Possible issue with salt and debian13

otter2 · November 2, 2025, 10:50pm

Try fedora default-mgmt-dvm

qubesctl fails when using a Deb13 based management VM together with saltenv=user

opened 07:47AM - 31 Oct 25 UTC

C: Salt C: Debian/Ubuntu P: default needs diagnosis affects-4.2

[How to File a Helpful Issue](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/issue-tracking/) ###… Qubes OS Release `4.2` and possibly `4.3` ### Brief Summary Salt files are not found when using a `debian-13` based management VM in conjunction with `saltenv=user`. ### Steps to Reproduce In dom0, run: ```bash sudo qubesctl --skip-dom0 --show-output state.apply <some salt state> saltenv=user ``` ### Expected Behavior Salt runs without failures. ### Actual Behavior Fails with "No matching sls files found." ### Additional Information This issue only occurs when using a `debian-13` based Management VM; `debian-12` works fine. Target VM & Management VM salt version: 3007.1 Possibly Related: - #9916 - #8491 - #9129 - #10370 `qubesctrl` also raises deprecation warning: ```bash /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/salt/utils/jid.py:19: DeprecationWarning: datetime.datetime.utcnow() is deprecated and scheduled for removal in a future version. Use timezone-aware objects to represent datetimes in UTC: datetime.datetime.now(datetime.UTC). return datetime.datetime.utcnow() /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/salt/client/ssh/__init__.py:1595: DeprecationWarning: 'maxsplit' is passed as positional argument stdout = re.split(RSTR_RE, stdout, 1)[1].strip() ```

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`qubesctl` fails when targeting a `Deb13` VM together with `saltenv=user`

opened 02:16PM - 30 Oct 25 UTC

neoniobium

C: Salt C: Debian/Ubuntu P: default needs diagnosis affects-4.2

### Qubes OS Release `4.2` and `4.3` might also be affected. ### Brief Summary… When trying to apply a Salt state using `qubesctl [...] saltenv=user`, targeting a `debian-13` VM (Gnome, Xfce, or minimal) and specifying a file path (`salt://<path>`) inside the Salt file, the file cannot be found. ### Steps to Reproduce In `dom0`, run: 1. Create and configure `user_salt` using `qubesctl state.apply qubes.user-dirs`. 2. Put the Salt file `manage-file.sls` and the file to be managed, `managed-file.txt`, inside `/srv/user_salt`. ``` # manage-file.sls /etc/foo.conf: file.managed: - source: - salt://managed-file.txt [...] ``` 3. Run `sudo qubesctl --skip-dom0 --show-output --targets=debian-13 state.apply manage-file saltenv=user`. ### Expected Behavior Salt runs without failures and replaces the file. ### Actual Behavior File not found in saltenv 'user'. ### Additional Information This issue only occurs when targeting a `debian-13` VM; targeting `fedora` or `whonix-17` works fine. Target VM & MGMT-VM salt version: `3007.1` Possibly related: - #9916 - #8491 - #9129

p.s. also this thread: Debian 13 templates available - #32 by minion