# System update fails "Could not open path to sync"

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/system-update-fails-could-not-open-path-to-sync/8088>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** mender-client, raspberry-pi-4\
**Created:** [November 11, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/system-update-fails-could-not-open-path-to-sync/8088 "2025-11-11T17:22:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![user706](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ba9def/32.png) [@user706](https://hub.mender.io/u/user706)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 12:41pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/system-update-fails-could-not-open-path-to-sync/8088/12 "2026-01-08T12:41:25Z")

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Oh, thanks.

So this really is like that, that starting from mender-update 5.0.2 only 64 bit OS is supported??

Because I’m on 32 bit raspberry pi, and running mender-update 5.0.3 and command

`mender-update install myupdate.mender`

results in

```auto
record_id=1 severity=error time="2026-Jan-08 11:45:33.337012" name="Global" msg="No such file or directory: Could not open path to sync: \x08��\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00/mender/modules/v3/payloads/0000/tree/current_device_type" 
Streaming failed.
System not modified.
Could not fulfill request: No such file or directory: Could not open path to sync: \x08��\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00/mender/modules/v3/payloads/0000/tree/current_device_type

```

So is the problem really the mender-update 5.0.3? Do I need to change to mender-update 5.0.1?

By the way: In the release notes of 5.0.2, I can see nothing that suggests that 32 bit OS support has been dropped: [Mender Client | Mender documentation](https://docs.mender.io/release-information/release-notes-changelog/mender-client#mender-5-0-2)

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