Additionally, after reboot and running unattended-upgrades I saw the following:
2017-05-18 13:01:59,777 INFO Allowed origins are: ['o=Ubuntu,a=yakkety', 'o=Ubuntu,a=yakkety-security'] 2017-05-18 13:01:59,777 WARNING Unclean dpkg state detected, trying to correct 2017-05-18 13:02:20,263 WARNING dpkg --configure -a output: Setting up libdns162:amd64 (1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-10.1ubuntu1.6) ... ... So while there isn't a "pop-up window" that unattended-upgrades are running a reboot while they are running is something which can be recovered from. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unattended-upgrades in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1690980 Title: No pop-up window to warn users that system should not reboot or shutdown while installing security updates Status in OEM Priority Project: Confirmed Status in OEM Priority Project xenial series: New Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Title: No pop-up window to warn users that system should not reboot or shutdown while installing security updates Summary: No pop-up window to warn users that system should not reboot or shutdown while installing security updates Steps: 1. trigger unattended-upgrades 2. reboot or shutdown system while installing packages Expected results: There is a pop-up window to warn users that system should not reboot or shutdown Actual results: There is no pop-up window to warn users Additional information: $ apt-cache policy unattended-upgrades unattended-upgrades: Installed: 0.90 Candidate: 0.90ubuntu0.5 $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/oem-priority/+bug/1690980/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp