# Getting error "Mender commit failed exit\_code=2 rollback has been executed by mender" while trying to update the Firmware of IoT device via OTA

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**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** upgrade\
**Created:** [October 31, 2023, 9:44am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/getting-error-mender-commit-failed-exit-code-2-rollback-has-been-executed-by-mender-while-trying-to-update-the-firmware-of-iot-device-via-ota/6310 "2023-10-31T09:44:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![saurabhssh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@saurabhssh](https://hub.mender.io/u/saurabhssh)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 9:44am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/getting-error-mender-commit-failed-exit-code-2-rollback-has-been-executed-by-mender-while-trying-to-update-the-firmware-of-iot-device-via-ota/6310/1 "2023-10-31T09:44:43Z")

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The firmware upgrade fails with below error:

“time="2023-10-31T07:43:47Z" level=info msg="Loaded configuration file: /etc/mender/mender.conf"\ntime="2023-10-31T07:43:47Z" level=warning msg="Could not resolve path link: /dev/mapper/cube-root-mmcblk1p11 Attempting to continue"\ntime="2023-10-31T07:43:47Z" level=warning msg="Could not resolve path link: /dev/mapper/cube-root-mmcblk1p12 Attempting to continue"\ntime="2023-10-31T07:43:48Z" level=info msg="Mender running on partition: /dev/mapper/cube-root-mmcblk1p11"\ntime="2023-10-31T07:43:48Z" level=error msg="Could not commit Artifact: There is nothing to commit"\ntime="2023-10-31T07:43:48Z" level=warning msg="There is nothing to commit"”

Any solution or workaround for this error as we are having many IoT devices failing firmware upgrade with this error ?

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**Author:** ![TheYoctoJester](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/theyoctojester/32/1444_2.png) [@TheYoctoJester](https://hub.mender.io/u/TheYoctoJester)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 11:01am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/getting-error-mender-commit-failed-exit-code-2-rollback-has-been-executed-by-mender-while-trying-to-update-the-firmware-of-iot-device-via-ota/6310/2 "2023-10-31T11:01:21Z")

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Hi @saurabhssh,

Thanks for reaching out. A few questions:

- do you have access to one of those devices? The partition pathes `/dev/mapper/cube-root-mmcblk1p11` and `/dev/mapper/cube-root-mmcblk1p12` look quite project specific. Can you check if those device nodes actually exist? For example, running `ls -alh /dev/mapper` on the device.
- Is this a new situation on a fleet that was working up to now, with functional A/B updates? Or is it a new integration in progress?
- generally, has anything changed on those devices, like a major kernel or distribution upgrade? I would specifically check anything related to the device mapper and its configuration.

Greetz,  
Josef