Bug 2391893 - Bogus "Software Updates Installed" notification on first boot
Summary: Bogus "Software Updates Installed" notification on first boot
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-software
Version: 43
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Milan Crha
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard: openqa AcceptedFreezeException
Depends On:
Blocks: BetaFreezeException, F43BetaFreezeException
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-08-29 18:36 UTC by Adam Williamson
Modified: 2025-09-12 23:25 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: gnome-software-49~rc-2.fc43
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2025-09-04 08:10:27 UTC
Type: Bug
Embargoed:


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Description Adam Williamson 2025-08-29 18:36:46 UTC
This is a downstream report of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/issues/2890#note_2531133 , filed to nominate as a Beta freeze exception issue. The bogus notification breaks several openQA tests, which is a problem for test coverage.

The problem is that GNOME Software with the dnf5 plugin shows a bogus "updates installed" notification on first boot after install, claiming that every single package in the system was "updated".

Comment 1 Adam Williamson 2025-08-29 18:38:53 UTC
openQA testing confirms that the gnome-software-49~beta-6 build fixed this. Unfortunately the update for it has been obsoleted by the 49~rc-1 update, https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-c1d025901f . It might not be bad to pull in the RC build, though, especially if it improves https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/issues/2874 . I'll see how the RC build does in the next Rawhide compose.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2025-08-29 18:40:55 UTC
FEDORA-2025-c1d025901f (gnome-software-49~rc-1.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-c1d025901f

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2025-08-30 01:10:35 UTC
FEDORA-2025-c1d025901f 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-c1d025901f`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-c1d025901f

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

Comment 4 Adam Williamson 2025-09-01 15:44:36 UTC
+4 in https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/1890 , marking accepted FE.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2025-09-02 01:14:05 UTC
FEDORA-2025-167d00534c 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-2025-167d00534c`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-167d00534c

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

Comment 6 Adam Williamson 2025-09-02 15:59:15 UTC
The fix for this looks good in Rawhide testing - we don't seem to have seen this notification since "- dnf5-plugin: Skip historical updates search when no last date is set" in beta-6.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2025-09-04 08:10:27 UTC
FEDORA-2025-167d00534c (gnome-software-49~rc-2.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 8 Adam Williamson 2025-09-05 07:38:22 UTC
somehow, in F43 testing of the GNOME 49-rc megaupdate, we're seeing a Software Updates Installed notification *during the live session*, e.g. https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/tests/3698347#step/_boot_to_anaconda/8 where it showed up almost immediately after live image boot. This doesn't seem to have happened in testing of the F44 megaupdate. I'm not sure why there's a difference. Will look into it more in the morning.

Comment 9 Milan Crha 2025-09-05 09:03:04 UTC
The bug #2392645 will switch back to the PackageKit for the f43. I guess you do not want to waste your time on this then.

Comment 10 Adam Williamson 2025-09-05 17:53:50 UTC
yes, if the revert goes through it should resolve this, but we may need/want to bundle it into the megaupdate so this doesn't interfere with testing/gating of that.

Comment 11 Milan Crha 2025-09-08 08:13:20 UTC
Aha. I cannot add to the mega update, thus I filled https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-7f21f13867 (see bug #2392645). If Michael wants to "adopt" that gnome-software for the mega update then I've nothing against it. There will be a new release on this Friday, thus not much time.

Comment 12 Adam Williamson 2025-09-09 01:19:46 UTC
separate update is fine if it doesn't directly depend on anything in the megaupdate (in fact it gives us more flexibility).


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