# DNF makecache error - Rocky 9

**URL:** https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/dnf-makecache-error-rocky-9/9197
**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support
**Created:** [March 14, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/dnf-makecache-error-rocky-9/9197 "2023-03-14T00:30:04Z")
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### Author: ![BillT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecc23a/32.png) [@BillT](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/BillT)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/dnf-makecache-error-rocky-9/9197/1 "2023-03-14T00:30:04Z")

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I notice in the logs that dnf makecache which runs periodically gets an error as follows:

“Error: Failed to download metadata for repo ‘extras’: Cannot download repomd.xml: Curl error (56): Failure when receiving data from the peer for [http://mirror.atl.genesisadaptive.com/rocky/9.1/extras/x86\_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml](http://mirror.atl.genesisadaptive.com/rocky/9.1/extras/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml) [Recv failure: Connection reset by peer]”

My repos are:

dnf repolist  
repo id repo name  
appstream Rocky Linux 9 - AppStream  
baseos Rocky Linux 9 - BaseOS  
crb Rocky Linux 9 - CRB  
droplet-agent DigitalOcean Droplet Agent  
epel Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86\_64  
epel-next Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 9 - Next - x86\_64  
extras Rocky Linux 9 - Extras  
remi-modular Remi’s Modular repository for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86\_64  
remi-safe Safe Remi’s RPM repository for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86\_64

I upgraded this system in place from rocky 8. I am wondering if the “extras” repo isn’t valid for Rocky 9?

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### Author: ![BillT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecc23a/32.png) [@BillT](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/BillT)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/dnf-makecache-error-rocky-9/9197/2 "2023-03-14T00:44:16Z")

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When I browse to [http://mirror.atl.genesisadaptive.com/rocky/9.1/extras/x86\_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml](http://mirror.atl.genesisadaptive.com/rocky/9.1/extras/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml), the file does exist so I’m not sure what is going on.

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### Author: ![BillT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecc23a/32.png) [@BillT](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/BillT)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/dnf-makecache-error-rocky-9/9197/3 "2023-03-14T00:47:40Z")

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Hmm just tried manually running the service and it worked. Maybe some sort of intermittent problem with the mirror.

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### Author: ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 3:21am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/dnf-makecache-error-rocky-9/9197/4 "2023-08-25T03:21:59Z")

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