English is not my first language please expect mistakes. When trying to update my system from 4.2 into 4.3 I get a specific error where all my qubes of VPNs have error prompts when updating. When it gets to the qube to update it opens but stays open and never closes like all the rest of the qubes do as they are updating in the 4.2 → 4.3 upgrade. this is just for all the qubes that host a VPN they are the VPN qubes how can i fix this? for example
VPN1 (error): 0% - This is happening on every one and i have essential vpns that I need setup
One thing I would check before skipping them is what template each VPN qube is based on. If they are standalone qubes or based on an old/deprecated template, the upgrader may be getting stuck on that part rather than on the VPN config itself.
For essential VPNs, I would clone/export the config first, then either skip those qubes during the 4.2 → 4.3 upgrade and recreate them on a fresh 4.3 template afterwards, or manually move one VPN qube to a supported template and test it before doing the rest. That gives you a rollback path if the VPN provider scripts or NetworkManager settings behave differently.
How does those VPN qubes behave when you manually trigger updating, like apt update && apt upgrade? If installing VPN software in the template/standalone qube is interfering with the Qubes updating proxy mechanism, maybe temporarily uninstalling VPN, then reinstalling them after the whole upgrade process will be helpful.
Before changing the VPN configs, I would separate two checks: template age and update-proxy access. Run qvm-prefs VPN1 template for one failing qube, then update that template normally. If it is standalone, test inside it with sudo qubesctl state.sls update.qubes-vm or at least sudo apt update and note the exact error. A VPN qube that forces all traffic through the tunnel can break the Qubes update proxy path during an upgrade, so the fix may be temporarily disabling the VPN service for the upgrade, not rebuilding every VPN qube.
