Fwupdmgr failed to update system firmware

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For some time, in my Fedora 39 wks (DELL Precision Tower), trying to update System firmware with sudo fwupdmgr update fails with this error (after downloading & decompressing successfully the firmware):
Failed to create '/home/EFI/fedora/fw': Read-only file system
Same error even if I create the folder before the update.

I don’t know if it’s related, but in the fwupd.service (active running) log I found these messages:

FuPluginUefiCapsule failed to mount ESP: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface "org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Filesystem" on object at path /org/freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface "org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Filesystem" on object at path /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/md127
FuPluginIntelMe      failed to get public key using /fpf/OemCred: generic failure [0xb]
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Please provide the output from running inxi -Fzxx in a terminal (as pre-formatted test using the </> button from the top ine in the text entry panel). This may help others recognize your problem and allows others with saem problem to find this topic with a search engine.

It is best to apply all Fedora updates so you aren’t chasing a solved problem.

If you using RAID: there was a recent fwupdmgr bug report. The latest fwupd version is 1.9.20, but F40 still provides 1.9.19.

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The bug (report) that @gnwiii linked is exactly what you are experiencing…

This issue is fixed since 1.9.17 - have you updated your system recently? If you are on 1.9.19+, then I recommend opening another bug report.

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I’m on F39 fully updated, fwupd v. 1.9.19, and yes I using RAID.

That’s the output of inxi -Fzxx:

System:
  Kernel: 6.8.9-200.fc39.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 2.40-14.fc39
  Console: pty pts/1 DM: GDM Distro: Fedora Linux 39 (Workstation Edition)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Dell product: Precision Tower 3620 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis:
    type: 3 serial: <filter>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0MWYPT v: A02 serial: <filter> part-nu: 06B7 UEFI: Dell v: 2.29.0
    date: 03/05/2024
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Skylake-S rev: 3 cache:
    L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2934 high: 3681 min/max: 800/3900 cores: 1: 3600 2: 3653 3: 800 4: 3675
    5: 800 6: 3600 7: 3665 8: 3681 bogomips: 55998
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon Pro WX 5100] vendor: Dell driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-4
    pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: DP-2,DP-3,DP-4 empty: DP-1
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67c7
  Device-2: Creative Live! Cam Video IM Pro driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-4.1:4 chip-ID: 041e:4063
  Display: server: X.org v: 1.20.14 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 compositor: gnome-shell driver: X:
    loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu tty: 189x49
  Monitor-1: DP-2 model: Philips PHL 242B1 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 93 diag: 604mm (23.8")
  Monitor-2: DP-3 model: NEC EA244WMi res: 1920x1200 dpi: 94 diag: 612mm (24.1")
  Monitor-3: DP-4 model: NEC EA244WMi res: 1920x1200 dpi: 94 diag: 612mm (24.1")
  API: OpenGL Message: GL data unavailable in console for root.
  API: EGL Message: EGL data unavailable in console, eglinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170
  Device-2: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590] vendor: Dell
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aaf0
  Device-3: Creative Live! Cam Video IM Pro driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-4.1:4 chip-ID: 041e:4063
  API: ALSA v: k6.8.9-200.fc39.x86_64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.6 status: n/a (root, process) with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6
    chip-ID: 8086:15b7
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: br-156ddc743a1f state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: br-197e91053269 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-3: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-4: veth004f22b state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-5: veth11fcbca state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-6: veth14e9be5 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-7: veth4482743 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-8: veth5cc30c0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-9: veth6a31d9b state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-10: veth6f67b9c state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-11: veth7ac5dd8 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-12: vetha40dbf4 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-13: vethab73aea state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-14: vethc592de9 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-15: vethfb18eff state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-16: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
RAID:
  Device-1: md125 type: mdraid level: mirror status: active size: 1.82 TiB
  Info: report: 2/2 UU blocks: 1953381376 chunk-size: N/A super-blocks: 1.2
  Components: Online: 0: sda1 1: sdc1
  Device-2: md126 type: mdraid level: mirror status: active size: 231.76 GiB
  Info: report: 2/2 UU blocks: 243016704 chunk-size: N/A super-blocks: 1.2
  Components: Online: 0: sdb2 1: nvme0n1p3
  Device-3: md127 type: mdraid level: mirror status: active size: 1022 MiB
  Info: report: 2/2 UU blocks: 1046528 chunk-size: N/A super-blocks: 1.2
  Components: Online: 0: sdb1 1: nvme0n1p2
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: raw: 4.1 TiB usable: 2.05 TiB used: 987.31 GiB (47.0%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Toshiba model: KXG50ZNV256G NVMe 256GB size: 238.47 GiB
    speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 42.9 C
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD2002FFSX-68PF8N0 size: 1.82 TiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> temp: 39 C
  ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    serial: <filter> temp: 32 C
  ID-4: /dev/sdc vendor: Western Digital model: WD2002FFSX-68PF8N0 size: 1.82 TiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> temp: 41 C
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 231.76 GiB used: 118.13 GiB (51.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/md126
  ID-2: /boot size: 1020 MiB used: 322.7 MiB (31.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0
    mapped: BOOT--0-BOOT--1
  ID-3: /boot/efi size: 648.7 MiB used: 36.8 MiB (5.7%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
  ID-4: /home size: 1.82 TiB used: 868.82 GiB (46.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/md125
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 63.0 C pch: 70.5 C mobo: 37.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 963 mobo: 1687
Info:
  Memory: total: 64 GiB available: 62.72 GiB used: 4.95 GiB (7.9%)
  Processes: 391 Power: uptime: 5d 1h 32m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 254 target: graphical (5)
    default: graphical
  Packages: pm: flatpak pkgs: 2 Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: Sudo v: 1.9.15p5
    running-in: pty pts/1 inxi: 3.3.34
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Added fwupd

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I think you should file a bug report at the linked bug tracker.