[Bug 2111551] Re: fwupd crash with "Creating pipes for GWakeup: Too many open files"

[Daniel van Vugt]

** Bug watch added: github.com/fwupd/fwupd/issues #8712
   https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/issues/8712

** Also affects: fwupd via
   https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/issues/8712
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

** Changed in: fwupd (Ubuntu)
    Milestone: None => ubuntu-25.10

** Tags added: fixed-in-fwupd-2.0.10 fixed-upstream

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Title:
  fwupd crash with "Creating pipes for GWakeup: Too many open files"

Status in Fwupd:
  Unknown
Status in fwupd package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Hi,

  each time fwupd runs in the background, it crashes with those errors:

  May 21 17:31:24 vougeot fwupd[17918]: 15:31:24.541 GLib                 Creating pipes for GWakeup: Too many open files
  May 21 17:31:24 vougeot kernel: traps: fwupd[17918] trap int3 ip:715eb13a6f0f sp:7fffd7320d90 error:0 in libglib-2.0.so.0.8400.1[73f0f,715eb1352000+bd000]

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.04
  Package: fwupd 2.0.7-1
  Uname: Linux 6.14.7-061407-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.32.0-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Fri May 23 08:31:17 2025
  RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
  SourcePackage: fwupd
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  modified.conffile..etc.fwupd.fwupd.conf: [inaccessible: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/fwupd/fwupd.conf']

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