[Bug] - When I run dnf upgrade, two identical versions are displayed.

[flybroad-jp]

When I run dnf upgrade, the same version is displayed twice.
Even after upgrading, one version continues to be displayed.

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sudo dnf upgrade

2
sudo dnf upgrade --releasever=2023.10.20260120

3
sudo dnf upgrade

[rbrome]

I am also having this exact same issue.

[skybungee]

Amazon Linux Auto-Update Report

I Have a script that run's updates automatically

Update Executed: Friday, January 23, 2026

Transaction Details

Transaction ID: 27

Field	Value
Begin time	Fri Jan 23 01:05:25 2026
Begin rpmdb	df494d09b1054fa959db86dc898b8b485068bfdfff5f74c42894e1fd5deb2be9
End time	Fri Jan 23 01:07:03 2026 (98 seconds)
End rpmdb	bb74d8c0160656f17e16c5d4cea7214c9d4dac018b0f1f59b2af82049b4c94bc
User	root <root>
Return-Code	Success
Releasever	2023.10.20260120
Command Line	upgrade --releasever=2023.10.20260120 -y

System Status

Last metadata expiration check: 2:16:26 ago on Sun Jan 25 01:10:04 2026

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⚠️ WARNING

A newer release of "Amazon Linux" is available.

Available Versions:

Version 2023.10.20260120

To upgrade, run:

dnf upgrade --releasever=2023.10.20260120

Release notes:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/linux/al2023/release-notes/relnotes-2023.10.20260120.html

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[rbrome]

Thanks.

But if you'd paid attention, this ACTUAL ISSUE could cause your script to run on loop, creating serious performance problems for anyone using your thingy.

[garethmarkfawcett]

I'm having this same issue. Interestingly I upgraded 3 EC2 AWS Linux 2023 instances; two of them worked and one didn't. The one that didn't is showing exactly the same issue as above.

The fact that AWS shows 2 releases (as per the OP's post) with the same name makes me think there's been a configuration / versioning 'boo-boo' by AWS.

This is now somewhat annoying as our automated NOC will now flag an issue every day as it's told by the failed instance that there's updates outstanding when we can't actually then upgrade it.