I re-confirmed the fix using the upgrader tarball for noble-proposed: I have verified using the upgrader tarball for noble-proposed: root@j:~# wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble-proposed/main/dist-upgrader-all/24.04.18/noble.tar.gz --2024-05-16 13:41:34-- http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble-proposed/main/dist-upgrader-all/24.04.18/noble.tar.gz Resolving archive.ubuntu.com (archive.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.91.82, 185.125.190.39, 91.189.91.81, ... Connecting to archive.ubuntu.com (archive.ubuntu.com)|91.189.91.82|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 1274850 (1.2M) [application/x-gzip] Saving to: ‘noble.tar.gz’ noble.tar.gz 100%[================================================>] 1.21M 1.50MB/s in 0.8s 2024-05-16 13:41:35 (1.50 MB/s) - ‘noble.tar.gz’ saved [1274850/1274850] root@j:~# tar xf noble.tar.gz root@j:~# apt install netfilter-persistent iptables-persistent -y Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: iptables-persistent netfilter-persistent 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 13.9 kB of archives. After this operation, 93.2 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 netfilter-persistent all 1.0.16 [7440 B] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 iptables-persistent all 1.0.16 [6488 B] Fetched 13.9 kB in 1s (17.8 kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package netfilter-persistent. (Reading database ... 33926 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../netfilter-persistent_1.0.16_all.deb ... Unpacking netfilter-persistent (1.0.16) ... Selecting previously unselected package iptables-persistent. Preparing to unpack .../iptables-persistent_1.0.16_all.deb ... Unpacking iptables-persistent (1.0.16) ... Setting up netfilter-persistent (1.0.16) ... Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/netfilter-persistent.service → /lib/systemd/system/netfilte r-persistent.service. Setting up iptables-persistent (1.0.16) ... update-alternatives: using /lib/systemd/system/netfilter-persistent.service to provide /lib/systemd/system/iptables.ser vice (iptables.service) in auto mode Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ... Scanning processes... No services need to be restarted. No containers need to be restarted. No user sessions are running outdated binaries. No VM guests are running outdated hypervisor (qemu) binaries on this host. root@j:~# apt policy ufw iptables-persistent netfilter-persistent ufw: Installed: 0.36.1-4ubuntu0.1 Candidate: 0.36.1-4ubuntu0.1 Version table: *** 0.36.1-4ubuntu0.1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.36.1-4build1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages iptables-persistent: Installed: 1.0.16 Candidate: 1.0.16 Version table: *** 1.0.16 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status netfilter-persistent: Installed: 1.0.16 Candidate: 1.0.16 Version table: *** 1.0.16 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status root@j:~# ./noble --frontend DistUpgradeViewNonInteractive [ ... upgrading ... ] root@j:~# apt policy ufw iptables-persistent netfilter-persistent ufw: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.36.2-6 Version table: 0.36.2-6 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages 0.36.1-4ubuntu0.1 -1 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status iptables-persistent: Installed: 1.0.20 Candidate: 1.0.20 Version table: *** 1.0.20 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status netfilter-persistent: Installed: 1.0.20 Candidate: 1.0.20 Version table: *** 1.0.20 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status