Verified 1.10ubuntu5.1 on Disco. The crash was already fixed, but u-u did not recognize the moved conffile as the same: root@dd-lp-1823872:~# dpkg -l qemu-guest-agent unattended-upgrades | cat Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-===================-===================-============-=========================================== ii qemu-guest-agent 1:3.1+dfsg-2ubuntu2 amd64 Guest-side qemu-system agent ii unattended-upgrades 1.10ubuntu5 all automatic installation of security upgrades root@dd-lp-1823872:~# unattended-upgrade --dry-run --verbose --debug ... fetch.run() result: 0 check_conffile_prompt(/var/cache/apt/archives/qemu-guest-agent_1%3a3.1+dfsg-2ubuntu3_amd64.deb) found pkg: qemu-guest-agent conffile line: /etc/init.d/qemu-guest-agent f61a64ac1e48993023018fd1cff85191 current md5: f61a64ac1e48993023018fd1cff85191 conffile line: /etc/qemu/fsfreeze-hook/fsfreeze-hook 15f6ff42cbc5550a07ee21c2a471d905 /etc/qemu/fsfreeze-hook/fsfreeze-hook not in package conffiles /etc/init.d/qemu-guest-agent /etc/qemu/fsfreeze-hook found conffile /etc/qemu/fsfreeze-hook in new pkg but on dpkg status blacklist: [] ... Fixed u-u recognize them being the same: root@dd-lp-1823872:~# dpkg -l qemu-guest-agent unattended-upgrades | cat Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-===================-===================-============-=========================================== ii qemu-guest-agent 1:3.1+dfsg-2ubuntu2 amd64 Guest-side qemu-system agent ii unattended-upgrades 1.10ubuntu5.1 all automatic installation of security upgrades root@dd-lp-1823872:~# unattended-upgrade --dry-run --verbose --debug ... fetch.run() result: 0 check_conffile_prompt(/var/cache/apt/archives/qemu-guest-agent_1%3a3.1+dfsg-2ubuntu3_amd64.deb) found pkg: qemu-guest-agent conffile line: /etc/init.d/qemu-guest-agent f61a64ac1e48993023018fd1cff85191 current md5: f61a64ac1e48993023018fd1cff85191 conffile line: /etc/qemu/fsfreeze-hook/fsfreeze-hook 15f6ff42cbc5550a07ee21c2a471d905 current md5: 15f6ff42cbc5550a07ee21c2a471d905 blacklist: [] ...