# Core 203 update : errors with guardian

**URL:** <https://community.ipfire.org/t/core-203-update-errors-with-guardian/16007>\
**Category:** Update Trouble\
**Created:** [24 July 2026 14:39 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/core-203-update-errors-with-guardian/16007 "2026-07-24T14:39:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ramfast](https://community.ipfire.org/user_avatar/community.ipfire.org/ramfast/32/15583_2.png) [@ramfast](https://community.ipfire.org/u/ramfast)\
**Post date:** [24 July 2026 14:39 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/core-203-update-errors-with-guardian/16007/1 "2026-07-24T14:39:29Z")

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Hi,

Just wanted to update from core 202 to 203 but encountered this error with guardian update :

Jul 24 14:32:23 ipfire pakfire: DOWNLOAD STARTED: meta/meta-guardian  
Jul 24 14:32:23 ipfire pakfire: MIRROR INFO: 19 servers found in list  
Jul 24 14:32:23 ipfire pakfire: DOWNLOAD INFO: Host: mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu (HTTPS) - File: ipfire/pakfire2/2.29-x86\_64/meta/meta-guardian  
Jul 24 14:32:25 ipfire pakfire: DOWNLOAD INFO: ipfire/pakfire2/2.29-x86\_64/meta/meta-guardian has size of 1082 bytes  
Jul 24 14:32:26 ipfire pakfire: DOWNLOAD INFO: HTTP-Status-Code: 200 - 200 OK  
Jul 24 14:32:26 ipfire pakfire: DOWNLOAD INFO: File received. Start checking signature…  
Jul 24 14:32:26 ipfire pakfire: DOWNLOAD ERROR: The downloaded file (ipfire/pakfire2/2.29-x86\_64/meta/meta-guardian) wasn’t verified by [IPFire.org](http://IPFire.org). Sorry - Exiting…

When I tried to refresh from Packfire :

DOWNLOAD ERROR: The downloaded file (2.29-x86\_64/lists/server-list.db) wasn’t verified by [IPFire.org](http://IPFire.org). Sorry - Exiting…  
Update: guardian – Version: 2.0.2 → 2.0.2 – Release: 27 → 28

BR

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**Author:** ![hobthrust](https://community.ipfire.org/user_avatar/community.ipfire.org/hobthrust/32/15213_2.png) [@hobthrust](https://community.ipfire.org/u/hobthrust)\
**Post date:** [1 August 2026 11:23 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/core-203-update-errors-with-guardian/16007/2 "2026-08-01T11:23:56Z")

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8 days and no reply? Wow. I just hit the same issue, this fixed it for me:  
gpgconf --homedir /opt/pakfire/etc/.gnupg --kill all  
pakfire update --force