>> Is there a reason why the ua client doesn't do this itself internally, i.e. it gives you fresh json or returns the cached copy if it can't do the update?
Currently the only "time" during which ubuntu-advantage-tools (UA client) could perform the logic to exec 'sudo ua status' is during postinst at package install upgrade time. UA client can not perform that status setup during package install for the same timeout reasons you mentioned. It is a potentially long operation. If run during a package install it could delay or prevent other package upgrades if it hits a timeout and/or error. That said, we are working on instrumenting a systemd timer service that can run config change/setup operations out of band of typical APT package installs. So, this case could be handled by that timer-based service. This SRU does represent. This changeset as-is does represent an improvement to existing cases because the Software properties UX demonstrates awareness of ESM (and contract expiry information) properly for attached machines, or unattached machines where `sudo ua status` has been run. Subsequent releases of software-properties will now be able to take advantage of reading "ua status --format=json" output directly as non- root (due to a bug-fix released in 27.2.1). The non-root user will not have to rely anymore on that json file if absent as the --format=json output will render the same JSON dict that would be present on disk for the root user. This is a fix that is under verification in the -proposed queue now for ua-tools and was not available at the time of this original software-properties PR. I'm ok with this approach as-is knowing that we can significantly improve the behavior once ubuntu-advantage- tools 27.2.1 is released to X B F and H -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to software-properties in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1920836 Title: Show Extended Security Maintenence status Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in software-properties source package in Xenial: New Status in software-properties source package in Bionic: Fix Committed Status in software-properties source package in Focal: Fix Committed Status in software-properties source package in Hirsute: Fix Committed Bug description: [Impact] There is not currently a graphical method of determining if a system is subscribed to [Extended Security Maintenance](https://ubuntu.com/security/esm) updates. This is resolved by adding some [new UI](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#Extended_Security_Maintenance) to the software properties application. [Test Case] 1. Install latest version of Ubuntu advantage: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ua-client/stable $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt upgrade 2. Open Software Properties 3. Go to Updates tab. Expected result: Information is shown that indicates if this system is using Extended Security Maintenance updates, when updates will supported until, and a link to upgrade to ESM. Observed result: No ESM information currently shown. [Where problems could occur] - Software properties could hit a bug getting a response from the ua app. The current code carefully checks if and what is returned, falling back to a safe default behavior. - Launching software properties could trigger a bug in the ua app. - Software properties could show incorrect information, causing confusion for the user. The solution uses information from distro-info and the ua app which means software-properties contains no data about ESM, and instead relies on these apps that can be updated if things change. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1920836/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
