Software Updater keeps popping up when there is no update

[Karl]

The software updater keeps popping up with the message "The software on this computer is up to date."

I only expect to see this once, after a successful update, not again and again, because it requires no action. When I click "Ok" on it I expect that updater remains silent until it has a software update for me. This used to be the case, only now I find it alerting me repeatedly that there is no update.

Running Ubuntu 20.04.5

the last update included update-notifier:amd64 (3.192.30.11, 3.192.30.16), update-notifier-common:amd64 (3.192.30.11, 3.192.30.16)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Dávid Gardian (pizzacutter)]

I run ubuntu 22.04.2 and I have the same problem, it sometimes pops up like every five minutes. I have tried to check manually using 'apt update' and once there was a problem with google-earth repo and the other time there were updates that were pending despite the updater showing no updates... You might want to check the command line updates for info...

Once 'apt update' is showing no updates the problem goes away ... temporarily, so far

Also some grub packages were held back, but I think they make no difference.