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After the update to 21.1.9_1, I had another strange error where the update tab was hanging. The error message was:
pkg: http://mirror.ams1.nl.leaseweb.net/opnsense/FreeBSD:12:amd64/21.1/latest/meta.txz: No address record
repository OPNsense has no meta file, using default settings

When I checked on the Dashboard, the "Unbound DNS" service was stopped. After starting it manually, the updates tab is working again. I'm just reporting this here just in case that someone has the same error.

Thanks a lot, changing requests.get to requests.post in the python script takes indeed much longer, so it seems to perform an update check. I will put a bug report on the Github project of the update checker.

It always worked for me in the Web console, just not remotely.

Maybe you should try a different update mirror in
System - Firmware- Settings?

First, I want to thank the developers for the great work they do with opensense.

I have a small problem: I'm trying to check for updates remotely via API by calling
https://<firewall_IP>/api/core/firmware/status
The method is the same as in this script:
https://github.com/bartsmit/opnsense-update-email

Unfortunately this doesn't seem to work unless I log into the dashboard and click on the "check for updates" link. This has been broken since about March.

Immediately after an update I get this error:

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{"status_msg":"Firmware status check was aborted internally. Please try again.","status":"error"}

After an update check via dashboard (when there is no update) I get:

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{"api_version":"2","connection":"ok","downgrade_packages":[],"download_size":"","last_check":"Mon Jun 21 12:07:37 CEST 2021","new_packages":[],"os_version":"FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE-p18-HBSD","product_id":"opnsense","product_target":"opnsense","product_version":"21.1.7_1","reinstall_packages":[],"remove_packages":[],"repository":"ok","upgrade_major_message":"","upgrade_major_version":"","upgrade_needs_reboot":"0","upgrade_packages":[],"upgrade_sets":[],"all_packages":[],"all_sets":[],"status_msg":"There are no updates available on the selected mirror.","status":"none"}

After an update check via dashboard (when there are updates) I get:

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{"api_version":"2","connection":"ok","downgrade_packages":[],"download_size":"22MiB","last_check":"Mon Jun 21 11:32:49 CEST 2021","new_packages":[{"name":"oniguruma","repository":"OPNsense","version":"6.9.7.1"},{"name":"php73-mbstring","repository":"OPNsense","version":"7.3.28"},{"name":"php73-pecl-psr","repository":"OPNsense","version":"1.1.0"},{"name":"php73-phalcon4","repository":"OPNsense","version":"4.1.2"}],"os_version":"FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE-p16-HBSD","product_id":"opnsense","product_target":"opnsense","product_version":"21.1.6","reinstall_packages":[],"remove_packages":[],"repository":"ok","upgrade_major_message":"","upgrade_major_version":"","upgrade_needs_reboot":"1","upgrade_packages":[{"name":"curl","repository":"OPNsense","current_version":"7.76.1","new_version":"7.77.0"},{"name":"glib","repository":"OPNsense","current_version":"2.66.7_1,1","new_version":"2.66.8,2"},{"name":"isc-dhcp44-relay","repository":"OPNsense","current_version":"4.4.2_1","new_version":"4.4.2P1"},{"name":"isc-dhcp44-server","repository":"OPNsense","current_version":"4.4.2_1","new_version":"4.4.2P1_1"},{"name":"nspr","repository":"OPNsense","current_version":"4.30","new_version":"4.31"},{"name":"nss","repository":"OPNsense","current_version":"3.65","new_version":"3.66"},{"name":"openldap-sasl-client","repository":"OPNsense","current_version":"2.4.58","new_version":"2.4.59"},{"name":"opnsense","repository":"OPNsense","current_version":"21.1.6","new_version":"21.1.7_1"},{"name":"opnsense-lang","repository":"OPNsense","current_version":"20.1.4","new_version":"21.1.7"},{"name":"opnsense-update","repository":"OPNsense","current_version":"21.1.6","new_version":"21.1.7"},{"name":"os-dyndns","repository":"OPNsense","current_version":"1.24","new_version":"1.24_2"},{"name":"pcre2","repository":"OPNsense","current_version":"10.36","new_version":"10.37"},{"name":"py37-certifi","repository":"OPNsense","current_version":"2020.12.5","new_version":"2021.5.30"},{"name":"py37-chardet","repository":"OPNsense","current_version":"3.0.4_3,1","new_version":"4.0.0,1"},{"name":"py37-setuptools","repository":"OPNsense","current_version":"44.0.0_1","new_version":"57.0.0"},{"name":"py37-ujson","repository":"OPNsense","current_version":"3.0.0","new_version":"4.0.2"},{"name":"py37-yaml","repository":"OPNsense","current_version":"5.3.1_1","new_version":"5.4.1"},{"name":"squid","repository":"OPNsense","current_version":"4.14","new_version":"4.15"},{"name":"strongswan","repository":"OPNsense","current_version":"5.9.2_1","new_version":"5.9.2_2"},{"name":"base","size":"181051140","repository":"OPNsense","current_version":"21.1.6","new_version":"21.1.7"},{"name":"kernel","size":"28598360","repository":"OPNsense","current_version":"21.1.6","new_version":"21.1.7"}],"upgrade_sets":[],"all_packages":{"base":{"reason":"aktualisieren","old":"21.1.6","new":"21.1.7","repository":"OPNsense","name":"base"},"curl":{"reason":"aktualisieren","old":"7.76.1","new":"7.77.0","repository":"OPNsense","name":"curl"},"glib":{"reason":"aktualisieren","old":"2.66.7_1,1","new":"2.66.8,2","repository":"OPNsense","name":"glib"},"isc-dhcp44-relay":{"reason":"aktualisieren","old":"4.4.2_1","new":"4.4.2P1","repository":"OPNsense","name":"isc-dhcp44-relay"},"isc-dhcp44-server":{"reason":"aktualisieren","old":"4.4.2_1","new":"4.4.2P1_1","repository":"OPNsense","name":"isc-dhcp44-server"},"kernel":{"reason":"aktualisieren","old":"21.1.6","new":"21.1.7","repository":"OPNsense","name":"kernel"},"nspr":{"reason":"aktualisieren","old":"4.30","new":"4.31","repository":"OPNsense","name":"nspr"},"nss":{"reason":"aktualisieren","old":"3.65","new":"3.66","repository":"OPNsense","name":"nss"},"oniguruma":{"new":"6.9.7.1","reason":"neu","name":"oniguruma","repository":"OPNsense","old":"N\/V"},"openldap-sasl-client":{"reason":"aktualisieren","old":"2.4.58","new":"2.4.59","repository":"OPNsense","name":"openldap-sasl-client"},"opnsense":{"reason":"aktualisieren","old":"21.1.6","new":"21.1.7_1","repository":"OPNsense","name":"opnsense"},"opnsense-lang":{"reason":"aktualisieren","old":"20.1.4","new":"21.1.7","repository":"OPNsense","name":"opnsense-lang"},"opnsense-update":{"reason":"aktualisieren","old":"21.1.6","new":"21.1.7","repository":"OPNsense","name":"opnsense-update"},"os-dyndns":{"reason":"aktualisieren","old":"1.24","new":"1.24_2","repository":"OPNsense","name":"os-dyndns"},"pcre2":{"reason":"aktualisieren","old":"10.36","new":"10.37","repository":"OPNsense","name":"pcre2"},"php73-mbstring":{"new":"7.3.28","reason":"neu","name":"php73-mbstring","repository":"OPNsense","old":"N\/V"},"php73-pecl-psr":{"new":"1.1.0","reason":"neu","name":"php73-pecl-psr","repository":"OPNsense","old":"N\/V"},"php73-phalcon4":{"new":"4.1.2","reason":"neu","name":"php73-phalcon4","repository":"OPNsense","old":"N\/V"},"py37-certifi":{"reason":"aktualisieren","old":"2020.12.5","new":"2021.5.30","repository":"OPNsense","name":"py37-certifi"},"py37-chardet":{"reason":"aktualisieren","old":"3.0.4_3,1","new":"4.0.0,1","repository":"OPNsense","name":"py37-chardet"},"py37-setuptools":{"reason":"aktualisieren","old":"44.0.0_1","new":"57.0.0","repository":"OPNsense","name":"py37-setuptools"},"py37-ujson":{"reason":"aktualisieren","old":"3.0.0","new":"4.0.2","repository":"OPNsense","name":"py37-ujson"},"py37-yaml":{"reason":"aktualisieren","old":"5.3.1_1","new":"5.4.1","repository":"OPNsense","name":"py37-yaml"},"squid":{"reason":"aktualisieren","old":"4.14","new":"4.15","repository":"OPNsense","name":"squid"},"strongswan":{"reason":"aktualisieren","old":"5.9.2_1","new":"5.9.2_2","repository":"OPNsense","name":"strongswan"}},"all_sets":[],"status_msg":"Es sind 25 Aktualisierungen verf\u00fcgbar, gesamte Download-Gr\u00f6\u00dfe betr\u00e4gt 221.9MiB. Diese Aktualisierung erfordert einen Neustart.","status":"update"}

So the problem seems to be that calling https://<firewall_IP>/api/core/firmware/status does NOT initiate an update check, it only reports the status of the last update check.

Is there anything I need to do to make the call check for updates? Or do I need to run some kind of cron script to check for updates, so the call to the URL returns something useful?