Maintenance ended; however, it did not exit cleanly (256). The following events were logged: “scripts/find_outdated_services” and “scripts/update-packages”

Symptoms

After the nightly update was run, the following notice was received:

CONFIG_TEXT: cPanel & WHM update failure in upcp script
Maintenance ended; however, it did not exit cleanly (256). The following events were logged: “scripts/find_outdated_services” and “scripts/update-packages”. Review the update logs to determine why the update failed.

Cause

There are various reasons why this could occur, including:

• Update failures due to package conflicts
• An incorrect package repository being enabled
• Network issues when connecting to a remote repository

Resolution

The cause for the update failure will need to be reviewed in the cPanel update logs. The following provides information on reviewing the cPanel update logs:

Where are the cPanel update logs?

Additional Information

How do I disable a repository on a RHEL-based system?