# General Discussions

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## [Mender automatic fallback](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-automatic-fallback/1816)

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**Author:** [@deku](https://hub.mender.io/u/deku)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-automatic-fallback/1816 "2020-04-27T16:26:29Z")

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Hello, I’m using a Raspberry Pi 3 with a version of Raspbian converted to work with mender. Updates and all work just fine. However, for a test, I purposely corrupted the inactive root partition just after the update pr…

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## [Raspberry Pi 4 update failed](https://hub.mender.io/t/raspberry-pi-4-update-failed/1841)

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**Author:** [@walterp](https://hub.mender.io/u/walterp)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 10:53am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/raspberry-pi-4-update-failed/1841 "2020-04-27T10:53:17Z")

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Hi, I’m new to mender. I installed a production server as described in https://docs.mender.io/2.3/administration/production-installation. I also generate a image for the Raspberry Pi 4 as described in https://hub.mender…

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## [Mender Production update from v2.2.0 to v2.3.0](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-production-update-from-v2-2-0-to-v2-3-0/1554)

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**Author:** [@blackdevice](https://hub.mender.io/u/blackdevice)\
**Replies:** 32\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 7:50am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-production-update-from-v2-2-0-to-v2-3-0/1554 "2020-04-27T07:50:04Z")

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Hello, after reading the update document from the mender-production-setup branch of mender 2.2.0 to update to version 2.3.0, I’m not sure how to do it, it seems that git fetch origin --tags doesn’t do its work, having d…

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## [Unable to start demo](https://hub.mender.io/t/unable-to-start-demo/1740)

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**Author:** [@imkwx](https://hub.mender.io/u/imkwx)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/unable-to-start-demo/1740 "2020-04-27T04:06:09Z")

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Hello Mender! Today I wanted to try the demo on premise. After following the instructions available on your site (https://docs.mender.io/2.3/getting-started/on-premise-installation/create-a-test-environment) I encoutere…

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## [Mender-Convert UEFI GPT Output Image](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-uefi-gpt-output-image/1670)

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**Author:** [@bakern](https://hub.mender.io/u/bakern)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-uefi-gpt-output-image/1670 "2020-04-25T12:26:25Z")

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Hi, First I would like to say thanks for all the work on mender-convert (and obviously mender itself), it is a great product. I am attempting to create a Debian image for generic x86 hardware with UEFI and no legacy bo…

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## [Verify device auth in custom server](https://hub.mender.io/t/verify-device-auth-in-custom-server/1842)

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**Author:** [@lights0123](https://hub.mender.io/u/lights0123)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/verify-device-auth-in-custom-server/1842 "2020-04-24T20:48:49Z")

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I’m trying to figure out a solution to the problem mentioned in this post, where preauthorized devices don’t get updates when they first turn on and a device that gets shut off in the middle of an update won’t try to upd…

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## [How to emulate mender update](https://hub.mender.io/t/how-to-emulate-mender-update/1838)

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**Author:** [@aps](https://hub.mender.io/u/aps)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 10:07am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/how-to-emulate-mender-update/1838 "2020-04-24T10:07:28Z")

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I am debugging state-scripts and it is slow job. At the moment I have to do full update and it takes time. What should be written and where so the mender at boot time would think that system was upgraded. br AP Sihvone…

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## [Yocto build for BananaPI-M1](https://hub.mender.io/t/yocto-build-for-bananapi-m1/1823)

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**Author:** [@siddharthav](https://hub.mender.io/u/siddharthav)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/yocto-build-for-bananapi-m1/1823 "2020-04-23T10:43:53Z")

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Hello, I am actually trying to build the yocto image for Banana-Pi M1 board. I came across the yocto tutorial for RPI from Mender Hub. Was really very informative thank you. As I am doing yocto for the first time I thou…

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## [Issue with starting QEMU after conversion with mender-convert](https://hub.mender.io/t/issue-with-starting-qemu-after-conversion-with-mender-convert/1819)

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**Author:** [@avi992](https://hub.mender.io/u/avi992)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/issue-with-starting-qemu-after-conversion-with-mender-convert/1819 "2020-04-20T13:31:33Z")

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## [Issue with connecting QEMU (Ubuntu) image to demo server](https://hub.mender.io/t/issue-with-connecting-qemu-ubuntu-image-to-demo-server/1718)

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**Author:** [@arun](https://hub.mender.io/u/arun)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/issue-with-connecting-qemu-ubuntu-image-to-demo-server/1718 "2020-04-22T15:34:53Z")

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## [How to generate a yocto image with docker engine?](https://hub.mender.io/t/how-to-generate-a-yocto-image-with-docker-engine/1800)

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**Author:** [@jchdel](https://hub.mender.io/u/jchdel)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/how-to-generate-a-yocto-image-with-docker-engine/1800 "2020-04-22T06:22:37Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to run a mender image build with yocto that will run docker containers. I do not find in the doc how to achieve this and using docker-artifact-gen then uploading the mender artifact and deploying it lead…

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## [\[Feature request\] Bulk dismiss](https://hub.mender.io/t/feature-request-bulk-dismiss/1807)

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**Author:** [@dbensoussan](https://hub.mender.io/u/dbensoussan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/feature-request-bulk-dismiss/1807 "2020-04-21T12:30:56Z")

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Hi, There is a bulk accept button in the devices list, it would also be great to have a dismiss. I don’t see any risk since the device can show up later and can be pretty useful in development. Thanks!

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## [Unexpected rollback updating device](https://hub.mender.io/t/unexpected-rollback-updating-device/1207)

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**Author:** [@ckelloug2](https://hub.mender.io/u/ckelloug2)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 9:26am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/unexpected-rollback-updating-device/1207 "2020-04-21T09:26:16Z")

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Hi all, We’re getting a rollback too frequently for it to seem correct when updating devices. Given the time between the messages in the quoted log, I’d have to say I’m pretty sure the network is up, especially since i…

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## [Mender with more than 4 partitions](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-with-more-than-4-partitions/1804)

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**Author:** [@PJK](https://hub.mender.io/u/PJK)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 7:04am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-with-more-than-4-partitions/1804 "2020-04-21T07:04:32Z")

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For an caching communication hub we want to use Mender on the device with one extra partition for storing our cached data. This cached data needs to be wiped everytime the hub is redeployed to another customer. For this…

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## [Mender Artifact signing key stored in smart card](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-artifact-signing-key-stored-in-smart-card/1458)

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**Author:** [@itzSatz](https://hub.mender.io/u/itzSatz)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-artifact-signing-key-stored-in-smart-card/1458 "2020-04-21T06:47:09Z")

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I am trying to use the key pair stored in smart cards to sign the mender artifacts. However mender-artifacts tool doesn’t have any configuration file to read private keys from smart cards. Is there any way to use the pri…

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## [Getting a “no artifact” message from Mender Server when deploying directory update](https://hub.mender.io/t/getting-a-no-artifact-message-from-mender-server-when-deploying-directory-update/1806)

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**Author:** [@freibrun](https://hub.mender.io/u/freibrun)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/getting-a-no-artifact-message-from-mender-server-when-deploying-directory-update/1806 "2020-01-21T12:42:45Z")

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## [Redis:5-alpine3.8 container failing during mender prod deployment](https://hub.mender.io/t/redis-5-alpine3-8-container-failing-during-mender-prod-deployment/1797)

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**Author:** [@vikram](https://hub.mender.io/u/vikram)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 8:16am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/redis-5-alpine3-8-container-failing-during-mender-prod-deployment/1797 "2020-04-17T08:16:38Z")

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Hi, Im trying to deploy mender prod server locally in my office dev network. I followed the process mentioned in https://docs.mender.io/2.3/administration/production-installation. All containers seems to be up except …

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## [Failed container in Mender prod deployment](https://hub.mender.io/t/failed-container-in-mender-prod-deployment/1796)

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**Author:** [@vikram](https://hub.mender.io/u/vikram)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/failed-container-in-mender-prod-deployment/1796 "2020-04-16T13:57:16Z")

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Hi, Im trying to deploy mender prod server locally in my office dev network. I followed the process mentioned in https://docs.mender.io/2.3/administration/production-installation. All containers seems to be up except …

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## [Mender Installation in local server fails](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-installation-in-local-server-fails/1793)

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**Author:** [@vikram](https://hub.mender.io/u/vikram)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-installation-in-local-server-fails/1793 "2020-04-17T03:00:59Z")

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I followed the steps mentioned in the link \[Production installation | Mender documentation\] for open source prod deployment in one of my company’s servers. I got the error after executing ‘./run up’ command. I have s…

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## [Set time during day for device to run an update and/or reboot](https://hub.mender.io/t/set-time-during-day-for-device-to-run-an-update-and-or-reboot/542)

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**Author:** [@speeltronics](https://hub.mender.io/u/speeltronics)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/set-time-during-day-for-device-to-run-an-update-and-or-reboot/542 "2020-04-16T20:31:25Z")

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Hi, I have devices that should only be rebooted when they are not busy at certain times during the day. If I deploy an update is there an easy way to set a specific time during the day that the device should install the …

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## [Selecting Mender version in Yocto Builds](https://hub.mender.io/t/selecting-mender-version-in-yocto-builds/1801)

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**Author:** [@drewmoseley](https://hub.mender.io/u/drewmoseley)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/selecting-mender-version-in-yocto-builds/1801 "2020-04-16T20:16:53Z")

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This question has come up several times so I figured I would make a post here that can be searched for. When doing builds with Yocto, you may find that the latest Mender client version is not built by default. This is n…

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## [Demo Server 2.3.0](https://hub.mender.io/t/demo-server-2-3-0/1645)

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**Author:** [@spinarr](https://hub.mender.io/u/spinarr)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/demo-server-2-3-0/1645 "2020-04-16T12:37:59Z")

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Hello, having trouble to run demo server: Creating integration230\_mender-gui\_1\_4b9335dd528b … done Creating integration230\_mender-elasticsearch\_1\_4309b5c40743 … done Creating integration230\_minio\_1\_…

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## [Update check failed: transient error:](https://hub.mender.io/t/update-check-failed-transient-error/1794)

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**Author:** [@zainmehdi](https://hub.mender.io/u/zainmehdi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 9:49am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/update-check-failed-transient-error/1794 "2020-04-16T09:49:32Z")

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Hi, I have been trying to setup mender client. It was working perfectly until I tried to uninstall the client in order to cancel deployment from the server. After reinstalling the client using deb package I keep getting …

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## [Mender in non-embedded linux environment](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-in-non-embedded-linux-environment/1786)

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**Author:** [@purunaya](https://hub.mender.io/u/purunaya)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-in-non-embedded-linux-environment/1786 "2020-04-16T00:01:53Z")

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Hi All, Going through the mender documentation, I am thinking of using it for updating our boxes that are client location. They are either VM/bare metal running Debian. Our image sizes are not huge (~2G). Looks like Men…

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## [Howto stream update to mender application?](https://hub.mender.io/t/howto-stream-update-to-mender-application/1789)

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**Author:** [@sensslen](https://hub.mender.io/u/sensslen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 8:26am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/howto-stream-update-to-mender-application/1789 "2020-04-15T08:26:12Z")

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We’re currently looking to integrate mender into our product. We’ll use stand alone mode for updates, as the Server component is already specified. Unfortunately I didn’t find documentation on how to stream data to the …

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## [Installer: failed to read and install update: reader: unsupported version: 3](https://hub.mender.io/t/installer-failed-to-read-and-install-update-reader-unsupported-version-3/1785)

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**Author:** [@avi992](https://hub.mender.io/u/avi992)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 7:06am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/installer-failed-to-read-and-install-update-reader-unsupported-version-3/1785 "2020-04-15T07:06:13Z")

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## [Forcing an update to a device that already has the same release](https://hub.mender.io/t/forcing-an-update-to-a-device-that-already-has-the-same-release/1763)

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**Author:** [@kevlan](https://hub.mender.io/u/kevlan)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/forcing-an-update-to-a-device-that-already-has-the-same-release/1763 "2020-04-14T13:53:37Z")

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Hi, Is there a way to force push an update to a device that already has that same deployment on it? For instance I have a unit I updated last week to version “1.2.0” and it had a weird failure so I want to update it cle…

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## [Participate in a Mender user test](https://hub.mender.io/t/participate-in-a-mender-user-test/1780)

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**Author:** [@eystein](https://hub.mender.io/u/eystein)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/participate-in-a-mender-user-test/1780 "2020-04-13T18:50:21Z")

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Hi everyone, Mender development has been guided by feedback since the beginning and this is critical to help ensure Mender meets your needs in the future as well. If you would be interested in participating in a one-ho…

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## [Race condition when listing devices](https://hub.mender.io/t/race-condition-when-listing-devices/1753)

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**Author:** [@ngrilly](https://hub.mender.io/u/ngrilly)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 9:57am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/race-condition-when-listing-devices/1753 "2020-04-12T09:57:27Z")

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Hi, We are using the API to fetch the list of all devices: https://docs.mender.io/2.3/apis/enterprise/management-apis/device-inventory#devices-get But it looks there is a race condition due to the design of the paginat…

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## [Rebooting only when a user asks](https://hub.mender.io/t/rebooting-only-when-a-user-asks/1771)

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**Author:** [@lights0123](https://hub.mender.io/u/lights0123)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/rebooting-only-when-a-user-asks/1771 "2020-04-08T19:07:31Z")

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The state script docs mentions that Tip: Since a power loss in ArtifactReboot\_Enter will not be marked as a failure, this enables the user to stall the daemon in ArtifactReboot\_Enter state forever, and thus an install …

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