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Email summary of automatic and available updates #7934
Description
Administrators do not know what automatic updates did overnight, nor which updates are waiting to be applied, unless they open the Software Center. An email summary keeps them informed without logging in, and helps them check that automatic updates are working as expected.
Note
This issue originally also requested a UI switch to opt out of automatic updates, and update-related alerts. The opt-out switch was implemented by #8101 (core 3.22.0), from the #7976 design. Alerts for failed updates, updates not applied for a long time, and pending reboots are now part of the #8260 design.
Proposed solution
Provide email notifications:
- with an active subscription, a summary of the automatic updates performed: which core and application versions were installed, and any failure
- without a subscription (community users), a weekly summary of the available updates
Alternative solutions
Check the Software Center manually.
Additional context
- Users requested also strict update scheduling for critical application instances.
See also
- Email Notification request https://community.nethserver.org/t/subscription-and-automatic-updates/26939
- Disable switch Discussion https://mattermost.nethesis.it/nethesis/pl/szkicuj9ejy75xmcqmnfc6rxjh
- Update-related alerts https://mattermost.nethesis.it/nethesis/pl/gqc1i7hfa3fpzfjwpba7yb4joe (PVT @nrauso)
- Automatic updates opt-out design: Switch-off automated updates in Software Center #7976
- Automatic updates opt-out: Implement opt-out of automated updates from the Software Center UI #8101
- Launch update-os action from Software Center: Launch update-os action from Software Center #7933
- OS updates and scheduled node reboots design: Design: operating system updates and scheduled node reboots #8260
Activity
[-]Subscription automatic updates opt-out and email updates summary[/-][+]Email summary of automatic and available updates[/+]