Incus instance in a weird state

alci · June 16, 2026, 9:05am

Hi,

My incus instance is in a weird state and I’m not sure how to troubleshoot.

Symptoms are:

remote access fails with ‘Error : unexpected EOF’
in a local shell, many containers are in ERROR state (but some are still RUNNING though)
trying to upgrade incus with apt fails with dpkg complaining that ‘Transport endpoint is not connected‘:

dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/incus-base_1%3a7.1-ubuntu24.04-202605311454_amd64.deb (–unpack):
unable to stat ‘./var/lib/incus-lxcfs’ (which was about to be installed): Transport endpoint is not connected
df: /var/lib/incus-lxcfs: Transport endpoint is not connected

Not sure whow to proceed.

Thanks,

Franck

alci · June 16, 2026, 2:25pm

Instance is definitely in an unstable state, but I’m afraid if I reboot the system it won’t come back to life…

time=“2026-06-16T14:22:40Z” level=error msg=“Failed updating images” err=“context canceled”
time=“2026-06-16T14:22:40Z” level=error msg=“Failed updating instance types” err=“context canceled”
time=“2026-06-16T14:22:40Z” level=error msg=“Failed to update the image” err=“Failed getting remote image info: Failed getting image: The requested image couldn’t be found” fingerpri
nt=27d9d0f4f2ef30dc2f955ddaa1823eb879ba02d27a39ff1deb107ba9246dad22
time=“2026-06-16T14:22:40Z” level=error msg=“Error getting cluster members for image auto-update” err=“Failed to begin transaction: context canceled” fingerprint=60a5edf71c7ed6bb3f6c
6419eb9850bed1bc14d76905f0016b3a9401aec12972
time=“2026-06-16T14:22:40Z” level=error msg=“Error getting cluster members for image auto-update” err=“Failed to begin transaction: context canceled” fingerprint=fe657ceff8ee7b9bd492
41617e7458321b9764bad58f28f1ef231e92c1a4cc65
time=“2026-06-16T14:22:45Z” level=error msg=“Failed writing error for HTTP response” err=“write unix /var/lib/incus/unix.socket->@: write: broken pipe” url=/1.0 writeErr=“write unix
/var/lib/incus/unix.socket->@: write: broken pipe”
time=“2026-06-16T14:22:45Z” level=error msg=“Failed updating instance types” err=“context canceled”
time=“2026-06-16T14:22:45Z” level=error msg=“Failed pruning resolved warnings” err=“context canceled”
time=“2026-06-16T14:22:45Z” level=error msg=“Failed updating images” err=“context canceled”
time=“2026-06-16T14:22:49Z” level=error msg=“Failed writing error for HTTP response” err=“write unix /var/lib/incus/unix.socket->@: write: broken pipe” url=/1.0 writeErr=“write unix
/var/lib/incus/unix.socket->@: write: broken pipe”
time=“2026-06-16T14:22:50Z” level=error msg=“Error getting cluster members for image auto-update” err=“Failed to begin transaction: context canceled” fingerprint=27d9d0f4f2ef30dc2f95
5ddaa1823eb879ba02d27a39ff1deb107ba9246dad22
time=“2026-06-16T14:22:50Z” level=error msg=“Error getting cluster members for image auto-update” err=“Failed to begin transaction: context canceled” fingerprint=60a5edf71c7ed6bb3f6c
6419eb9850bed1bc14d76905f0016b3a9401aec12972
time=“2026-06-16T14:22:50Z” level=error msg=“Failed updating images” err=“context canceled”
time=“2026-06-16T14:22:50Z” level=error msg=“Error getting cluster members for image auto-update” err=“Failed to begin transaction: context canceled” fingerprint=fe657ceff8ee7b9bd492
41617e7458321b9764bad58f28f1ef231e92c1a4cc65
time=“2026-06-16T14:22:50Z” level=error msg=“Failed updating instance types” err=“context canceled”
time=“2026-06-16T14:22:50Z” level=error msg=“Failed pruning resolved warnings” err=“context canceled”
time=“2026-06-16T14:22:50Z” level=error msg=“Failed expiring log files” err=“context canceled”
time=“2026-06-16T14:22:53Z” level=error msg=“Failed writing error for HTTP response” err=“write unix /var/lib/incus/unix.socket->@: write: broken pipe” url=/1.0 writeErr=“write unix
/var/lib/incus/unix.socket->@: write: broken pipe”
time=“2026-06-16T14:22:54Z” level=error msg=“Failed updating images” err=“context canceled”
time=“2026-06-16T14:22:54Z” level=error msg=“Failed updating instance types” err=“context canceled”
time=“2026-06-16T14:22:54Z” level=error msg=“Failed pruning resolved warnings” err=“context canceled”

alci · June 16, 2026, 2:26pm

also trying to stop a container gives me ‘Error: Incus is shutting down‘

stgraber · June 16, 2026, 2:29pm

Could be as simple as LXCFS having a very bad day. You can try running umount -l /var/lib/incus-lxcfs and see if that unsticks the package update at least.

alci · June 16, 2026, 2:47pm

Rebooting (and crossing fingers while doing so) did the trick, as far as I can tell…