Public bug reported: I tried out the new Ubuntu mode of gnome-initial setup. I went through the steps, and picked "No, don't send any info". Then on the last page the application froze for several seconds (a separate bug), and I saw this message in the console.
** (gnome-initial-setup:30381): WARNING **: 12:52:10.585: Failed to send decline: data were not delivered successfully to metrics server: couldn't send post http request: Post https://metrics.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/desktop/18.04: dial tcp 92.242.132.16:443: i/o timeout We tried to send to a remote server even though I picked an option that I intended to not report to you. I think either we should not send this 'decline' message (this is my preferred option), or we should make it reasonably clear that picking "No" is going to ping home. ** Affects: gnome-initial-setup (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: rls-bb-incoming ** Tags added: rls-bb-incoming ** Description changed: I tried out the new Ubuntu mode of gnome-initial setup. I went through the steps, and picked "No, don't send any info". Then on the last page the application froze for several seconds (a separate bug), and I saw this message in the console. ** (gnome-initial-setup:30381): WARNING **: 12:52:10.585: Failed to send decline: data were not delivered successfully to metrics server: couldn't send post http request: Post https://metrics.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/desktop/18.04: dial tcp 92.242.132.16:443: i/o timeout We tried to send to a remote server even though I picked an option that I intended to not report to you. - I think either we should not send this 'decline' message, or we should - make it reasonably clear that picking "No" is going to ping home. + I think either we should not send this 'decline' message (this is my + preferred option), or we should make it reasonably clear that picking + "No" is going to ping home. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-initial-setup in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1761739 Title: Submits a message to a remote server even when "No, don't send any info" is selected Status in gnome-initial-setup package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I tried out the new Ubuntu mode of gnome-initial setup. I went through the steps, and picked "No, don't send any info". Then on the last page the application froze for several seconds (a separate bug), and I saw this message in the console. ** (gnome-initial-setup:30381): WARNING **: 12:52:10.585: Failed to send decline: data were not delivered successfully to metrics server: couldn't send post http request: Post https://metrics.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/desktop/18.04: dial tcp 92.242.132.16:443: i/o timeout We tried to send to a remote server even though I picked an option that I intended to not report to you. I think either we should not send this 'decline' message (this is my preferred option), or we should make it reasonably clear that picking "No" is going to ping home. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-initial-setup/+bug/1761739/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp