Which VMs should have qubes-update-check in their Services?

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qubes-update-check service is enabled for all qubes by default:

qubes-update-check

Default: enabled

Notify dom0 about updates available for this VM. This is shown in qubes-manager as ‘update-pending’ flag.

https://dev.qubes-os.org/projects/core-admin-client/en/latest/manpages/qvm-service.html

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Disable Qube updates for a specific qube

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