stgraber@castiana:~$ incus create images:almalinux/10 vmtest-alma --vm
Creating vmtest-alma
stgraber@castiana:~$ incus config device add vmtest-alma agent disk source=agent:config
Device agent added to vmtest-alma
stgraber@castiana:~$ incus start vmtest-alma
stgraber@castiana:~$ incus exec vmtest-alma bash
[root@vmtest-alma ~]# fwupdmgr refresh
No remotes are currently enabled so no metadata is available.
Metadata can be obtained from the Linux Vendor Firmware Service.
Decompressing… [***************************************]
Metadata is up to date; use --force to refresh again.
[root@vmtest-alma ~]# fwupdmgr refresh --force
Decompressing… [ - ]
Updating lvfs
Downloading… [***************************************]
Successfully downloaded new metadata:
• 7 devices are updatable
• 2 devices are supported in the enabled remotes (an update has been published)
[root@vmtest-alma ~]#
But that’s Incus 7.2 on Debian 13 using Zabbly packages and on an AMD system, so quite a lot that’s different. Mostly shows that it’s not a simple “NUMA makes the VM crash on fwupdmgr refresh”.