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Bug 2135374 - Initial-setup freezes for a while while downloading dnf repodata
Summary: Initial-setup freezes for a while while downloading dnf repodata
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED MIGRATED
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: initial-setup
Version: 8.7
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Martin Kolman
QA Contact: Release Test Team
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-10-17 12:19 UTC by Jan Stodola
Modified: 2024-01-17 04:25 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2023-09-18 16:00:07 UTC
Type: Bug
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pm-rhel: mirror+

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Red Hat Issue Tracker   RHEL-4748 0 None Migrated None 2023-09-18 16:00:04 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker RHELPLAN-136691 0 None None None 2022-10-17 12:20:56 UTC

Description Jan Stodola 2022-10-17 12:19:38 UTC 
Description of problem:
When dnf repositories are enabled on the installed system, initial-setup becomes unresponsive for a while after clicking the "Finish configuration" button.
journalctl shows that repository metadata are being downloaded during this freeze and only after that initial-setup is closed and the system continues:

...
říj 17 07:33:21 localhost.localdomain anaconda[1040]: dnf: repo: downloading from remote: rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms
říj 17 07:33:39 localhost.localdomain anaconda[1040]: dnf: rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms: using metadata from Mon 17 Oct 2022 06:00:36 AM EDT.
říj 17 07:33:39 localhost.localdomain anaconda[1040]: dnf: repo: downloading from remote: rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms
říj 17 07:33:49 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: systemd-localed.service: Succeeded.
říj 17 07:33:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: systemd-hostnamed.service: Succeeded.
říj 17 07:34:00 localhost.localdomain anaconda[1040]: dnf: rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms: using metadata from Mon 17 Oct 2022 07:10:29 AM EDT.
říj 17 07:34:00 localhost.localdomain anaconda[1040]: dnf: Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:10 ago on Mon 17 Oct 2022 07:33:43 AM EDT.
...

This only happens when subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon is installed. If the package is uninstalled, metadata are not downloaded and there is no significant delay before clicking the "Finish configuration" button and closing initial-setup.


To reproduce this issue it's good to have repositories with big repodata and/or using slow network connection.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL-8.6, RHEL-8.7
initial-setup-0.3.81.7-1.el8
subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon-1.28.32-1.el8

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install RHEL-8 with the default package set (Server with GUI) and register to CDN during the installation.
2. Reboot to the installed system.
3. Accept the EULA in initial-setup and click the "Finish configuration" button quickly.
4. An alternative approach is to configure dnf repositories on the installed system, run "dnf clean all && systemctl enable initial-setup" and reboot the system.


Actual results:
initial-setup freezes until metadata are downloaded.

Expected results:
initial-setup finishes without a significant delay, or there is a notification that metadata are being downloaded.
Comment 2 Jiri Konecny 2022-10-21 08:58:14 UTC 
It seems that it could be an issue with Subscription Manager addon in the Initial Setup. Could you please take a look on this?
Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2023-09-18 15:58:38 UTC 
Issue migration from Bugzilla to Jira is in process at this time. This will be the last message in Jira copied from the Bugzilla bug.
Comment 5 RHEL Program Management 2023-09-18 16:00:07 UTC 
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Comment 6 Red Hat Bugzilla 2024-01-17 04:25:22 UTC 
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