction.service - Offline upgrades/transactions using DNF 5. Aug 21 20:51:51 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Consumed 1.059s CPU time over 1.161s wall clock time, 590.1M memory peak. Aug 21 20:51:51 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies. -- Boot a93afa6eef83490cb0ca1d66891f3d63 -- Aug 22 11:02:36 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Starting dnf5-offline-transaction.service - Offline upgrades/transactions using DNF 5... Aug 22 11:02:37 FedoraBox dnf5[1094]: The system has been modified since the offline transaction was prepared. To reschedule, run: dnf5daemon-server Aug 22 11:02:37 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Aug 22 11:02:37 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Aug 22 11:02:37 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Failed to start dnf5-offline-transaction.service - Offline upgrades/transactions using DNF 5. Aug 22 11:02:37 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Consumed 668ms CPU time over 764ms wall clock time, 479.6M memory peak. Aug 22 11:02:37 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies. -- Boot 6566748024914f6a91310b9b3200c88e -- Sep 06 11:10:27 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Starting dnf5-offline-transaction.service - Offline upgrades/transactions using DNF 5... Sep 06 11:10:28 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: The system has been modified since the offline transaction was prepared. To reschedule, run: dnf5daemon-server Sep 06 11:10:28 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Sep 06 11:10:28 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Sep 06 11:10:28 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Failed to start dnf5-offline-transaction.service - Offline upgrades/transactions using DNF 5. Sep 06 11:10:28 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Consumed 699ms CPU time over 797ms wall clock time, 489.5M memory peak. Sep 06 11:10:28 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies. -- Boot 6451ac7b4027407786b0b7b0a37936b7 -- Sep 06 11:13:40 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Starting dnf5-offline-transaction.service - Offline upgrades/transactions using DNF 5... Sep 06 11:13:41 FedoraBox dnf5[1090]: The system has been modified since the offline transaction was prepared. To reschedule, run: dnf5daemon-server Sep 06 11:13:41 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Sep 06 11:13:41 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Sep 06 11:13:41 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Failed to start dnf5-offline-transaction.service - Offline upgrades/transactions using DNF 5. Sep 06 11:13:41 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Consumed 689ms CPU time over 814ms wall clock time, 489.7M memory peak. Sep 06 11:13:41 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies. -- Boot fe10137d45e64d5da101402521dec790 -- Sep 06 11:25:50 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Starting dnf5-offline-transaction.service - Offline upgrades/transactions using DNF 5... Sep 06 11:25:51 FedoraBox dnf5[1092]: The system has been modified since the offline transaction was prepared. To reschedule, run: dnf5daemon-server Sep 06 11:25:51 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Sep 06 11:25:51 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Sep 06 11:25:51 FedoraBox systemd[1]: Failed to start dnf5-offline-transaction.service - Offline upgrades/transactions using DNF 5. Sep 06 11:25:51 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Consumed 692ms CPU time over 790ms wall clock time, 488.9M memory peak. Sep 06 11:25:51 FedoraBox systemd[1]: dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies. Have you tried executing "dnf history clean" to remove the obsolete pending update? There was a change <https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf5/pull/2736> in 5.4.3.0 which was supposed to fix this issue. It conveys the new is_pending() boolean with "get_status" D-Bus interface. Maybe Gnome Software does not respect it and detects pending updates by another way? sudo LANG=C dnf5 offline log The following boots appear to contain offline transaction logs: 1 / e8c3e9c328154789a194a74db500c63a: 2026-04-28 14:46:21 43→44 2 / 345cc55632cc42b1b5ac0cdf51e4b459: 2026-05-17 17:16:07 44→44 3 / 925a80a1cd02400ba4e39f067df635c1: 2026-05-21 18:22:06 44→44 4 / 085604dc28a6446e91c61e4d2831be2d: 2026-06-05 18:41:47 44→44 5 / a2a57f7d34ba4e599a3d047e3a4a4e3d: 2026-06-20 21:12:51 44→44 6 / 5f2b080acdfa4a27bcf81a3419796f25: 2026-07-05 17:12:02 44→44 7 / b915da92a4394334bc8e1ecad8d441b0: 2026-07-16 18:27:39 44→44 8 / 9c7aedcde41c4e4bb3123aca9415b678: 2026-07-24 17:28:51 44→44 9 / 05c4230f4eda4a86b48cb5cf0a996805: 2026-08-08 16:28:59 44→44 10 / dbdcae4d63ff4c65ab1135bfbe3dcc52: 2026-08-09 17:58:04 44→44 rpm -qa dnf5\* dnf5-5.4.4.0-1.fc44.x86_64 dnf5daemon-server-5.4.4.0-1.fc44.x86_64 dnf5daemon-server-polkit-5.4.4.0-1.fc44.noarch dnf5-plugins-5.4.4.0-1.fc44.x86_64 (In reply to Petr Pisar from comment #4) > Have you tried executing "dnf history clean" to remove the obsolete pending > update? @ppisar LANG=C dnf history clean Unknown argument "clean" for command "history". Add "--help" for more information about the arguments. I've tried : LANG=C dnf offline clean but when an offline pending updates is present, occurs again the same behavior. I reflected in my previous post log sucessfull and unsucsefull. Regards., 🕙 19:02:27 ➜ sudo cat /usr/lib/sysimage/libdnf5/offline/transaction.json > output.txt
🕙 19:02:36 ➜ sudo ls -lha /var/lib/dnf/offline/packages/ >> output.txt
{
"rpms":[
{
"nevra":"brave-browser-1.94.121-1.x86_64",
"action":"Upgrade",
"reason":"User",
"repo_id":"brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com_x86_64_",
"package_path":"\/var\/lib\/dnf\/offline\/packages\/brave-browser-1.94.121-1.x86_64.rpm"
},
{
"nevra":"chatgpt-26.901.51231-1.x86_64",
"action":"Upgrade",
"reason":"User",
"repo_id":"openai-chatgpt",
"package_path":"\/var\/lib\/dnf\/offline\/packages\/chatgpt-26.901.51231-1.x86_64.rpm"
},
{
"nevra":"chromedriver-152.0.7977.75-1.fc44.x86_64",
"action":"Upgrade",
"reason":"User",
"repo_id":"updates",
"package_path":"\/var\/lib\/dnf\/offline\/packages\/chromedriver-152.0.7977.75-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm"
},
{
"nevra":"chromium-common-152.0.7977.75-1.fc44.x86_64",
"action":"Upgrade",
"reason":"Dependency",
"repo_id":"updates",
"package_path":"\/var\/lib\/dnf\/offline\/packages\/chromium-common-152.0.7977.75-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm"
},
{
"nevra":"code-insiders-1.137.0-1788539840.el8.x86_64",
"action":"Upgrade",
"reason":"User",
"repo_id":"code",
"package_path":"\/var\/lib\/dnf\/offline\/packages\/code-insiders-1.137.0-1788539840.el8.x86_64.rpm"
},
{
"nevra":"microsoft-edge-stable-152.0.4191.66-1.x86_64",
"action":"Upgrade",
"reason":"User",
"repo_id":"microsoft-edge-stable",
"package_path":"\/var\/lib\/dnf\/offline\/packages\/microsoft-edge-stable-152.0.4191.66-1.x86_64.rpm"
},
{
"nevra":"brave-browser-1.94.119-1.x86_64",
"action":"Replaced",
"reason":"User",
"repo_id":"@System"
},
{
"nevra":"chatgpt-26.901.31953-1.x86_64",
"action":"Replaced",
"reason":"User",
"repo_id":"@System"
},
{
"nevra":"chromedriver-151.0.7922.173-1.fc44.x86_64",
"action":"Replaced",
"reason":"User",
"repo_id":"@System"
},
{
"nevra":"chromium-common-151.0.7922.173-1.fc44.x86_64",
"action":"Replaced",
"reason":"Dependency",
"repo_id":"@System"
},
{
"nevra":"code-insiders-1.137.0-1788456987.el8.x86_64",
"action":"Replaced",
"reason":"User",
"repo_id":"@System"
},
{
"nevra":"microsoft-edge-stable-152.0.4191.62-1.x86_64",
"action":"Replaced",
"reason":"User",
"repo_id":"@System"
}
],
"version":"1.0"
}total 1,1G
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 508 sep 6 10:54 .
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 16 sep 6 10:54 ..
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 143M sep 6 10:54 brave-browser-1.94.121-1.x86_64.rpm
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 437M sep 6 10:54 chatgpt-26.901.51231-1.x86_64.rpm
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 8,1M sep 6 10:54 chromedriver-152.0.7977.75-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 15M sep 6 10:54 chromium-common-152.0.7977.75-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 326M sep 6 10:54 code-insiders-1.137.0-1788539840.el8.x86_64.rpm
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 190M sep 6 10:54 microsoft-edge-stable-152.0.4191.66-1.x86_64.rpm
Regards.,
I'm trying to download the 5.4.3.0-1 https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=3082478 but libdnf5-plugin-systemd-inhi is not in the list rpm -qa dnf5\* libdnf5\* libdnf5-5.4.4.0-1.fc44.x86_64 libdnf5-cli-5.4.4.0-1.fc44.x86_64 dnf5-5.4.4.0-1.fc44.x86_64 dnf5daemon-server-5.4.4.0-1.fc44.x86_64 dnf5daemon-server-polkit-5.4.4.0-1.fc44.noarch dnf5-plugins-5.4.4.0-1.fc44.x86_64 libdnf5-plugin-systemd-inhibit-5.4.4.0-1.fc44.x86_64 libdnf5-plugin-expired-pgp-keys-5.4.4.0-1.fc44.x86_64 libdnf5-plugin-appstream-5.4.4.0-1.fc44.x86_64 and here https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/?packages=dnf5 dnf5-5.4.3.0-1 fc44 doesn't exits dnf5-5.4.3.0-1.fc45 dnf5-5.4.3.0-1.fc46 ### Note could you please update the list??? Regards., (In reply to Héctor Louzao from comment #9) > I'm trying to download the 5.4.3.0-1 > https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=3082478 but > libdnf5-plugin-systemd-inhi is not in the list libdnf5-plugin-systemd-inhibit exists since 5.4.4.0. Your link is for 5.4.3.0. > and here https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/?packages=dnf5 > > dnf5-5.4.3.0-1 fc44 doesn't exits It does not. Why should it exist? There is dnf5-5.4.3.0-2.fc44. > could you please update the list??? > I cannot change the history. Use the latest build available. (In reply to Petr Pisar from comment #5) > There was a change > <https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf5/pull/2736> in 5.4.3.0 which > was supposed to fix this issue. It conveys the new is_pending() boolean with > "get_status" D-Bus interface. Maybe Gnome Software does not respect it and > detects pending updates by another way? It uses the get_status() and checks the `pending` boolean, together with the `transaction_status` to be non-NULL. Then it checks the values somehow and decides based on it. It had been deciding whether the gnome-shell should ask to install pending updates differently, it changed with https://gitlab.gnome.org/mcrha/gnome-software/-/commit/82f016c39084b478015057da8adb63f3c9f4a29c , which is 3 months ago. I do not know which exact version of the gnome-software contains that change though, I'm sorry. (In reply to Milan Crha from comment #11) > (In reply to Petr Pisar from comment #5) > > There was a change > > <https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf5/pull/2736> in 5.4.3.0 which > > was supposed to fix this issue. It conveys the new is_pending() boolean with > > "get_status" D-Bus interface. Maybe Gnome Software does not respect it and > > detects pending updates by another way? > > It uses the get_status() and checks the `pending` boolean, together with the > `transaction_status` to be non-NULL. Then it checks the values somehow and > decides based on it. > > It had been deciding whether the gnome-shell should ask to install pending > updates differently, it changed with > https://gitlab.gnome.org/mcrha/gnome-software/-/commit/ > 82f016c39084b478015057da8adb63f3c9f4a29c , which is 3 months ago. I do not > know which exact version of the gnome-software contains that change though, > I'm sorry. rpm -qa dnf5\* libdnf5\* gnome-software\* gnome-software-50.3-1.fc44.x86_64 gnome-software-fedora-langpacks-50.3-1.fc44.x86_64 libdnf5-5.4.4.0-1.fc44.x86_64 libdnf5-cli-5.4.4.0-1.fc44.x86_64 dnf5-5.4.4.0-1.fc44.x86_64 dnf5daemon-server-5.4.4.0-1.fc44.x86_64 dnf5daemon-server-polkit-5.4.4.0-1.fc44.noarch dnf5-plugins-5.4.4.0-1.fc44.x86_64 libdnf5-plugin-systemd-inhibit-5.4.4.0-1.fc44.x86_64 libdnf5-plugin-expired-pgp-keys-5.4.4.0-1.fc44.x86_64 libdnf5-plugin-appstream-5.4.4.0-1.fc44.x86_64 IMHO this is an important bug, also I can't do a sudo dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=45 I apreciate your atention... ### Comment also if I do sudo LANG=C dnf downgrade dnf5\* libdnf5\* gnome-software\* --allowerasing [sudo] contraseña para hhlp: Updating and loading repositories: keybase 100% | 37.2 KiB/s | 3.5 KiB | 00m00s Repositories loaded. The lowest available version of the "libdnf5-plugin-systemd-inhibit.x86_64" package is already installed, cannot downgrade it. Package Arch Version Repository Size Removing dependent packages: libdnf5-plugin-systemd-inhibit x86_64 0:5.4.4.0-1.fc44 updates-testing 28.0 KiB Downgrading: dnf5 x86_64 0:5.4.1.0-1.fc44 fedora 3.1 MiB replacing dnf5 x86_64 0:5.4.4.0-1.fc44 updates-testing 3.3 MiB dnf5-plugins x86_64 0:5.4.1.0-1.fc44 fedora 1.6 MiB replacing dnf5-plugins x86_64 0:5.4.4.0-1.fc44 updates-testing 1.6 MiB dnf5daemon-server x86_64 0:5.4.1.0-1.fc44 fedora 764.4 KiB replacing dnf5daemon-server x86_64 0:5.4.4.0-1.fc44 updates-testing 830.8 KiB dnf5daemon-server-polkit noarch 0:5.4.1.0-1.fc44 fedora 326.0 B replacing dnf5daemon-server-polkit noarch 0:5.4.4.0-1.fc44 updates-testing 326.0 B gnome-software x86_64 0:50.0-2.fc44 fedora 12.0 MiB replacing gnome-software x86_64 0:50.3-1.fc44 updates 12.4 MiB gnome-software-fedora-langpacks x86_64 0:50.0-2.fc44 fedora 47.4 KiB replacing gnome-software-fedora-langpacks x86_64 0:50.3-1.fc44 updates 47.4 KiB libdnf5 x86_64 0:5.4.1.0-1.fc44 fedora 4.3 MiB replacing libdnf5 x86_64 0:5.4.4.0-1.fc44 updates-testing 4.4 MiB libdnf5-cli x86_64 0:5.4.1.0-1.fc44 fedora 1.0 MiB replacing libdnf5-cli x86_64 0:5.4.4.0-1.fc44 updates-testing 1.0 MiB libdnf5-plugin-appstream x86_64 0:5.4.1.0-1.fc44 fedora 32.1 KiB replacing libdnf5-plugin-appstream x86_64 0:5.4.4.0-1.fc44 updates-testing 32.1 KiB libdnf5-plugin-expired-pgp-keys x86_64 0:5.4.1.0-1.fc44 fedora 86.3 KiB replacing libdnf5-plugin-expired-pgp-keys x86_64 0:5.4.4.0-1.fc44 updates-testing 94.6 KiB python3-libdnf5 x86_64 0:5.4.1.0-1.fc44 fedora 9.8 MiB replacing python3-libdnf5 x86_64 0:5.4.4.0-1.fc44 updates-testing 10.2 MiB Transaction Summary: Replacing: 11 packages Removing: 1 package Downgrading: 11 packages Total size of inbound packages is 8 MiB. Need to download 8 MiB. observe this -> Package Arch Version Repository Size Removing dependent packages: libdnf5-plugin-systemd-inhibit x86_64 0:5.4.4.0-1.fc44 updates-testing 28.0 KiB this should be -> Downgrading: libdnf5-plugin-systemd-inhibit x86_64 0:5.4.1.0-1.fc44 fedora 28.0 KiB replacing libdnf5-plugin-systemd-inhibit x86_64 0:5.4.4.0-1.fc44 updates-testing 28.0 KiB Regards., Okay, thanks, the gnome-software 50.3 definitely has the latest version of the dnf5 plugin. Your system, does it have the `/system-update` directory (symlink)? That's one of the indications a pending update is scheduled to be installed the next reboot. When I prepare an update in the gnome-software (also the 50.1-1.fc44 version), there appears /usr/lib/sysimage/libdnf5/offline/offline-transaction-state.toml , which holds the state. There is no `/system-update` at this stage, because the update is not scheduled, it's only prepared. (Scheduled means it'll be applied the next boot, while prepared means the packages are downloaded, waiting to be scheduled.) The file can be read by anyone, and it contains the following here: [offline-transaction-state] rpmdb_cookie = "fd4a81de26dc17ff853d8f5b85896bc74896c0915e1f21472d64208c15fac079" module_platform_id = "" poweroff_after = false verb = "" system_releasever = "44" target_releasever = "44" cachedir = "/var/cache/dnf5daemon-server" status = "download-complete" cmd_line = "dnf5daemon-server" state_version = 2 What does gnome-software Updates tab show to you in the Requires Restart section, please? Is it "Restart & Update..." button or anythign else? *** Bug 2526051 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** hlp in 🛖
🕙 13:36:56 ➜ cat /usr/lib/sysimage/libdnf5/offline/offline-transaction-state.toml
─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
│ File: /usr/lib/sysimage/libdnf5/offline/offline-transaction-state.toml
─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
1 │ [offline-transaction-state]
2 │ rpmdb_cookie = "6496eab5ea57933c58d0127ba19d9f26bfea18afe8188e92dfb98836da3b558d"
3 │ module_platform_id = ""
4 │ poweroff_after = true
5 │ verb = ""
6 │ system_releasever = "44"
7 │ target_releasever = "44"
8 │ cachedir = "/var/cache/dnf5daemon-server"
9 │ status = "ready"
10 │ cmd_line = "dnf5daemon-server"
11 │ state_version = 2
12 │
─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
hhlp in 🛖
🕙 14:47:11 ➜
### Note
gnome-shell:
suspend - restart - turn off and
restart and turn off -> message <pending updates>
Regards.,
Thanks for the update. As the .toml files says `status = "ready"`, the gnome-software takes it as such and passes it to the gnome-shell, which asks to install it.
From your journal log:
> The system has been modified since the offline transaction was prepared. To reschedule, run: dnf5daemon-server
> dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Confirming to apply the update does not re-run the check for the updates and everything, it just sets the "poweroff_after" and let's the dnf5 to create the symlink and that's all.
Wen you open gnome-software, go to the Updates tab and at the left-top corner click the "Refresh" button, and then "Download" button to get the new updates, will it cure the system, please? That's basically what the dnf5daemon-server asks for when applying the offline updates.
(In reply to Milan Crha from comment #13) > Okay, thanks, the gnome-software 50.3 definitely has the latest version of > the dnf5 plugin. > > Your system, does it have the `/system-update` directory (symlink)? That's > one of the indications a pending update is scheduled to be installed the > next reboot. > > When I prepare an update in the gnome-software (also the 50.1-1.fc44 > version), there appears > /usr/lib/sysimage/libdnf5/offline/offline-transaction-state.toml , which > holds the state. There is no `/system-update` at this stage, because the > update is not scheduled, it's only prepared. (Scheduled means it'll be > applied the next boot, while prepared means the packages are downloaded, > waiting to be scheduled.) The file can be read by anyone, and it contains > the following here: > > [offline-transaction-state] > rpmdb_cookie = > "fd4a81de26dc17ff853d8f5b85896bc74896c0915e1f21472d64208c15fac079" > module_platform_id = "" > poweroff_after = false > verb = "" > system_releasever = "44" > target_releasever = "44" > cachedir = "/var/cache/dnf5daemon-server" > status = "download-complete" > cmd_line = "dnf5daemon-server" > state_version = 2 > > What does gnome-software Updates tab show to you in the Requires Restart > section, please? Is it "Restart & Update..." button or anythign else? execute gnome-software: restart and update then window with pending updates message like gnome-shell then reboot same behaviour loop execute -> gnome-software again different message donwload update then restart doesn't ask for pending updates windows boot update offline reboot click on turn off no pending updates Question what is the diference between use gnome-sofware and do it by gnome-shell install pending updates??? maybe a problem here???? I don't use gnome-software at all.... sorry Regards., > Question what is the diference between use gnome-sofware and do it by gnome-shell install pending updates???
The gnome-shell is not meant to prepare (possibly large) updates for offline use. It used to ask PackageKit, but it asks gnome-software now (a more generic approach, gnome-shell is not meant to know how the updates the machine applies - for example with Silverblue the method is rpm-ostree, not PackageKit). Thus gnome-shell asks the gnome-software: "are there pending updated, which can/should be installed?" then gnome-software responds "yes/no", which then gnome-shell uses to decide whether the check/question should be there to install pending updates and if yes it tells the gnome-software that the installation was (not) confirmed and what the action after applying the update should be (reboot or power off), and gnome-software just flips the switch through the dnf5. None of this does any heavy work like checking what changed in the system and what new updates can be applied, it's supposed to be quick.
From my point of view, when dnf5 fails to apply the update, it should write to the toml file the reason (the apps cannot sniff in the journal), and it should change the `status` from `"ready"` to `"failed"`, thus it's clear that whatever the offline update has saved is not applicable.
(In reply to Milan Crha from comment #16) > Thanks for the update. As the .toml files says `status = "ready"`, the > gnome-software takes it as such and passes it to the gnome-shell, which asks > to install it. > > From your journal log: > > > The system has been modified since the offline transaction was prepared. To reschedule, run: dnf5daemon-server > > dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE > > Confirming to apply the update does not re-run the check for the updates and > everything, it just sets the "poweroff_after" and let's the dnf5 to create > the symlink and that's all. > > Wen you open gnome-software, go to the Updates tab and at the left-top > corner click the "Refresh" button, and then "Download" button to get the new > updates, will it cure the system, please? That's basically what the > dnf5daemon-server asks for when applying the offline updates. Yes, the system is ready and running without problem, these are the steps: execute gnome-software: restart and update then window with pending updates message like gnome-shell click on it then reboot same behaviour loop execute again -> gnome-software -> get different message donwload update click on download then restart doesn't ask for pending updates windows like behaviour of gnome-shell boot update offline running reboot o.k click on turn off no pending updates in gnome-shell -> no message system o.k. sorry I don't use gnome-software at all.... I'll start to use for now... thx for your time... ### Comments perhaps a test pending is -> in a new pending updates execute via gnome-shell like I get used to, click on pending updates, reboot and see what happened...??? IMHO I'll expect the same loop..... Regards., |
Every time there are pending updates, when I restart gnome-shell, a screen appears indicating that pending updates need to be installed. I restart gnome-shell, it tries to install the pending updates, restarts again, and so on, an indefinite loop. this is the message from the log: 2026-09-06 11:25:51 WARNING init.scope dnf5-offline-transaction.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. │ │ 2026-09-06 11:25:51 ERR init.scope Failed to start dnf5-offline-transaction.service - Offline upgrades/transactions using DNF 5. systemctl status dnf5-offline-transaction.service ○ dnf5-offline-transaction.service - Offline upgrades/transactions using DNF 5 Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnf5-offline-transaction.service; disabled; preset: disabled) Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d └─10-timeout-abort.conf Active: inactive (dead) Docs: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/SystemUpdates Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.dnf upgrade 2.restart gnome-shell installing and updates pending 3.don't install nothing 4.restart gnome-shell installing and updates pending same message again 5.undefined loop Actual Results: dnf5 doesn't install pending updates, I remember this used to work for me. Expected Results: dnf5 install pending updates on reboot Additional Information: sudo dnf offline status The system has been modified since the offline transaction was prepared. The offline transaction initiated by the following command is no longer valid: dnf5daemon-server To reschedule, run the command above. To clean up, run `dnf5 offline clean`. rpm -qa dnf5\* dnf5-5.4.3.0-2.fc44.x86_64 dnf5daemon-server-5.4.3.0-2.fc44.x86_64 dnf5daemon-server-polkit-5.4.3.0-2.fc44.noarch dnf5-plugins-5.4.3.0-2.fc44.x86_64 sudo dnf offline log The following boots appear to contain offline transaction logs: 1 / e8c3e9c328154789a194a74db500c63a: 2026-04-28 14:46:21 43→44 2 / 345cc55632cc42b1b5ac0cdf51e4b459: 2026-05-17 17:16:07 44→44 3 / 925a80a1cd02400ba4e39f067df635c1: 2026-05-21 18:22:06 44→44 4 / 085604dc28a6446e91c61e4d2831be2d: 2026-06-05 18:41:47 44→44 5 / a2a57f7d34ba4e599a3d047e3a4a4e3d: 2026-06-20 21:12:51 44→44 6 / 5f2b080acdfa4a27bcf81a3419796f25: 2026-07-05 17:12:02 44→44 7 / b915da92a4394334bc8e1ecad8d441b0: 2026-07-16 18:27:39 44→44 8 / 9c7aedcde41c4e4bb3123aca9415b678: 2026-07-24 17:28:51 44→44 9 / 05c4230f4eda4a86b48cb5cf0a996805: 2026-08-08 16:28:59 44→44 10 / dbdcae4d63ff4c65ab1135bfbe3dcc52: 2026-08-09 17:58:04 44→44 the only form to delete this message is executing sudo dnf history clean -- remove any stored offline transactions and cached packages