BT Home Hub 5A Snapshot & 24.10.1 Firmware build fail

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Trying to build a current firmware for my BT Home Hub 5A.

Snapshot fails as follows:

Error: Could not set up ImageBuilder
STDERR
--2025-04-22 11:15:26-- http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/lantiq/xrx200/sha256sums
Connecting to 127.0.0.1:3128... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 5262079 (5.0M) [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘sha256sums’

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2025-04-22 11:15:27 (12.4 MB/s) - ‘sha256sums’ saved [5262079/5262079]

--2025-04-22 11:15:27-- http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/lantiq/xrx200/sha256sums.asc
Connecting to 127.0.0.1:3128... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 299 [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘sha256sums.asc’

 0K                                                       100%  110M=0s

2025-04-22 11:15:27 (110 MB/s) - ‘sha256sums.asc’ saved [299/299]

gpg: directory '/builder/.gnupg' created
gpg: keybox '/builder/.gnupg/pubring.kbx' created
gpg: key 1D53D1877742E911: 3 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: /builder/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 1D53D1877742E911: public key "OpenWrt Build System (Nitrokey3) contact@openwrt.org" imported
gpg: key 28A39BC32074BE7A: 2 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: key 28A39BC32074BE7A: public key "OpenWrt Build System (PGP key for 19.07 release builds) pgpsign-19.07@openwrt.org" imported
gpg: key CD84BCED626471F1: 2 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: key CD84BCED626471F1: public key "OpenWrt Build System (PGP key for unattended snapshot builds) pgpsign-snapshots@openwrt.org" imported
gpg: key 88CA59E88F681580: public key "OpenWrt Build System (PGP key for 21.02 release builds) pgpsign-21.02@openwrt.org" imported
gpg: key CD54E82DADB3684D: public key "OpenWrt Build System (GnuPGP key for 22.03 release builds) pgpsign-22.03@openwrt.org" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 5
gpg: imported: 5
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
rm: cannot remove '/builder/keys/CD54E82DADB3684D.asc': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove '/builder/keys/0x1D53D1877742E911.asc': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove '/builder/keys/2074BE7A.asc': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove '/builder/keys/88CA59E8.asc': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove '/builder/keys/626471

24.10.1 fails with just the message Init.

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I am getting very similar error messages for my bthh5 running SNAPSHOP using owut upgrade:

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It is safe to proceed with an upgrade
root@pnhoc:~# owut upgrade
owut - OpenWrt Upgrade Tool 2025.03.14~52e7d44c-r1 (/usr/bin/owut)
ASU-Server     https://sysupgrade.openwrt.org
Upstream       https://downloads.openwrt.org
Target         lantiq/xrx200
Profile        bt_homehub-v5a
Package-arch   mips_24kc
Root-FS-type   squashfs
Sys-type       sysupgrade
Version-from   SNAPSHOT r29111-8b27e60c58 (kernel 6.6.84)
Version-to     SNAPSHOT r29172-eec11fbbb6 (kernel 6.6.85)
Build-FS-type  squashfs
Build-at       2025-04-09T20:33:48Z (~66 hours ago)
Image-prefix   openwrt-lantiq-xrx200-bt_homehub-v5a
Image-URL      https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/lantiq/xrx200
Image-file     openwrt-lantiq-xrx200-bt_homehub-v5a-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
Installed      192 packages
Top-level       48 packages
Default         47 packages
User-installed   4 packages (top-level only)
~
~
78 packages are out-of-date

Default package analysis:
  Default                                Provided-by
  libustream-mbedtls                     libustream-mbedtls20201210
  nftables                               nftables-json
~
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Failures don't affect this device, details at
  https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/faillogs/mips_24kc/

Request:
  Version SNAPSHOT r29172-eec11fbbb6 (kernel 6.6.85)
Request hash:
  9a924bc6bb76df10892343a233e99578d3c68d86c15afc90582565d67e8444aa
--
Status:   queued - 0 ahead of you
Progress:   0s total =   0s in queue +   0s in build
--
Status:   init
Progress:   1s total =   0s in queue +   1s in build
--
Status:   Error: Could not set up ImageBuilder
Progress:   4s total =   0s in queue +   4s in build

Build failed in   4s total =   0s in queue +   4s to build:
ASU server error =
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/rq/worker.py", line 1633, in perform_job
    return_value = job.perform()
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/rq/job.py", line 1331, in perform
    self._result = self._execute()
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/rq/job.py", line 1365, in _execute
    result = self.func(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/asu/build.py", line 179, in build
    report_error(job, "Could not set up ImageBuilder")
  File "/app/asu/util.py", line 308, in report_error
    raise RuntimeError(msg)
RuntimeError: Could not set up ImageBuilder

ASU server stderr =
--2025-04-12 14:28:12--  http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/lantiq/xrx200/sha256sums
Connecting to 127.0.0.1:3128... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 4950375 (4.7M) [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘sha256sums’
~
~
2025-04-12 14:28:12 (356 MB/s) - ‘sha256sums’ saved [4950375/4950375]

--2025-04-12 14:28:12--  http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/lantiq/xrx200/sha256sums.asc
Connecting to 127.0.0.1:3128... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 299 [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘sha256sums.asc’

     0K                                                       100% 65.6M=0s

2025-04-12 14:28:12 (65.6 MB/s) - ‘sha256sums.asc’ saved [299/299]

gpg: directory '/builder/.gnupg' created
gpg: keybox '/builder/.gnupg/pubring.kbx' created
gpg: key 1D53D1877742E911: 3 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: /builder/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 1D53D1877742E911: public key "OpenWrt Build System (Nitrokey3) <contact@openwrt.org>" imported
gpg: key 28A39BC32074BE7A: 2 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: key 28A39BC32074BE7A: public key "OpenWrt Build System (PGP key for 19.07 release builds) <pgpsign-19.07@openwrt.org>" imported
gpg: key CD84BCED626471F1: 2 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: key CD84BCED626471F1: public key "OpenWrt Build System (PGP key for unattended snapshot builds) <pgpsign-snapshots@openwrt.org>" imported
gpg: key 88CA59E88F681580: public key "OpenWrt Build System (PGP key for 21.02 release builds) <pgpsign-21.02@openwrt.org>" imported
gpg: key CD54E82DADB3684D: public key "OpenWrt Build System (GnuPGP key for 22.03 release builds) <pgpsign-22.03@openwrt.org>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 5
gpg:               imported: 5
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
rm: cannot remove '/builder/keys/CD54E82DADB3684D.asc': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove '/builder/keys/0x1D53D1877742E911.asc': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove '/builder/keys/2074BE7A.asc': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove '/builder/keys/88CA59E8.asc': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove '/builder/keys/626471F1.asc': Permission denied

ERROR: Build failed with status 500
The above errors are often due to the upgrade server lagging behind the
build server, first suggestion is to wait a while and try again.

I wonder if @efahl is able to advise us on a solution?

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Something funky in the build containers, just dug out the root cause and put in an issue: https://github.com/openwrt/docker/issues/172 (this should have been fixed like 3 weeks ago, very mysterious).

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How do we get this moved forward? Have waited a few days, and even with a new build overnight, still can't get a custom firmware.

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Maybe try out some of the changes suggested in https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/18410 ?

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I am not sure what mitigations are being suggested in the github link.

Is this issue with my dumb AP running 24.10.0 related?

It is safe to proceed with an upgrade
root@pnho:~# owut upgrade -V 24.10.1
owut - OpenWrt Upgrade Tool 2025.01.29~bced54ad-r1 (/usr/bin/owut)
ASU-Server     https://sysupgrade.openwrt.org
Upstream       https://downloads.openwrt.org
Target         lantiq/xrx200
Profile        bt_homehub-v5a
Package-arch   mips_24kc
Root-FS-type   squashfs
Sys-type       sysupgrade
Version-from   24.10.0 r28427-6df0e3d02a (kernel 6.6.73)
Version-to     24.10.1 r28597-0425664679 (kernel 6.6.86)
Build-FS-type  squashfs
Build-at       2025-04-13T16:38:32Z (~378 hours ago)
Image-prefix   openwrt-24.10.1-lantiq-xrx200-bt_homehub-v5a
Image-URL      https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.1/targets/lantiq/xrx200
Image-file     openwrt-24.10.1-lantiq-xrx200-bt_homehub-v5a-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
Installed      216 packages
Top-level       74 packages
Default         44 packages
User-installed  37 packages (top-level only)

Package version changes:
~
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100 packages are out-of-date

Default package analysis:
  Default                                Provided-by
  nftables                               nftables-json

There are currently package build failures for 24.10.1 mips_24kc:
  Feed: packages
    python-bcrypt                        Mon Apr 28 22:26:26 2025 - not installed
  Feed: telephony
    freetdm                              Mon Apr 28 23:02:11 2025 - not installed
Failures don't affect this device, details at
  https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/faillogs-24.10/mips_24kc/

Request:
  Version 24.10.1 r28597-0425664679 (kernel 6.6.86)
Request hash:
  af0fd54ed908c63c1228af949a267385451de71eb6f0f9ae722ec9bcb8342b45
--
Status:   queued - 0 ahead of you
Progress:   0s total =   0s in queue +   0s in build
--
Status:   init
Progress:   1s total =   0s in queue +   1s in build
--
Status:   container_setup
Progress:   3s total =   0s in queue +   3s in build
--
Status:   init
Progress:   6s total =   0s in queue +   6s in build

Build failed in   6s total =   0s in queue +   6s to build:
ASU server error =
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/rq/worker.py", line 1633, in perform_job
    return_value = job.perform()
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/rq/job.py", line 1331, in perform
    self._result = self._execute()
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/rq/job.py", line 1365, in _execute
    result = self.func(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/asu/build.py", line 159, in build
    container = podman.containers.create(
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/podman/domain/containers_create.py", line 354, in create
    response.raise_for_status(not_found=ImageNotFound)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/podman/api/client.py", line 74, in raise_for_status
    raise not_found(cause, response=self._response, explanation=message)
podman.errors.exceptions.ImageNotFound: 404 Client Error: Not Found (no such image: ghcr.io/openwrt/imagebuilder:lantiq-xrx200-v24.10.1: image not known)

ERROR: Build failed with status 500
The above errors are often due to the upgrade server lagging behind the
build server, first suggestion is to wait a while and try again.
root@pnho:~#
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are you using any custom packages with your dumb ap?
if you are just using the default package set you can just use the sysupgrade file from https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.0/targets/lantiq/xrx200/ keeping settings so it comes back as a dumb ap. I've used this for 3 Zyxel WSM20

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@hecatae: I am using custom packages. Limited storage available on the BTHH5a mean that installing after the fact isn't viable.

@efahl: Whilst I think I might understand what you mean by mitigations, I am using the firmware builder as I don't (yet) have the skills to roll my own. I'm hopeful given the positive messages and surprise that it isn't already fixed means that an ASU/firmware builder guru might soon step up to the plate. At least that is what I am cheering for.

9

Unfortunately, yes I am using some custom packages.
So is my main router, and the backup (both bthh5) which have more installed, so I will have to be patient.

10

I've pinged upstream... https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/18410#issuecomment-2839210607

2025-05-10 update: see LuCI Attended Sysupgrade support thread - #43 by efahl

tldr: the bt_homehub-v5a and other lantiq/xrx200 devices will never get ASU support for 24.10.1, stick with 24.10.0 until 24.10.2 comes out, or use 24.10-snapshot if you really need to upgrade.

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