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Apply update automatically is not working

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Hi,

I have an issue with the update manager in Mint 20.3 Cinnamon 5.2.7. It seems the option "Apply update automatically" is just not working. I have to manually apply the updates in the Update manager.

We can find the option in mintUpdate/Edit/Preferences/Automation. But even ticked, this is not working automatically, but working manually.
I have 3 sessions (for 3 users) on this computer, but each one is set like this.

I don't know is this issue is solved, but not for me :-(
#https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon/issues/9941#issuecomment-830562851

Thank you for your support and for this great desktop !

inxi -Fxxrz
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-58-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una 
  base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88) v: 1.0 
  serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1.60 date: 11/30/2020 
CPU:
  Topology: 6-Core model: Intel Core i5-10400 bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: N/A L2 cache: 12.0 MiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 69597 
  Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/4300 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 846 2: 800 
  3: 3669 4: 2280 5: 2377 6: 1158 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 
  12: 800 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: i915 v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:9bc5 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting 
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CML GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.6 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:a3f0 
  Device-2: Logitech HD Webcam C910 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 
  bus ID: 1-5:3 chip ID: 046d:0821 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.15.0-58-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 02:00.0 
  chip ID: 10ec:8168 
  IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 3000 
  bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 8086:2723 
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.27 TiB used: 800.29 GiB (34.4%) 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Crucial model: CT500P2SSD8 size: 465.76 GiB 
  speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> 
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Hitachi model: HDS723020BLA642 size: 1.82 TiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 444.19 GiB used: 17.26 GiB (3.9%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 
  ID-2: /home size: 1.79 TiB used: 782.52 GiB (42.7%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/sda1 
  ID-3: swap-1 size: 12.93 GiB used: 522.7 MiB (3.9%) fs: swap 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 27.8 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb https://mirror.crexio.com/linuxmint/packages una main upstream import backport
  2: deb http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list 
  1: deb https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free #Opera Browser (final releases)
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-unstable.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb unstable main
Info:
  Processes: 481 Uptime: 4d 12h 50m Memory: 7.63 GiB used: 2.93 GiB (38.4%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.4.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38 

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Research direction

Start at mintUpdate > Edit > Preferences > Automation and reproduce the issue with automatic updates enabled. Investigate why updates still require manual application on the reported Linux Mint 20.3 and Cinnamon 5.2.7 setup; done means enabled automation applies available updates without manual action.

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Tech stack
linux, ubuntu
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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