Public bug reported:
I started receiving these events in the syslog/journald on a range of
different Ubuntu 22.04 machines on March 27 2025.
I was not receiving these errors on previous days, and no packages or
server restarts had occurred on the said servers for 7 days, so I can't
attribute it to a software update.
```
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 systemd[1]: Starting Refresh fwupd metadata and update
motd...
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 dbus-daemon[1055]: [system] Activating via systemd:
service name='org.freedesktop.fwupd' unit='fwupd.service' requested by ':1.103'
(uid=124 pid=3864670 comm="/usr/bin/fwupdmgr refresh " label="unconfined")
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 systemd[1]: Starting Firmware update daemon...
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 dbus-daemon[1055]: [system] Successfully activated service
'org.freedesktop.fwupd'
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 systemd[1]: Started Firmware update daemon.
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Updating lvfs
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 0%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Idle…: 100%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Idle…: 100%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 100%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 0%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 1%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 3%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 4%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 6%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 9%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 10%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 14%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 17%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 18%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 20%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 23%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 24%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 25%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 27%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 29%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 30%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 33%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 35%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 39%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 41%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 44%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 47%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 50%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 54%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 57%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 60%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 63%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 64%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 71%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 77%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 83%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 89%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 95%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Idle…: 100%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 fwupdmgr[3864670]: Idle…: 100%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Main process exited,
code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Failed with result
'exit-code'.
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2 systemd[1]: Failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and
update motd.
```
```
× fwupd-refresh.service - Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/fwupd-refresh.service; static)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2025-03-27 22:40:41 UTC;
18min ago
TriggeredBy: ● fwupd-refresh.timer
Docs: man:fwupdmgr(1)
Process: 3864670 ExecStart=/usr/bin/fwupdmgr refresh (code=exited,
status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 3864670 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 114ms
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2.example.net fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 71%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2.example.net fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 77%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2.example.net fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 83%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2.example.net fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 89%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2.example.net fwupdmgr[3864670]: Downloading…: 95%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2.example.net fwupdmgr[3864670]: Idle…: 100%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2.example.net fwupdmgr[3864670]: Idle…: 100%
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2.example.net systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Main
process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2.example.net systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Failed with
result 'exit-code'.
Mar 27 22:40:41 nfs2.example.net systemd[1]: Failed to start Refresh fwupd
metadata and update motd.
```
There doesn't seem a clear error reason for the issue. Is there
something else I could check to uncover the root cause?
The servers are all Ubuntu 22.04. Times shown above are in UTC, however
it has been happening periodically (I guess when the fwupd-refresh
service timer kicks in) all on March 27.
** Affects: fwupd (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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