F43 beta: packagekit-command-not-found not working

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I am running f43 workstation in a vm, wanted to use pip not knowing it wasn’t installed yet…
this is what I got:

bash: pip: command not found...
Install package 'python3-pip' to provide command 'pip'? [N/y] y


 * Waiting in queue... 
The following packages have to be installed:
 python3-pip-25.1.1-18.fc43.noarch	A tool for installing and managing Python3 packages
Proceed with changes? [N/y] y


 * Waiting in queue... 
 * Waiting for authentication... 
 * Waiting in queue... 
 * Waiting in queue... 
 * Waiting for authentication... Failed to install packages: Failed to obtain authentication.

is packagekit-command-not-found supposed to work?

Additional info, found this using systemctl status packagekit:

     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/packagekit.service; static)
    Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
             └─10-timeout-abort.conf
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2025-09-23 22:07:05 CEST; 5min ago
   Main PID: 6034 (packagekitd)
      Tasks: 4 (limit: 9210)
     Memory: 162M (peak: 163.5M)
        CPU: 1.987s
     CGroup: /system.slice/packagekit.service
             └─6034 /usr/libexec/packagekitd

Sep 23 22:07:50 vbox packagekitd[6034]: failed to add subkeys for /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-26-secondary to rpmdb
Sep 23 22:07:50 vbox packagekitd[6034]: failed to add subkeys for /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-7-primary to rpmdb
Sep 23 22:07:50 vbox packagekitd[6034]: failed to add subkeys for /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-8-primary to rpmdb
Sep 23 22:07:50 vbox packagekitd[6034]: failed to add subkeys for /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-8-primary-original to rpmdb
Sep 23 22:07:50 vbox packagekitd[6034]: failed to add subkeys for /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-9-primary to rpmdb
Sep 23 22:07:50 vbox packagekitd[6034]: failed to add subkeys for /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-9-primary-original to rpmdb
Sep 23 22:07:50 vbox packagekitd[6034]: failed to add subkeys for /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-9-secondary to rpmdb
Sep 23 22:07:50 vbox PackageKit[6034]: install-packages transaction /192_bedbcecd from uid 1000 finished with need-untrusted aft>
Sep 23 22:07:50 vbox PackageKit[6034]: uid 1000 is trying to obtain org.freedesktop.packagekit.package-install-untrusted auth (o>
Sep 23 22:07:50 vbox PackageKit[6034]: uid 1000 failed to obtain auth
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Possibly related (if you have the Google Chrome third party repo enabled?)

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Hi, thanks for your quick reply.

Yes, third-party repos enabled after install.