# Webmin 2.660 does not show reboot-required warning on AlmaLinux 10 / DNF5

**URL:** <https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/webmin-2-660-does-not-show-reboot-required-warning-on-almalinux-10-dnf5/137973>\
**Category:** Webmin\
**Created:** [September 12, 2026, 8:59am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/webmin-2-660-does-not-show-reboot-required-warning-on-almalinux-10-dnf5/137973 "2026-09-12T08:59:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![martinmanyhats](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/user_avatar/forum.virtualmin.com/martinmanyhats/32/24475_2.png) [@martinmanyhats](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/martinmanyhats)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 8:59am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/webmin-2-660-does-not-show-reboot-required-warning-on-almalinux-10-dnf5/137973/1 "2026-09-12T08:59:36Z")

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| SYSTEM INFORMATION | |
| --- | --- |
| OS type and version | AlmaLinux 10.2 |
| Webmin version | 2.660 |

After installing updates including a new kernel, Webmin does not show the usual indication on the dashboard that the system requires a reboot.

AlmaLinux/DNF5 correctly detects the reboot requirement:

```auto
[root@vps ~]# dnf needs-restarting --reboothint
Core libraries or services have been updated since boot-up:
  * dbus-broker
  * kernel
  * kernel-core

Reboot is required to fully utilize these updates.
More information: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/27943

[root@vps ~]# echo $?
1

```

However, the legacy standalone `needs-restarting` command is not present:

```auto
[root@vps ~]# command -v needs-restarting

[root@vps ~]# needs-restarting -r
bash: needs-restarting: command not found

[root@vps ~]# echo $?
127

```

Seems that Webmin’s reboot-required detection for Red Hat-derived systems checks for and invokes the standalone:

```auto
needs-restarting -r

```

but AlmaLinux 10 uses the DNF5 command:

```auto
dnf needs-restarting --reboothint

```

(or the corresponding DNF5 `needs-restarting` subcommand).

So DNF5 correctly reports that a reboot is required, but Webmin 2.660 does not display the reboot-required warning. Same Webmin running on AlmaLinux 9.8 does show the warning.

Would it be possible for Webmin’s reboot detection to fall back to the DNF5 `dnf needs-restarting` command when the legacy standalone `needs-restarting` executable is unavailable?

I can provide additional diagnostics or test a patch if useful.

Thanks, Martin

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**Author:** ![Le\_Gallois](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/9dc877/32.png) [@Le\_Gallois](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/Le_Gallois)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/webmin-2-660-does-not-show-reboot-required-warning-on-almalinux-10-dnf5/137973/2 "2026-09-12T23:57:31Z")

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| SYSTEM INFORMATION | |
| --- | --- |
| OS type and version | Rocky Linux 10.2 |
| Webmin version | 2.660 |
| Usermin version | 2.560 |
| Virtualmin version | 8.2.0 GPL |
| Theme version | 26.60 |
| Apache version | 2.4.63 |
| Package updates | All installed packages are up to date |

Rocky 10, lots of kernel updates recently and never a reboot prompt. I reboot anyway.

David

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**Author:** ![stefan1959](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@stefan1959](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/stefan1959)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/webmin-2-660-does-not-show-reboot-required-warning-on-almalinux-10-dnf5/137973/3 "2026-09-13T01:04:22Z")

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Hmm, I’m on Rocky 9 and the kernel updates has always shown reboot in the GUI for me, maybe its v10 issue.

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**Author:** ![Ilia](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/user_avatar/forum.virtualmin.com/ilia/32/10185_2.png) [@Ilia](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/Ilia)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/webmin-2-660-does-not-show-reboot-required-warning-on-almalinux-10-dnf5/137973/4 "2026-09-13T02:43:07Z")

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Thanks for the heads-up! We will fix it in the next Webmin 2.670 release. You can apply the patch right away to fix this issue:

```auto
webmin patch https://github.com/webmin/webmin/commit/7242171

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cd96d761e326db4b2bef94886a639109bd7a8e76.svg) [@system](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/webmin-2-660-does-not-show-reboot-required-warning-on-almalinux-10-dnf5/137973/5 "2026-09-21T02:43:16Z")

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