# Netdata Agent failed to update

**URL:** <https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-agent-failed-to-update/1148>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** agent, agent-installation\
**Created:** [April 7, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-agent-failed-to-update/1148 "2021-04-07T14:31:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![chris.pollock](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/chris.pollock/32/193_2.png) [@chris.pollock](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/chris.pollock)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-agent-failed-to-update/1148/1 "2021-04-07T14:31:51Z")

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Ubuntu 20.04LTS, kernel 5.4.0-70-generic. During this mornings Anacron job to update Netdata the below was reported by the cronjob:

```
/etc/cron.daily/netdata-updater:
curl: (28) Resolving timed out after 10000 milliseconds
/tmp/netdata-updater-uHBGE3nWW0/netdata-updater.sh: line 298: cd: too many arguments
Wed 07 Apr 2021 08:27:47 AM CDT : INFO: Current Version: 00103000000003
Wed 07 Apr 2021 08:27:47 AM CDT : INFO: Latest Version: 00103000000011
./netdata-latest.tar.gz: OK
run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/netdata-updater exited with return code 1

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**Author:** ![ilyam8](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/ilyam8/32/134_2.png) [@ilyam8](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/ilyam8)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-agent-failed-to-update/1148/2 "2021-04-07T14:39:59Z")

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Hi @chris.pollock 👋 Thanks for reporting the problem!

There is open issue in the netdata repo [/tmp/netdata-updater-XXX/netdata-updater.sh: line 298: cd: too many arguments · Issue #10931 · netdata/netdata · GitHub](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/issues/10931)

We are looking into it.

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**Author:** ![chris.pollock](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/chris.pollock/32/193_2.png) [@chris.pollock](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/chris.pollock)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-agent-failed-to-update/1148/3 "2021-04-07T14:55:05Z")

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Thanks @ilyam8 for the quick update.

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**Author:** ![ilyam8](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/ilyam8/32/134_2.png) [@ilyam8](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/ilyam8)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 8:13am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-agent-failed-to-update/1148/4 "2021-04-09T08:13:18Z")

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Fixed in [Don’t use glob expansion in argument to `cd` in updater. by Ferroin · Pull Request #10936 · netdata/netdata · GitHub](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/10936)