[SOLVED] Fatal error: E: The repository ... no longer has a Release file.

[GreyGeek]

$ sudo pkcon refresh
Refreshing cache [=========================]
Loading cache [=========================]
Downloading packages [=========================]
Running [=========================]
Finished [=========================]
Fatal error: E: The repository 'http://archive.neon.kde.org/user focal Release' no longer has a Release file.
W: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
W: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

Fixed by doing:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt --fix-broken install
sudo pkcon update

[claydoh]

So, what was updated, or missing?

I haven't seen this myself, and I have had only minor updates later Wed. afternoon

I suspect this may be related to the DDoS attacks on KDE the past few days, as well. They seem to have stopped. Linux.org still seems to be suffering from it. at the moment.

[claydoh]

Actually:

Yes, filtering is a bit too strict after yesterday's DDoS. Neon user repositories were down again last night because the origin server for the archive website had blocked its own CDN.

oopsie!

[GreyGeek]

LOL!
Sounds like something I would do if I got my hands on a sever!

When the commands I applied appeared to fix the problem I assumed there was something wrong with my local cache or sources.list.