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I was able to reproduce this on several new installs :

https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=49933.0

After waiting for a while, the upgrade completed just fine.

Because the installer predates the update?

Thank you, I hadn't noticed that. Also thanks for the link!

The system needed to upgrade the pkg tool first before it could use that to upgrade the rest of the system.

Well, yes, I can read that. Just not sure why this update would not be included in the installer.

Hi, I'd suggest reinstalling, then attempting the upgrade again, and despite the error, let it sit for a while.

I reinstalled a few times before realizing this, it took ~15m for it to complete on a Velocloud 510 device.

See:

https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=49933.0

If this happens to you when attempting to upgrade 25.7 to 25.7.8 on a fresh install, see :

https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=49933.0

[Don't reload, reboot or otherwise do anything here - just wqait and monitor the log indicating progress.]

After checking twice for upgrades on a fresh 25.7 install (see https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=49932.0), the process started as usual.

After some time I got a red popup indicating:

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Danger
Unexpected error, check log for details
Don't reload, reboot or otherwise do anything here - just wqait and monitor the log indicating progress. It took me a couple of reinstalls and leaving this alone by chance once to realize after more than 10 minutes the upgrade had resumed and finished.

The red error popup happened around this time in the upgrade:

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[20/97] Extracting nss-3.118.1: .......... done
[21/97] Upgrading zstd from 1.5.7 to 1.5.7_1...
[21/97] Extracting zstd-1.5.7_1: .......... done
[22/97] Upgrading boost-libs from 1.88.0_1 to 1.89.0_1...
[22/97] Extracting boost-libs-1.89.0_1:

Well, I tried to do that (check logs) but then accessing the web UI showed this instead:

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403 Forbidden
After reinstalling and reaching the same stage in the upgrade, I noticed it resumed and kept going in the background (the log continued showing progress after a long time, at least 10 minutes).

I had enabled SSH access and connected during this process, everything looked normal with a busy pkg-static process indicating the upgrade continued.

Eventually as noted above the UI came back with the reboot message:

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The upgrade has finished and the system is being rebooted at the moment, please wait...
In the background the log indicated a completed upgrade.

Upon reboot after a few more minutes the UI came back again prompting for login.

So, other than the worrying red error message, this time around the upgrade required much more time than usual, waiting it out was unusual but required.

Plan for this downtime next time you upgrade. :)

I was lucky this particular router has an easily accessible serial interface so I could monitor and check boot sequence. I have 2 other devices I accidentally bricked because I didn't wait, but they will require HDMI + keyboard to be fully reset.

For some reason on a fresh 25.7 I need to request a check for upgrades twice before it proceeds.

After installing version 25.7 on Velocloud 510, I attempted upgrading to 25.7.8.

I got this message in a popup:

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Firmware status :
The release type "opnsense" is not available on this repository.
In the background, the output showed:

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***GOT REQUEST TO CHECK FOR UPDATES***
Currently running OPNsense 25.7 (amd64) at Sun Nov 30 09:51:32 EST 2025
Fetching changelog information, please wait... done
Updating OPNsense repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: . done
Fetching packagesite.pkg: .......... done
Processing entries: .......... done
OPNsense repository update completed. 911 packages processed.
All repositories are up to date.
Updating database digests format: .......... done
New version of pkg detected; it needs to be installed first.
The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
pkg: 1.19.2_5 -> 2.3.1_1

Number of packages to be upgraded: 1

The process will require 9 MiB more space.
6 MiB to be downloaded.
[1/1] Fetching pkg-2.3.1_1.pkg: .......... done
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
[1/1] Upgrading pkg from 1.19.2_5 to 2.3.1_1...
[1/1] Extracting pkg-2.3.1_1: .......... done
pkg: Repository OPNsense cannot be opened. 'pkg update' required
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.
self: No packages available to install matching 'opnsense'
***DONE***
I am not sure why this happened but I requested a new check for upgrades and the check then proceeded normally, showing the changelog and proposing the upgrade.

Salut,

C'est quel matériel ?

Normalement par la console série ou en branchant un écran + clavier tu devrais pour accéder au shell en appuyant sur la touche "F" pendant le démarrage. - j'oublie le message exact.

Si tu as un port USB et que tu peux démarrer par là, tu peux démarrer un autre OPNsense avec l'image OPNsense nano ou même une Debian pour aller chercher ta config.

I've updated the HowTo with some more details, some of these routers come with Sierra LTE modems making them ideal for ISP+mobile fallback.

https://dulib.re/wiki/doku.php/opnsenseonvelocloudedge510

I recently got three Velocloud EDGE 510 routers and installed OPNSense following the information from this previous post:

https://old.reddit.com/r/opnsense/comments/1mv3how/repurpose_velocloud_edge_510_router_wopnsense/

A few things changed and I was blocked at two spots, for some reason the default root password didn't work for me, etc. So I documented everything in detail including what didn't work for me, I hope it's useful and it encourages more people to try OPNsense with real hardware:
https://dulib.re/wiki/doku.php/opnsenseonvelocloudedge510

BTW if anyone knows where to start looking to have the ability to change the LED color, I'dlove to use that for some notifications, including after boot (I miss the sound other hardware do at boot) !

I can't seem to find any details about the Picture widget. What format & size work best ?

Hi,

I wanted to see used / total GB in the Disk widget, so I modified it and submitted a pull request.

If anyone needs this too, you can modify the Disk.js file directly too, here are the changes I've proposed (hoping it will make it in a future update):

https://github.com/opnsense/core/pull/9131