On Sun, 25 Jan 2026, Francesco Poli wrote:n > Is the following enough? Yeah; that's enough.
> $ date -R -u ; apt-listbugs list apt ; date -R -u > Sun, 25 Jan 2026 12:06:16 +0000 > Retrieving bug reports... 0% Fail > E: HTTP GET failed (503: All backends failed or unhealthy) > Retry downloading bug information? [Y/n] n > Continue the installation anyway? [y/N] > E: Exiting with error > Sun, 25 Jan 2026 12:06:20 +0000 > > $ date -R -u ; apt-listbugs list apt ; date -R -u > Sun, 25 Jan 2026 12:11:08 +0000 > Retrieving bug reports... 0% Fail > E: HTTP GET failed (503: Service Unavailable) > Retry downloading bug information? [Y/n] n > Continue the installation anyway? [y/N] > E: Exiting with error > Sun, 25 Jan 2026 12:11:11 +0000 Given that these requests are only taking 3-4 seconds, it's definitely not hitting a timeout. I'm not seeing any corresponding log records with a 503 error on the backend (there are multiple 200 responses in this time which look like they could correspond). If you can set a specific user-agent string, I can check to see whether I'm seeing the exact request that you sent in the backend logs. [The observability of the current debbugs instance is pretty archaic, so it's hard to connect an exact request to an exact set of logs.] Thanks! -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reforms. It does not haggle over expenditures on armaments and military equipment. It pays without discussion, it ruins itself, and that is an excellent thing for the syndicates of financiers and manufacturers for whom patriotic terrors are an abundant source of gain. -- Anatole France
