Significant Service Disruptions with Jamf Pro: package reference issues

jexon
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Dear Jamf Team,

 

We are an IT service provider managing multiple Jamf Pro Cloud Instances for our clients. Over the past few weeks, we have encountered significant technical issues that have disrupted our services and negatively impacted our client relationships. Below is a detailed description of the problems we faced:

 

Technical Issues Encountered:

 

• Previously uploaded and functional packages suddenly became unavailable. Within the Jamf Pro Web Interface, these packages displayed a status of "Availability pending."
• Client-Side Errors: "Error: Package was not successfully downloaded. 500", "Error: Package-2.1.1.pkg is not available on the HTTP server."
• Server-Side Errors: Unable to get download URL from JCDS 2. Falling back to JCDS 1.x. org.springframework.web.client.HttpClientErrorException$NotFound: 404 Not Found: "Not Found"

 

Possible Cause and Support Interaction:

 

• We suspect these issues stem from an infrastructure change implemented by Jamf in mid-December.
• We contacted Jamf Support and attempted the recommended solutions. Unfortunately, this did not resolve our issues.

 

Impact and Manual Remediation:

 

• We manually reviewed hundreds of packages, re-uploaded broken packages and reassigned them to their respective policies. This labor-intensive process has resulted in significant time and financial losses.
• Additionally, the enrollment routines for a new client commencing in December failed due to these package issues, severely damaging the trust in both our and Jamf’s capabilities and reliability.

 

In light of these challenges, we need a statement from Jamf clarifying:

 

• The root cause of these technical issues.
• Confirmation of the problem's resolution.
• Assurance of the stability and reliability of previously and newly uploaded packages.

 

This statement is critical for us to begin repairing our customer relationships and to maintain confidence in Jamf’s services. We appreciate your prompt attention to this matter.

 

Sincerely,

Jeremias / jemix

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TheAngryYeti
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Since you are an MSP please reach out to your account manager to figure out these issues and if there is any forward facing details that can be shared.

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TheAngryYeti
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Since you are an MSP please reach out to your account manager to figure out these issues and if there is any forward facing details that can be shared.

That is not a sufficient answer.  Whether or not Jeremias / jemix is a MSP or not is not germane to the issue.  Facts are stubborn things, and Jeremias / jemix is not the only client experiencing this trouble.  Either provide a plausible explanation or none at all.  

tomtom
New Contributor

Just in case anyone else finds themselves in this position: our solution was to remove special characters from the https password for the distribution point.  We cycled passwords and the latest had a dollar sign.  Removed that and all was fine.