# Mender package repo broken for Debian 13 Trixie **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Tags:** mender-client\ **Created:** [September 15, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-package-repo-broken-for-debian-13-trixie/8368 "2026-09-15T16:47:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adrian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/adrian/32/2688_2.png) [@adrian](https://hub.mender.io/u/adrian)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-package-repo-broken-for-debian-13-trixie/8368/1 "2026-09-15T16:47:09Z")
Hi all, I’m sure this will be fixed soon, but in the meantime, I hope this helps someone. I’ve been pulling my hair out all day because my CI jobs to convert images to mender have been failing, when they worked fine yesterday. Turns out, the repository key was renewed over night, and the new one is incompatible with Debian 13’s sqv validation. Ubuntu Noble works just fine, and so does Debian after [switching back to gpgv](https://repos.gnupg.org/deb/gnupg/trixie/#how-to-use-this-repository). Just drop a config snipped into `/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/90gpgv` containing this line: `APT::Key::gpgvcommand "/usr/bin/gpgv";` > **The error I'm getting:** > > ```auto > 2026-09-15 15:56:33 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender client and related files > 2026-09-15 15:56:33 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender Client version latest > 2026-09-15 15:56:33 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender Flash version latest > 2026-09-15 15:56:33 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender Setup version latest > 2026-09-15 15:56:33 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender Snapshot version latest > 2026-09-15 15:56:33 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender Connect addon > 2026-09-15 15:56:33 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing docker-compose Update Module version latest > 2026-09-15 15:56:33 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing mender-client-version-inventory-script version latest > mender-convert-modify has finished. Cleaning up... > 2026-09-15 15:56:34 [ERROR] [mender-convert] mender-convert failed > 2026-09-15 15:56:34 [DEBUG] [mender-convert-modify] When running: (modules/chroot.sh:165): run_and_log_cmd(): > sudo chroot work/rootfs/ apt-get update > Get:1 file:/etc/apt/mirrors/debian.list Mirrorlist [30 B] > Get:2 file:/etc/apt/mirrors/debian-security.list Mirrorlist [39 B] > Hit:3 https://deb.debian.org/debian trixie InRelease > Hit:4 https://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-updates InRelease > Hit:5 https://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-backports InRelease > Hit:6 https://deb.debian.org/debian-security trixie-security InRelease > Get:7 https://downloads.mender.io/repos/device-components debian/trixie/stable InRelease [5688 B] > Err:7 https://downloads.mender.io/repos/device-components debian/trixie/stable InRelease > Sub-process /usr/bin/sqv returned an error code (1), error message is: Signing key on E6C857345575F9218396566224072B80A1B29B00 is not bound: No binding signature at time 2026-09-14T10:22:22Z because: No binding signature at time 2026-09-14T10:22:22Z > Reading package lists... > W: OpenPGP signature verification failed: https://downloads.mender.io/repos/device-components debian/trixie/stable InRelease: Sub-process /usr/bin/sqv returned an error code (1), error message is: Signing key on E6C857345575F9218396566224072B80A1B29B00 is not bound: No binding signature at time 2026-09-14T10:22:22Z because: No binding signature at time 2026-09-14T10:22:22Z > E: The repository 'https://downloads.mender.io/repos/device-components debian/trixie/stable InRelease' is not signed. > 2026-09-15 15:56:34 [ERROR] [mender-convert] mender-convert exit code: 100 > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![robgio](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/robgio/32/1760_2.png) [@robgio](https://hub.mender.io/u/robgio)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 8:04pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-package-repo-broken-for-debian-13-trixie/8368/2 "2026-09-15T20:04:19Z")
Hi @adrian , thanks for your report; this is related to the recent incident: [Hosted Mender Status - Mender Deb package repository broken](https://mender.statuspage.io/incidents/mj1r8z1v36tg) It should be solved now, could you please try it again? ---
**Author:** ![adrian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/adrian/32/2688_2.png) [@adrian](https://hub.mender.io/u/adrian)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 10:32pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-package-repo-broken-for-debian-13-trixie/8368/3 "2026-09-15T22:32:35Z")
Hi @robgio , thanks for the quick reply. Yes, it is indeed fixed! I did not know that status page existed, I signed up for the notifications immediately, thanks 🙂 Greetings Martin