Choosing to defer updates and nudge no longer presents itself

[n0brainer]

A small group of people (myself incl) in the #nudge channel on macadmins slack channel have been experiencing issues when we choose to defer the update. the ~/Plist file updates with the time to recheck, but nudge doesn't relaunch, even when left overnight.

Filtering the log data using "subsystem == "com.github.macadmins.Nudge"" Timestamp (process)[PID] 2022-06-21 10:33:16.692606-0500 localhost Nudge[3022]: [com.github.macadmins.Nudge:softwareupdate-download] enforceMinorUpdates: true 2022-06-21 10:33:40.286845-0500 localhost Nudge[3022]: [com.github.macadmins.Nudge:softwareupdate-list] softwareupdate found macOS Monterey 12.4-21F79 available for download - attempting download Filtering the log data using "subsystem == "com.github.macadmins.Nudge"" Timestamp (process)[PID] 2022-06-21 10:39:16.458901-0500 localhost Nudge[579]: [com.github.macadmins.Nudge:softwareupdate-download] enforceMinorUpdates: true 2022-06-21 10:39:44.821377-0500 localhost Nudge[579]: [com.github.macadmins.Nudge:softwareupdate-list] softwareupdate did not find 12.4 available for download - skipping download attempt 2022-06-21 10:39:45.075186-0500 localhost Nudge[579]: [com.github.macadmins.Nudge:user-interface] New Nudge event detected - resetting all deferral values 2022-06-21 10:39:45.084553-0500 localhost Nudge[579]: [com.github.macadmins.Nudge:utilities] Device pastRequiredInstallationDate: false 2022-06-21 10:40:10.621208-0500 localhost Nudge[579]: [com.github.macadmins.Nudge:user-interface] User initiated a deferral: 2022-06-21 16:40:10 +0000 2022-06-21 10:40:10.621998-0500 localhost Nudge[579]: [com.github.macadmins.Nudge:user-interface] User clicked primaryQuitButton 2022-06-21 11:00:04.234552-0500 localhost Nudge[1241]: [com.github.macadmins.Nudge:softwareupdate-download] enforceMinorUpdates: true 2022-06-21 11:01:31.287812-0500 localhost Nudge[1241]: [com.github.macadmins.Nudge:softwareupdate-list] softwareupdate found macOS Monterey 12.4-21F79 available for download - attempting download Filtering the log data using "subsystem == "com.github.macadmins.Nudge"" Filtering the log data using "subsystem == "com.github.macadmins.Nudge"" Timestamp (process)[PID] 2022-06-21 13:58:23.807065-0500 localhost Nudge[593]: [com.github.macadmins.Nudge:softwareupdate-download] enforceMinorUpdates: true 2022-06-21 14:03:49.298433-0500 localhost Nudge[593]: [com.github.macadmins.Nudge:softwareupdate-list] softwareupdate did not find 12.4 available for download - skipping download attempt 2022-06-21 14:03:49.445926-0500 localhost Nudge[593]: [com.github.macadmins.Nudge:utilities] Device pastRequiredInstallationDate: false 2022-06-21 14:04:24.983028-0500 localhost Nudge[593]: [com.github.macadmins.Nudge:user-interface] User initiated a deferral: 2022-06-21 20:04:24 +0000 2022-06-21 14:04:24.983853-0500 localhost Nudge[593]: [com.github.macadmins.Nudge:user-interface] User clicked primaryQuitButton 2022-06-21 14:30:00.118863-0500 localhost Nudge[1116]: [com.github.macadmins.Nudge:softwareupdate-download] enforceMinorUpdates: true 2022-06-21 14:31:12.500184-0500 localhost Nudge[1116]: [com.github.macadmins.Nudge:softwareupdate-list] softwareupdate did not find 12.4 available for download - skipping download attempt 2022-06-21 14:31:12.617014-0500 localhost Nudge[1116]: [com.github.macadmins.Nudge:utilities] Device pastRequiredInstallationDate: false 2022-06-21 14:31:12.618182-0500 localhost Nudge[1116]: [com.github.macadmins.Nudge:user-interface] User has selected a deferral date (2022-06-21 20:04:24 +0000) that is greater than the launch date (2022-06-21 19:31:12 +0000) 2022-06-21 14:31:12.618222-0500 localhost Nudge[1116]: [com.github.macadmins.Nudge:user-interface] Nudge is terminating due to condition met 2022-06-21 15:00:05.692247-0500 localhost Nudge[1396]: [com.github.macadmins.Nudge:softwareupdate-download] enforceMinorUpdates: true 2022-06-21 15:00:18.646766-0500 localhost Nudge[1396]: [com.github.macadmins.Nudge:softwareupdate-list] softwareupdate found macOS Monterey 12.4-21F79 available for download - attempting download

[gsprague]

@n0brainer Do you have asynchronousSoftwareUpdate set to false? It looks like softwareupdate is failing to download the update. Have you restarted these computers or tried force quitting all softwareupdated processes?

[n0brainer]

When I restart nudge kicks off, Async Updates is set to False. And yes, once I force quit the software update command nudge pops up immediately. is nudge just calling the binary softwareupdate then for macOS 12+?

[kevinmcox]

@n0brainer Yes, Nudge calls softwareupdate: https://github.com/macadmins/nudge/blob/b77495ce405d2166a72a37f5484e8b84e46e9b55/Nudge/Utilities/SoftwareUpdate.swift Unless you configure it not to: https://github.com/macadmins/nudge/wiki/optionalFeatures