This bug was fixed in the package update-notifier - 3.192.1.12
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update-notifier (3.192.1.12) bionic; urgency=medium
* Sleep for up to an hour in the background in order to spread the load
of checking for release updates on the Ubuntu infrastructure
(LP: #1836475)
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LGTM, thanks!
| ubuntu@juju-87625f-hloeung-66:~$ cp /etc/cron.weekly/update-notifier-common ~/
| ubuntu@juju-87625f-hloeung-66:~$ sudo apt-get update
| ...
| Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-proposed/main amd64 Packages
[104 kB]
| ...
| ubuntu@juju-87625f-hloeung-66:~$ sudo
Hello Junien, or anyone else affected,
Accepted update-notifier into bionic-proposed. The package will build
now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-
notifier/3.192.1.12 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed
repository.
Please help us by testing this new package.
** Also affects: update-notifier (Ubuntu Bionic)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu Bionic)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Brian Murray (brian-murray)
** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu Bionic)
Status: New => In Progress
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This bug was fixed in the package update-notifier - 3.192.30.9
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update-notifier (3.192.30.9) focal; urgency=medium
* Sleep for up to an hour in the background in order to spread the load
of checking for release updates on the Ubuntu infrastructure
(LP: #1836475)
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Thanks Brian (brian-murray) for sponsoring this change.
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Title:
[SRU] update-notifier-common weekly cron job runs at the same time for
all
Looks good to me:
| ubuntu@juju-87625f-hloeung-100:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install
update-notifier-common
| Reading package lists... Done
| Building dependency tree
| Reading state information... Done
| The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:
|
Hello Junien, or anyone else affected,
Accepted update-notifier into focal-proposed. The package will build now
and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-
notifier/3.192.30.9 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed
repository.
Please help us by testing this new package.
I've sponsored this for Dave.
** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu Focal)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Brian Murray (brian-murray)
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Title:
@waveform, perfect, thanks!
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Title:
[SRU] update-notifier-common weekly cron job runs at the same time for
all computers across the globe
To
Attaching a debdiff for the focal version which implements a random
delay of up to 1 hour. The delay is executed in the background to ensure
that other cronjobs are not held up. Hopefully 1 hour is sufficient:
it's considerably shorter than the 24 hours that the systemd timer
"smears" this action
On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 04:16:28PM -, Robie Basak wrote:
> > I'm keen to try and avoid handling any more complex (arbitrary)
> customisations
>
> I agree! I think I prefer adding a random sleep for the SRU for this
> reason, even if the appropriate fix for the development release that
> landed
Here are some regression scenarios:
Someone has taken control of all scheduled tasks on a load-critical
server by either disabling cron, adjusting the cron.weekly job, or
adjusting this particular weekly job in cron. Switching to a systemd
timer and enabling it by default would disrupt such a
> Sorry, I should have communicated this better.
> With the proposed patch for Focal, users who have customised the file in
> /etc/cron.* (eg. by
> removing it) won't have that customisation transferred to the systemd timer.
> This needs
> consideration, so we're removing it from the SRU so
Any updates with regards to getting this backported to Focal?
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Title:
[SRU] update-notifier-common weekly cron job runs at the same time for
Removed from focal-proposed
** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu Focal)
Status: Fix Committed => Triaged
** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-focal
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> I tried to verify this but it looks like it was removed from focal-
proposed.
Sorry, I should have communicated this better.
With the proposed patch for Focal, users who have customised the file in
/etc/cron.* (eg. by removing it) won't have that customisation
transferred to the systemd timer.
I tried to verify this but it looks like it was removed from focal-
proposed.
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Title:
[SRU] update-notifier-common weekly cron job runs at the
Hello Junien, or anyone else affected,
Accepted update-notifier into focal-proposed. The package will build now
and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-
notifier/3.192.30.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed
repository.
Please help us by testing this new package.
** Merge proposal linked:
https://code.launchpad.net/~chad.smith/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+git/update-notifier/+merge/394160
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** Merge proposal linked:
https://code.launchpad.net/~chad.smith/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+git/update-notifier/+merge/394854
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** Merge proposal linked:
https://code.launchpad.net/~chad.smith/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+git/update-notifier/+merge/394853
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Title:
I've uploaded this to the Stable Release updates queue for Focal for
review by a fellow SRU team member. Thanks for your contribution to
Ubuntu!
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** No longer affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Groovy)
** Also affects: update-notifier (Ubuntu Focal)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Focal)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** No longer affects:
Attaching patch for SRU to focal; test build is available from:
https://launchpad.net/~waveform/+archive/ubuntu/update-
notifier/+packages
** Patch added: "lp1836475-focal.debdiff"
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