** Description changed: Have Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS Try to upgrade to the latest LTS (26.04.1 was released on 27-Aug-2026). But note that 26.04.1 isn't available for upgrade now because of regressions with rust-coreutils, see https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-26-04-1-lts-released/86808. Expected result: You get a message that no stable LTS version is available. + + Suggested wording for the Prompt=lts + no new LTS in meta-release-lts + case: + + No new LTS release found. + Upgrades to the next LTS are enabled after its first point release. + See https://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release-lts Actual result: You get the following confusing message informing about a development version. But I'm not interested about a development version, I want to upgrade to the stable version. mirao@rog:~$ do-release-upgrade Checking for a new Ubuntu release There is no development version of an LTS available. To upgrade to the latest non-LTS development release set Prompt=normal in /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades. This is my "release-upgrades" setting: mirao@rog:~$ cat /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades # Default behavior for the release upgrader. [DEFAULT] # Default prompting and upgrade behavior, valid options: # # never - Never check for, or allow upgrading to, a new release. # normal - Check to see if a new release is available. If more than one new # release is found, the release upgrader will attempt to upgrade to # the supported release that immediately succeeds the # currently-running release. # lts - Check to see if a new LTS release is available. The upgrader # will attempt to upgrade to the first LTS release available after # the currently-running one. Note that if this option is used and # the currently-running release is not itself an LTS release the # upgrader will assume prompt was meant to be normal. Prompt=lts + + Please do not close this once meta-release-lts is updated. That is exactly what happened to bug #1890936 (18.04 → 20.04, identical message): it was set to Fix Released when the meta-release file was updated, so the string was never touched — and the same message was reported again for 22.04 → 24.04, and now for 24.04 → 26.04. The trigger disappears once each point release is enabled, which is why this keeps surviving every cycle. Bug #2065191 describes the equivalent wording problem in the -d / development branch. + --- + + ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:24.04.28 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-42.42-generic 6.17.13 Uname: Linux 6.17.0-42-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.28.3-0ubuntu0.1 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CrashDB: ubuntu CrashReports: 640:1000:109:24318964:2026-08-28 10:34:41.332251737 +0200:2026-08-28 10:34:41.333251735 +0200:/var/crash/_usr_bin_totem-video-thumbnailer.1000.crash 644:0:109:355:2026-08-28 08:20:35.273642829 +0200:2026-08-25 09:00:21.241913267 +0200:/var/crash/kexec_cmd 644:1000:109:0:2026-08-28 10:34:41.332251737 +0200:2026-08-28 10:34:41.332251737 +0200:/var/crash/_usr_bin_totem-video-thumbnailer.1000.upload 600:107:109:37:2026-08-28 10:36:32.209486688 +0200:2026-08-28 10:36:32.207977301 +0200:/var/crash/_usr_bin_totem-video-thumbnailer.1000.uploaded CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Aug 29 08:27:34 2026 InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-08-14 (744 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240424) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:
** Description changed: Have Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS Try to upgrade to the latest LTS (26.04.1 was released on 27-Aug-2026). But note that 26.04.1 isn't available for upgrade now because of regressions with rust-coreutils, see https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-26-04-1-lts-released/86808. Expected result: + ---------------- You get a message that no stable LTS version is available. Suggested wording for the Prompt=lts + no new LTS in meta-release-lts case: No new LTS release found. Upgrades to the next LTS are enabled after its first point release. See https://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release-lts Actual result: + -------------- You get the following confusing message informing about a development version. But I'm not interested about a development version, I want to upgrade to the stable version. mirao@rog:~$ do-release-upgrade Checking for a new Ubuntu release There is no development version of an LTS available. To upgrade to the latest non-LTS development release set Prompt=normal in /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades. - This is my "release-upgrades" setting: + + --- + The message is not just confusing, its advice is actively harmful here. "To upgrade to the latest non-LTS development release set Prompt=normal" points a 24.04 user at 24.10, 25.04 and 25.10 — all of which are EOL. Following the tool's own suggestion leads either to another "No new release found" or to an unsupported release. The message also has nothing to do with a development version: 26.04.1 is a released stable LTS, it is simply not yet listed as an upgrade target in meta-release-lts. + + + Here is my "release-upgrades" setting: mirao@rog:~$ cat /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades # Default behavior for the release upgrader. [DEFAULT] # Default prompting and upgrade behavior, valid options: # # never - Never check for, or allow upgrading to, a new release. # normal - Check to see if a new release is available. If more than one new # release is found, the release upgrader will attempt to upgrade to # the supported release that immediately succeeds the # currently-running release. # lts - Check to see if a new LTS release is available. The upgrader # will attempt to upgrade to the first LTS release available after # the currently-running one. Note that if this option is used and # the currently-running release is not itself an LTS release the # upgrader will assume prompt was meant to be normal. Prompt=lts + --- Please do not close this once meta-release-lts is updated. That is exactly what happened to bug #1890936 (18.04 → 20.04, identical message): it was set to Fix Released when the meta-release file was updated, so the string was never touched — and the same message was reported again for 22.04 → 24.04, and now for 24.04 → 26.04. The trigger disappears once each point release is enabled, which is why this keeps surviving every cycle. Bug #2065191 describes the equivalent wording problem in the -d / development branch. --- - ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:24.04.28 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-42.42-generic 6.17.13 Uname: Linux 6.17.0-42-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.28.3-0ubuntu0.1 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CrashDB: ubuntu CrashReports: 640:1000:109:24318964:2026-08-28 10:34:41.332251737 +0200:2026-08-28 10:34:41.333251735 +0200:/var/crash/_usr_bin_totem-video-thumbnailer.1000.crash 644:0:109:355:2026-08-28 08:20:35.273642829 +0200:2026-08-25 09:00:21.241913267 +0200:/var/crash/kexec_cmd 644:1000:109:0:2026-08-28 10:34:41.332251737 +0200:2026-08-28 10:34:41.332251737 +0200:/var/crash/_usr_bin_totem-video-thumbnailer.1000.upload 600:107:109:37:2026-08-28 10:36:32.209486688 +0200:2026-08-28 10:36:32.207977301 +0200:/var/crash/_usr_bin_totem-video-thumbnailer.1000.uploaded CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Aug 29 08:27:34 2026 InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-08-14 (744 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240424) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) VarLogDistupgradeTermlog: -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2165809 Title: Confusing message "There is no development version of an LTS available" when trying upgrading to stable LTS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/2165809/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
