Unattended upgrades : not sure if the app is working

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My YunoHost server

Hardware: VPS bought online
YunoHost version: 11.1.21 (stable).
I have access to my server : Through SSH | through the webadmin
Are you in a special context or did you perform some particular tweaking on your YunoHost instance ? : no
If your request is related to an app, specify its name and version: unattended upgrades 1.0~ynh6

Description of my issue

Hi!

I installed unattended upgrades a few weeks ago, setting it to install only security updates but I am unable to tell if the app is actually doing its job or not… how can I check ?

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Well, should I conclude that this app is not maintained anymore, seeing the lack of answers here and of updates in the git?

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You could check if there is a log file in /var/log/unattended-upgrades.

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Haven’t you asked this question recently in the chatroom? I suggested enabling the email reports.

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Thanks to both of you for answering.

@metyun Here is the content of unattended-upgrades.log :

unattended-upgrades.log 
2023-07-01 06:18:53,940 INFO Checking if system is running on battery is skipped. Please install powermgmt-base package to check power status and skip installing updates when the system is running on battery.
2023-07-01 06:18:53,941 INFO Checking if connection is metered is skipped. Please install python3-gi package to detect metered connections and skip downloading updates.
2023-07-01 06:18:53,941 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script
2023-07-01 06:18:53,942 INFO Allowed origins are: origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian-Security, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye-security,label=Debian-Security
2023-07-01 06:18:53,943 INFO Initial blacklist: 
2023-07-01 06:18:53,943 INFO Initial whitelist (not strict): 
2023-07-01 06:18:55,066 INFO No packages found that can be upgraded unattended and no pending auto-removals
2023-07-01 07:00:49,911 INFO Checking if system is running on battery is skipped. Please install powermgmt-base package to check power status and skip installing updates when the system is running on battery.
2023-07-01 07:00:49,912 INFO Checking if connection is metered is skipped. Please install python3-gi package to detect metered connections and skip downloading updates.
2023-07-01 07:00:49,912 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script
2023-07-01 07:00:49,912 INFO Allowed origins are: origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian-Security, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye-security,label=Debian-Security
2023-07-01 07:00:49,913 INFO Initial blacklist: 
2023-07-01 07:00:49,913 INFO Initial whitelist (not strict): 
2023-07-02 06:13:26,722 INFO Checking if system is running on battery is skipped. Please install powermgmt-base package to check power status and skip installing updates when the system is running on battery.
2023-07-02 06:13:26,723 INFO Checking if connection is metered is skipped. Please install python3-gi package to detect metered connections and skip downloading updates.
2023-07-02 06:13:26,724 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script
2023-07-02 06:13:26,725 INFO Allowed origins are: origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian-Security, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye-security,label=Debian-Security
2023-07-02 06:13:26,726 INFO Initial blacklist: 
2023-07-02 06:13:26,726 INFO Initial whitelist (not strict): 
2023-07-02 06:21:27,251 INFO Checking if system is running on battery is skipped. Please install powermgmt-base package to check power status and skip installing updates when the system is running on battery.
2023-07-02 06:21:27,252 INFO Checking if connection is metered is skipped. Please install python3-gi package to detect metered connections and skip downloading updates.
2023-07-02 06:21:27,253 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script
2023-07-02 06:21:27,253 INFO Allowed origins are: origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian-Security, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye-security,label=Debian-Security
2023-07-02 06:21:27,254 INFO Initial blacklist: 
2023-07-02 06:21:27,254 INFO Initial whitelist (not strict): 
2023-07-02 06:21:28,338 INFO No packages found that can be upgraded unattended and no pending auto-removals
2023-07-03 06:38:23,530 INFO Checking if system is running on battery is skipped. Please install powermgmt-base package to check power status and skip installing updates when the system is running on battery.
2023-07-03 06:38:23,531 INFO Checking if connection is metered is skipped. Please install python3-gi package to detect metered connections and skip downloading updates.
2023-07-03 06:38:23,532 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script
2023-07-03 06:38:23,532 INFO Allowed origins are: origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian-Security, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye-security,label=Debian-Security
2023-07-03 06:38:23,533 INFO Initial blacklist: 
2023-07-03 06:38:23,533 INFO Initial whitelist (not strict): 
2023-07-03 06:38:24,648 INFO No packages found that can be upgraded unattended and no pending auto-removals
2023-07-03 12:30:49,660 INFO Checking if system is running on battery is skipped. Please install powermgmt-base package to check power status and skip installing updates when the system is running on battery.
2023-07-03 12:30:49,660 INFO Checking if connection is metered is skipped. Please install python3-gi package to detect metered connections and skip downloading updates.
2023-07-03 12:30:49,661 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script
2023-07-03 12:30:49,661 INFO Allowed origins are: origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian-Security, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye-security,label=Debian-Security
2023-07-03 12:30:49,661 INFO Initial blacklist: 
2023-07-03 12:30:49,662 INFO Initial whitelist (not strict): 
2023-07-04 06:11:33,160 INFO Checking if system is running on battery is skipped. Please install powermgmt-base package to check power status and skip installing updates when the system is running on battery.
2023-07-04 06:11:33,161 INFO Checking if connection is metered is skipped. Please install python3-gi package to detect metered connections and skip downloading updates.
2023-07-04 06:11:33,161 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script
2023-07-04 06:11:33,161 INFO Allowed origins are: origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian-Security, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye-security,label=Debian-Security
2023-07-04 06:11:33,162 INFO Initial blacklist: 
2023-07-04 06:11:33,162 INFO Initial whitelist (not strict): 
2023-07-04 06:11:34,433 INFO No packages found that can be upgraded unattended and no pending auto-removals
2023-07-04 06:13:49,951 INFO Checking if system is running on battery is skipped. Please install powermgmt-base package to check power status and skip installing updates when the system is running on battery.
2023-07-04 06:13:49,952 INFO Checking if connection is metered is skipped. Please install python3-gi package to detect metered connections and skip downloading updates.
2023-07-04 06:13:49,952 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script
2023-07-04 06:13:49,953 INFO Allowed origins are: origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian-Security, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye-security,label=Debian-Security
2023-07-04 06:13:49,953 INFO Initial blacklist: 
2023-07-04 06:13:49,953 INFO Initial whitelist (not strict): 
2023-07-05 00:43:08,394 INFO Checking if system is running on battery is skipped. Please install powermgmt-base package to check power status and skip installing updates when the system is running on battery.
2023-07-05 00:43:08,395 INFO Checking if connection is metered is skipped. Please install python3-gi package to detect metered connections and skip downloading updates.
2023-07-05 00:43:08,396 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script
2023-07-05 00:43:08,397 INFO Allowed origins are: origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian-Security, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye-security,label=Debian-Security
2023-07-05 00:43:08,398 INFO Initial blacklist: 
2023-07-05 00:43:08,398 INFO Initial whitelist (not strict): 
2023-07-05 06:52:00,991 INFO Checking if system is running on battery is skipped. Please install powermgmt-base package to check power status and skip installing updates when the system is running on battery.
2023-07-05 06:52:00,992 INFO Checking if connection is metered is skipped. Please install python3-gi package to detect metered connections and skip downloading updates.
2023-07-05 06:52:00,992 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script
2023-07-05 06:52:00,993 INFO Allowed origins are: origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian-Security, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye-security,label=Debian-Security
2023-07-05 06:52:00,993 INFO Initial blacklist: 
2023-07-05 06:52:00,993 INFO Initial whitelist (not strict): 
2023-07-05 06:52:02,441 INFO No packages found that can be upgraded unattended and no pending auto-removals
2023-07-06 01:10:18,394 INFO Checking if system is running on battery is skipped. Please install powermgmt-base package to check power status and skip installing updates when the system is running on battery.
2023-07-06 01:10:18,395 INFO Checking if connection is metered is skipped. Please install python3-gi package to detect metered connections and skip downloading updates.
2023-07-06 01:10:18,395 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script
2023-07-06 01:10:18,396 INFO Allowed origins are: origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian-Security, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye-security,label=Debian-Security
2023-07-06 01:10:18,397 INFO Initial blacklist: 
2023-07-06 01:10:18,397 INFO Initial whitelist (not strict): 
2023-07-06 06:17:42,048 INFO Checking if system is running on battery is skipped. Please install powermgmt-base package to check power status and skip installing updates when the system is running on battery.
2023-07-06 06:17:42,049 INFO Checking if connection is metered is skipped. Please install python3-gi package to detect metered connections and skip downloading updates.
2023-07-06 06:17:42,050 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script
2023-07-06 06:17:42,051 INFO Allowed origins are: origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye,label=Debian-Security, origin=Debian,codename=bullseye-security,label=Debian-Security
2023-07-06 06:17:42,051 INFO Initial blacklist: 
2023-07-06 06:17:42,051 INFO Initial whitelist (not strict): 
2023-07-06 06:17:43,429 INFO No packages found that can be upgraded unattended and no pending auto-removals

@tituspijean no, it was not me. Pretty sure I enabled mail notifications but all app config appears empty when I open it :

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Unattended-upgrades is doing its job but there is no security updates since you install it.

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Thank for the confirmation!

I wish I could receive a mail every day / week just to known that everything is working fine but at least the job is done!

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