Updating dom0 fails

When trying to update dom0 via the Qubes OS Update manager, the following occurs:

[113/113] Total
Complete!
Request refused
‘usr/lib/qubes/qrexec-client-vm dom0 qubes.ReceiveUpdates /usr/lib/qubes/qfile-agent /var/lib/qubes/dom0-updates/packages/*.rpm’ failed with exit code 126!

ls -l /usr/lib/qubes/qfile-agent returns: no such file or directory

any ideas what went wrong here?

What QubesOS version are you using?

AFAIK exit code 126 means qrexec policy deny. Please check journalctl and search for policy messages concerning qubes.ReceiveUpdates call[s]. Please check in dom0 as well as in your updateVM.