Transaction in progress and never stops?

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My silverblue 36 all of the sudden always goes in the “Transaction in progress” mode and never stops. When i open the software app, it says that software catalog is being downloaded but its stuck. Its always stuck around the 75%.

I can’t even cancel it:

[dev@fedora avml]$ rpm-ostree upgrade 
error: Transaction in progress: refresh-md
 You can cancel the current transaction with `rpm-ostree cancel`
[dev@fedora avml]$ rpm-ostree cancel
Cancelling transaction: refresh-md
Cancelled.
[dev@fedora avml]$ rpm-ostree upgrade 
error: Transaction in progress: refresh-md
 You can cancel the current transaction with `rpm-ostree cancel`

Why can’t i cancel this and how to fix it?

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Same problem here, impossible to cancel it. I have to reboot. :rage:

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Does it happen as soon as you log in? Maybe GNOME Software is using rpm-ostree in background, so you can’t perform the same operation while the first one is running. Personally, I prefer disabling the automatic updates by GNOME Software so I can update when I want without any problem.

Also check rpm-ostree status to see if there’s any update error.

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Hi, good idea, I am going to change that in Gnome Software. Maybe it is sufficient.

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Reboot and…it works ! Thank you for this tip. :grin: :grinning: