Upgrades to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Paused Due to ‘Critical Bug’
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However, those upgrades didn’t go smoothly for everyone who attempted them.
To prevent further headaches, Canonical has decided to pause upgrades to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS while its developers work out the kinks.
Yesterday, the ‘noble’ release got edited out of the meta-release-lts file (which Ubuntu systems check to detect new versions), preventing users from upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS through officially-supported methods.
Folks attempting to upgrade, but suddenly finding they couldn’t, were left wondering why.
In reply, Canonical explains that it halted upgrades “due to a critical bug in ubuntu-release-upgrader in the way it’s using the apt solver” (though other recurring issues have been reported on Launchpad and mentioned on social media in the past week).
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Ubuntu 24.04 Upgrades Temporarily Disabled Due to Critical Bug
The upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is disabled due to a critical bug discovered in the ubuntu-release-upgrader component, specifically in how it interacts with the APT package management system.
I was fortunate to successfully upgrade my Ubuntu 22.04 LTS desktop to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS a few days ago without any issues. However, it appears that not everyone has been as lucky.
If you attempt to upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 now, you will see a message indicating that no upgrades are currently available for the LTS release.