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package rabbitmq-server 4.0.5-2ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: installed rabbitmq-server package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #2111135 reported by Mark Grandi on 2025-05-17

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #2074309: upgrades won't start due to feature flags. Edit Remove

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	rabbitmq-server (Ubuntu)	Triaged	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Failed during upgrade

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.04
Package: rabbitmq-server 4.0.5-2ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.11.0-25.25-generic 6.11.11
Uname: Linux 6.11.0-25-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.32.0-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CloudArchitecture: x86_64
CloudID: none
CloudName: none
CloudPlatform: none
CloudSubPlatform: config
Date: Fri May 16 17:25:25 2025
ErrorMessage: installed rabbitmq-server package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-02-12 (825 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 22.04.1 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220809)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.13, Python 3.13.3, python3-minimal, 3.13.3-1
PythonDetails: N/A
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.22.18ubuntu2
apt 3.0.0
SourcePackage: rabbitmq-server
Title: package rabbitmq-server 4.0.5-2ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: installed rabbitmq-server package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to plucky on 2025-05-17 (0 days ago)

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Mark Grandi (markgrandi) wrote on 2025-05-17:

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Renan Rodrigo (rr) wrote on 2025-06-25:

Hello, @markgrandi, thanks much for reporting this bug and help make Ubuntu better.

You mentioned this happens as part of an upgrade - and the report indicates it was an upgrade to Plucky. I can reproduce this issue simply by:

- launching an oracular container
- apt update && apt dist-upgrade -y
- apt install rabbitmq-server
- do-release-upgrade

From there, running rabbitmq-server gives the following log:
Kernel pid terminated (application_controller) ("{application_start_failure,rabbit,{failed_to_initialize_feature_flags_registry,{rabbit,start,[normal,[]]}}}")

Missing feature flags is something that was mentioned before for different versions, like in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rabbitmq-server/+bug/2074309

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tags:	added: server-triage-discuss
Changed in rabbitmq-server (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Triaged

Christian Ehrhardt (paelzer) on 2025-06-25

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removed: server-triage-discuss

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