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On Fri, 23 Jan 2026 13:10:17 +0100 Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2026-01-23 10:07:35 +0100, Jürgen A. Erhard wrote:
> > I also just now in trying to add to this bug thread encountered
> > problems with the BTS. Namely, a 503 unavailable error. In a soap
> > call inside debianbts.py. Just once, but it supports the "it's a
> > server problem" hypothesis.
>
> Yes, I think that there is a problem with the server. But the
> error message from apt-listbugs needs to be more meaningful.
Dear all,
thanks for providing transcripts and additional information about this
issue. It was helpful.
First off, the good news:
* I managed to reproduce the issue (unfortunately, it seems to me that
it is happening more and more often, lately)
* I managed to modify apt-listbugs, so that it is more explicit about
which error it received on the HTTP stream, as in:
$ apt-listbugs list apt
Retrieving bug reports... 0% Fail
E: HTTP GET failed (503: Service Unavailable)
Retry downloading bug information? [Y/n]
* this modification will be included in the next upload of the
'apt-listbugs' package to Debian unstable
Then the bad news:
* the problem seems to always be a "503: Service Unavailable" HTTP
error: it looks like a issue with the server (the Debian BTS SOAP
interface)
* I think a bug report should be filed against pseudo-package
'bugs.debian.org': any volunteers?
Bye and thanks again to you all!
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