# Update rootfs without automatic reboot

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/update-rootfs-without-automatic-reboot/8209>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [March 13, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/update-rootfs-without-automatic-reboot/8209 "2026-03-13T18:34:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![eduardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@eduardo](https://hub.mender.io/u/eduardo)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/update-rootfs-without-automatic-reboot/8209/1 "2026-03-13T18:34:49Z")

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I’m running Mender 5.1.0 in a VAR-SOM\_MX91 with Debian and I don’t want to reboot my product automatically, I want to wait for a user power cycle. Is there a way to do that?

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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:** [March 16, 2026, 10:05am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/update-rootfs-without-automatic-reboot/8209/2 "2026-03-16T10:05:18Z")

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Hi @Eduardo,

Thanks for reaching out! Yes, its quite easy to do so: depending on your approach, either add an `ArtifactReboot_Enter` state script returning 21 (see [State scripts | Mender documentation](https://docs.mender.io/artifact-creation/state-scripts#power-loss)), or modify the `rootfs-image` Update Module script as a whole to cater for your requirements. The only thing to keep in mind is the 24h-limit: if you exceed this, the deployment will be marked as failed.

Greetz,  
Josef