I’m trying to update Balena OS on a rpi3 device and the update freezes at 50% and then fails after a long delay. I can’t figure out why it’s not working. I tried rebooting the device, purging data, moving the device to an empty app with no services… nothing fixed the issue. I looked at the logs but…

OS Update Fails After Hanging at 50%.

nick.slocum April 28, 2021, 1:00pm 5

Update:
I’m trying the methods described in this post: Smallest "speedtest" container

If that doesn’t find any likely causes, I’m going to figure out how to check the health of the SD card.

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