[Bug 1554848] Re: Please randomise automatic updates over a longer period

[Haw Loeung]

As per LP bug #1615482, the window has been reduced to 1hr (see
https://github.com/julian-
klode/apt/commit/93a513c4953bab9b0569c9e2bc2c74075a50dc00) which is
still better than the original 30min window. We'll see how this goes.

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1554848

Title:
  Please randomise automatic updates over a longer period

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in apt source package in Trusty:
  Confirmed
Status in unattended-upgrades source package in Trusty:
  Confirmed
Status in apt source package in Xenial:
  Fix Released
Status in unattended-upgrades source package in Xenial:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Load on the main Ubuntu archive servers is rather peakish, and tends
  to create a traffic peak on our Internet links at fairly regular times
  each day, preventing customers from accessing the archive.  This
  impacts the cloud archive mirrors using the ubuntu-repository-cache
  charm also, because they are hitting a squid cache which is backed by
  the main archive.  This effect will be even more pronounced under the
  recently-announced automatic update policy for xenial.

  One solution which would alleviate this to some extent would be to
  spread the load over a longer period by increasing the random sleep
  time in the daily update script from 30 minutes to, say, 1-2 hours.

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1554848/+subscriptions