sudo systemctl status unattended-upgrades

Category: VPS Management

sudo systemctl status unattended-upgrades

Check the auto-update service status

unattended-upgrades runs as a one-shot systemd service that applies updates when triggered by the apt-daily-upgrade timer. Status shows whether recent runs succeeded and any error output. A failed unit explains missing security patches; restart it and re-check the log.
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