System fails to upgrade

[Ged]

Upon initiating upgrade process starts,then states there is a problem, try to "clean" up system with tools (which I have done). Then refuses to upgrade but elegantly returns me to old version

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:23.04.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-39.40-generic 6.2.16
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-39-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.26.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Dec 16 05:31:24 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-09-07 (99 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220809.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to lunar on 2023-12-16 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog: