Tor repodata 404 error & Fedora automatic updates

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Following the Middle/Guard relay guide, yesterday I believe I installed dnf-automaticand received an error message (I think it was command not recognized) when I entered systemctl enable --now dnf-automatic-install.timer. Now I’m trying to rerun dnf install dnf-automatic to make sure that I did install it the first time but now I’m getting a 404 error. My internet is working fine otherwise (I’ve pinged several domains). Simply entering sudo dnf update also returns these 404 errors. Any ideas?

[root@fedora-39 ~]# dnf install dnf-automatic
Updating and loading repositories:
 Tor for Fedora 41 - x86_64                          100% |   1.8 KiB/s |   1.0 KiB |  00m01s
>>> Status code: 404 for https://rpm.torproject.org/fedora/41/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml (IP:
>>> Status code: 404 for https://rpm.torproject.org/fedora/41/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml (IP:
>>> Status code: 404 for https://rpm.torproject.org/fedora/41/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml (IP:
>>> Status code: 404 for https://rpm.torproject.org/fedora/41/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml (IP:
>>> Librepo error: Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirro
Repositories loaded.
Nothing to do.
[root@fedora-39 ~]# systemctl enable --now dnf-automatic-install.timer
Failed to enable unit: Unit dnf-automatic-install.timer does not exist
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Looks like a duplicate of the issue reported here - i.e. the RPM repo has no release candidate for Fedora 41 presently. I’ve raised this as an issue on Core tor’s GitLab page.

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Thanks! Should I downgrade to Fedora 40 for the relay to run properly or will it not make a difference?

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A workaround would be to install tor from source. Other than that I couldn’t advise. Maybe there’s a Fedora-based relay operator out there who could help.

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I was able to download Tor, my issue was with the automatic installer — systemctl enable --now dnf-automatic-install.timer.

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Could you try dnf --disablerepo=tor install dnf-automatic ?

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Ok, I ran your suggested command and now I’m getting the error message that I got on Friday when I first installed automatic.

[root@fedora-39 ~]# dnf --disablerepo=tor install dnf-automatic
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Nothing to do.
[root@fedora-39 ~]# systemctl enable --now dnf-automatic-install.timer
Failed to enable unit: Unit dnf-automatic-install.timer does not exist
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Could you run dnf repolist --all ? I need more information.

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Here it is:

[root@fedora-39 ~]# dnf repolist --all
repo id                                                                     repo name                                                                                                   status
fedora                                                                      Fedora 41 - x86_64                                                                                         enabled
fedora-cisco-openh264                                                       Fedora 41 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64                                                                   enabled
fedora-cisco-openh264-debuginfo                                             Fedora 41 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 - Debug                                                          disabled
fedora-cisco-openh264-source                                                Fedora 41 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 - Source                                                         disabled
fedora-debuginfo                                                            Fedora 41 - x86_64 - Debug                                                                                disabled
fedora-source                                                               Fedora 41 - Source                                                                                        disabled
tor                                                                         Tor for Fedora 41 - x86_64                                                                                 enabled
updates                                                                     Fedora 41 - x86_64 - Updates                                                                               enabled
updates-debuginfo                                                           Fedora 41 - x86_64 - Updates - Debug                                                                      disabled
updates-source                                                              Fedora 41 - Updates Source                                                                                disabled
updates-testing                                                             Fedora 41 - x86_64 - Test Updates                                                                         disabled
updates-testing-debuginfo                                                   Fedora 41 - x86_64 - Test Updates Debug                                                                   disabled
updates-testing-source                                                      Fedora 41 - Test Updates Source
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I’m running into the same issue but trying to upgrade from fedora coreos 40 to 41. It’s an immutable root system, so installing from source goes against the grain of the distribution. Thanks for raising the gitlab issue there, just wanted to add that I’m running into the same issue.

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