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• command_not_found_handle recurses infinitely (fork bomb) when gettext is missing from PATH

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#1026 · Opened Oct 15, 2026

• Remove the poldek backend?

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  Backend: poldek (PLD Linux)

  Difficulty 4/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 18/100

  PackageKit/PackageKit#1024 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 10, 2026

• Arch Linux ALPM backend rejects optimized architectures (x86_64_v3) despite explicit pacman.conf layout

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  Backend: alpm (Arch Linux)

  Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 22/100

  PackageKit/PackageKit#1023 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 9, 2026

• Offline update Trigger() can emit PropertiesChanged for the same event twice, maybe since 1.4.0

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#1020 · Opened Sep 22, 2026

• dnf5: post-transaction Base setup can load a newly installed plugin against the old in-process libdnf5

  May be free again @Conan-Kudo claimed this 29 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

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  Backend: dnf5 (Fedora Linux)

  PackageKit/PackageKit#1012 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 10, 2026

• ChatGPT RPM installs binary GPG key, causing PackageKit infinite update retry and high CPU usage

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  Backend: dnf (Fedora Linux)

  Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

  PackageKit/PackageKit#1005 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 22, 2026

• command_not_found_handle can recurse without bound if gettext isn't on PATH

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#1000 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 27, 2026

• Feature Request: Add XBPS backend for Void Linux support

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  enhancement help wanted

  Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 32/100

  PackageKit/PackageKit#998 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 26, 2026

• dnf5 backend: stack smashing and coredump when installing a package

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#991 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 14, 2026

• On Debian-based distros, PackageKit gets confused when an upgrade operation would downgrade packages

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  Backend: apt (Debian GNU/Linux)

  Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

  PackageKit/PackageKit#988 · Opened Jun 30, 2026

• PackageKit 1.3.4-3ubuntu1-1.3.4-3ubuntu1.1 fails to update

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  incomplete

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#986 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 25, 2026

• Package not found messages always show login shell instead of current shell

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#982 · Opened Jun 14, 2026

• Offline update silently fails due to curl error - Fedora 44

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#977 · 10 comments · Opened May 29, 2026

• PackageKit 2.0 Ideas

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#975 · 21 comments · Opened May 22, 2026

• PackageKit zypp backend reports non-installable updates when vendor change is required

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#972 · 11 comments · Opened May 14, 2026

• PackageKit "offline" update for Fedora 43 to 44 update fails due failing hostname resolution

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  Backend: dnf5 (Fedora Linux)

  Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

  PackageKit/PackageKit#963 · 8 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 29, 2026

• Question - detect restart needed

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#961 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 14, 2026

• Probable use-after-free in pk_client_get_proxy_cb()

  May be free again @ximion claimed this 190 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#960 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 7, 2026

• Issues observed after using the DNF5 backend for several days

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#956 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 18, 2026

• D-Bus interface for external backends

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#951 · Opened Mar 2, 2026

• GNOME Software no longer shows which version a package was upgraded from to the latest version

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  Backend: dnf5 (Fedora Linux)

  Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 15/100

  PackageKit/PackageKit#950 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 1, 2026

• Is `pk-upgrade-distro.sh` still needed?

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#948 · Opened Feb 26, 2026

• Replace all D-Bus API that uses filepaths

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#947 · 5 comments · Opened Feb 25, 2026

• realmd usage of PackageKit often fails with dnf5 backend

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  Backend: dnf5 (Fedora Linux)

  Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

  PackageKit/PackageKit#940 · 7 comments · Opened Jan 27, 2026

• PkControl keeps emitting "repo-list-changed" (1.3.3)

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  Backend: dnf (Fedora Linux)

  Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 18/100

  PackageKit/PackageKit#936 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 16, 2026

• pkcon install-local loads full libdnf sack (all enabled repos) for local RPM installs

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  Backend: dnf (Fedora Linux)

  Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

  PackageKit/PackageKit#926 · Opened Dec 16, 2025

• packagekit crashes

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  Backend: alpm (Arch Linux)

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#924 · 4 comments · Opened Dec 14, 2025

• PiSi backend maintenance status

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  Backend: pisi (Pisi Linux)

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#894 · 9 comments · Opened Sep 16, 2025

• apt backend doesn't detect new repositories dependencies or conflicts

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  Backend: apt (Debian GNU/Linux) bug incomplete

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#893 · 7 comments · Opened Sep 11, 2025

• pkcon can not install software on x86_64_v2 build of AlmaLinux 10.

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  Backend: dnf (Fedora Linux)

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#888 · 12 comments · Opened Aug 25, 2025

• Inability to use pre-transaction scripts

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#880 · Opened Aug 15, 2025

• Use 'systemctl soft-reboot` for installing offline updates

  May be free again @ximion claimed this 427 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#868 · 9 comments · 3 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 14, 2025

• propose an option to prioritize energy consumption during the renewable production period

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#865 · 4 comments · Opened Jun 7, 2025

• Unavailable repository causes the whole transaction to fail

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#861 · Opened May 20, 2025

• Remove duplicate transactions

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#854 · Opened May 12, 2025

• Enabling / disabling repo introduces trailing whitespace and newline

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  Backend: apt (Debian GNU/Linux) bug

  Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

  PackageKit/PackageKit#847 · 7 comments · Opened Apr 19, 2025

• Use custom debian and fedora images for faster CI

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#840 · Opened Apr 14, 2025

• Zypp -Wdeprecated-declarations warnings

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  Backend: zypp (SUSE Linux)

  Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

  PackageKit/PackageKit#839 · 5 comments · Opened Apr 13, 2025

• Offline update doesn't update in Rawhide

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  Backend: dnf (Fedora Linux)

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#833 · 4 comments · Opened Mar 17, 2025

• Provide version comparison function for PkPackage

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#826 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 21, 2025

• Call for Sponsors

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#815 · 5 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Dec 6, 2024

• pkcon fails when repo return 404

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#814 · 3 comments · Opened Nov 29, 2024

• pk_client_state_finish() leaks memory

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#806 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 6, 2024

• Fedora 40 dnf disallow vendor change with DNF does not get respected in Discover with packagekit

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#796 · Opened Sep 29, 2024

• Retire https://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit/

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#791 · 5 comments · Opened Aug 26, 2024

• [Feature Improvement] pkcon should accept package name that has the supported architecture of the package on Fedora

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#782 · Opened Aug 14, 2024

• Comparing zero to an unsigned value with MAX

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#778 · Opened Aug 9, 2024

• Do not hard-depend on libdnf5

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#772 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 19, 2024

• 'download-size' is not hooked up to UI or spawned python backends

  May be free again A pull request for this issue was closed without being merged. Open

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#771 · 4 comments · Opened Jun 30, 2024

• Apply updates at shutdown

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  PackageKit/PackageKit#770 · 12 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Jun 25, 2024