We can see the issue before, and the fix after upgrade as well as the upgrade itself. => Setting as verified root@j:~# apt-cache policy dns-root-data bind9; systemctl restart named; sleep 5s; systemctl status named; apt install -y dns-root-data/$(lsb_release -cs)-proposed; apt-cache policy dns-root-data bind9; systemctl restart named; sleep 5s; systemctl status named; dns-root-data: Installed: 2021011101 Candidate: 2023112702~ubuntu0.22.04.1 Version table: 2023112702~ubuntu0.22.04.1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-proposed/main amd64 Packages *** 2021011101 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status bind9: Installed: 1:9.18.18-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Candidate: 1:9.18.18-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Version table: *** 1:9.18.18-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:9.18.12-0ubuntu0.22.04.3 500 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 Packages 1:9.18.1-1ubuntu1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages ● named.service - BIND Domain Name Server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/named.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2024-02-05 10:17:35 UTC; 5s ago Docs: man:named(8) Process: 3103 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/named $OPTIONS (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 3104 (named) Tasks: 6 (limit: 38246) Memory: 6.4M CPU: 52ms CGroup: /system.slice/named.service └─3104 /usr/sbin/named -u bind Feb 05 10:17:35 j named[3104]: zone 255.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 1 Feb 05 10:17:35 j named[3104]: all zones loaded Feb 05 10:17:35 j named[3104]: running Feb 05 10:17:35 j systemd[1]: Started BIND Domain Name Server. Feb 05 10:17:35 j named[3104]: managed-keys-zone: Key 20326 for zone . is now trusted (acceptance timer complete) Feb 05 10:17:35 j named[3104]: resolver priming query complete: success Feb 05 10:17:35 j named[3104]: checkhints: b.root-servers.net/A (170.247.170.2) missing from hints Feb 05 10:17:35 j named[3104]: checkhints: b.root-servers.net/A (199.9.14.201) extra record in hints Feb 05 10:17:35 j named[3104]: checkhints: b.root-servers.net/AAAA (2801:1b8:10::b) missing from hints Feb 05 10:17:35 j named[3104]: checkhints: b.root-servers.net/AAAA (2001:500:200::b) extra record in hints Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Selected version '2023112702~ubuntu0.22.04.1' (Ubuntu:22.04/jammy-proposed [all]) for 'dns-root-data' The following packages will be upgraded: dns-root-data 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 32 not upgraded. Need to get 5136 B of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-proposed/main amd64 dns-root-data all 2023112702~ubuntu0.22.04.1 [5136 B] Fetched 5136 B in 0s (90.1 kB/s) debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed (Reading database ... 38663 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../dns-root-data_2023112702~ubuntu0.22.04.1_all.deb ... Unpacking dns-root-data (2023112702~ubuntu0.22.04.1) over (2021011101) ... Setting up dns-root-data (2023112702~ubuntu0.22.04.1) ... debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog debconf: (No usable dialog-like program is installed, so the dialog based frontend cannot be used. at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm line 78.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline Scanning processes... Scanning candidates... Restarting services... Daemons using outdated libraries -------------------------------- 1. dbus.service 2. networkd-dispatcher.service 3. packagekit.service 4. polkit.service 5. ssh.service 6. systemd-logind.service 7. unattended-upgrades.service 8. none of the above (Enter the items or ranges you want to select, separated by spaces.) Which services should be restarted? Service restarts being deferred: /etc/needrestart/restart.d/dbus.service systemctl restart networkd-dispatcher.service systemctl restart packagekit.service systemctl restart polkit.service systemctl restart ssh.service systemctl restart systemd-logind.service systemctl restart unattended-upgrades.service 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. dns-root-data: Installed: 2023112702~ubuntu0.22.04.1 Candidate: 2023112702~ubuntu0.22.04.1 Version table: *** 2023112702~ubuntu0.22.04.1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2021011101 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages bind9: Installed: 1:9.18.18-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Candidate: 1:9.18.18-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Version table: *** 1:9.18.18-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:9.18.12-0ubuntu0.22.04.3 500 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 Packages 1:9.18.1-1ubuntu1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages ● named.service - BIND Domain Name Server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/named.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2024-02-05 10:17:47 UTC; 5s ago Docs: man:named(8) Process: 3289 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/named $OPTIONS (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 3290 (named) Tasks: 6 (limit: 38246) Memory: 6.2M CPU: 64ms CGroup: /system.slice/named.service └─3290 /usr/sbin/named -u bind Feb 05 10:17:47 j named[3290]: managed-keys-zone: loaded serial 12 Feb 05 10:17:47 j named[3290]: zone 127.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 1 Feb 05 10:17:47 j named[3290]: zone 0.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 1 Feb 05 10:17:47 j named[3290]: zone 255.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 1 Feb 05 10:17:47 j named[3290]: zone localhost/IN: loaded serial 2 Feb 05 10:17:47 j named[3290]: all zones loaded Feb 05 10:17:47 j named[3290]: running Feb 05 10:17:47 j systemd[1]: Started BIND Domain Name Server. Feb 05 10:17:47 j named[3290]: managed-keys-zone: Key 20326 for zone . is now trusted (acceptance timer complete) Feb 05 10:17:47 j named[3290]: resolver priming query complete: success