Bug#1111554: apt - daily job spams "Tried to start delayed item […], but failed"
Package: apt
Version: 2.6.1
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: waldi@debian.org
apt in stable spams the log with millions of identical lines:
| W: Tried to start delayed item […], but failed
This showed up on four mostly identical systems, after temporary errors
while reaching the mirror.
Log:
| apt.systemd.daily[1222019]: Err:92 https://ftp.debian.org/debian bookworm-proposed-updates/main amd64 net-tools amd64 2.10-0.1+deb12u2
| apt.systemd.daily[1222019]: Temporary failure resolving 'ftp.debian.org'
| apt.systemd.daily[1222019]: W: Tried to start delayed item https://ftp.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 tzdata all 2025b-0+deb12u1, but failed
| apt.systemd.daily[1222019]: W: Tried to start delayed item https://ftp.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 tzdata all 2025b-0+deb12u1, but failed
| apt.systemd.daily[1222019]: W: Tried to start delayed item https://ftp.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 tzdata all 2025b-0+deb12u1, but failed
| apt.systemd.daily[1222019]: W: Tried to start delayed item https://ftp.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 tzdata all 2025b-0+deb12u1, but failed
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