The bug is fixed in the updated package as demonstrated by this sequence of
commands.
Thanks!
# dpkg -l fwupd
┌── Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
│┌─ Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
││┌ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
│││ Name Version Architecture Description
├┼┼─══════════════─══════════════─════════════─═════════════════════════════════
ii fwupd 2.1.6-3ubuntu4 amd64 Firmware update daemon
# systemctl start fwupd-refresh.service
# systemctl status fwupd-refresh.service
○ fwupd-refresh.service - Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/fwupd-refresh.service; static)
Active: inactive (dead) since Thu 2026-11-05 10:16:47 CET; 20s ago
Invocation: 9185c6db6ed44a86bb818115fb268f5f
TriggeredBy: ● fwupd-refresh.timer
Docs: man:fwupdmgr(1)
Process: 310931 ExecStart=/usr/bin/fwupdmgr refresh (code=exited, status=2)
Main PID: 310931 (code=exited, status=2)
Mem peak: 4.5M
CPU: 79ms
Nov 05 10:16:46 vougeot systemd[1]: Starting fwupd-refresh.service - Refresh
fwupd metadata and update motd...
Nov 05 10:16:47 vougeot systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Deactivated
successfully.
Nov 05 10:16:47 vougeot systemd[1]: Finished fwupd-refresh.service - Refresh
fwupd metadata and update motd.
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fwupd-refresh.service always fails with "Failed to obtain auth"
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