Bug #117369 ERROR IN CHECK FOR UPDATES
Submitted: 3 Feb 6:51 Modified: 3 Feb 7:06
Reporter: David Thomas Email Updates:
Status: Verified Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Workbench Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:8.0.20, 8.0.41 OS:Windows (Microsoft Windows 10 Pro)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: WBBugReporter

[3 Feb 6:51] David Thomas
Description:
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Click Check for Updates
Dialog opens:
    Check for updates failed
    <urlopen error unknown url type: https:>;
    Please verify that you Internet connection is available

Internet is fine

Log:
17:38:50 [DB1][      SqlEditor]: Auto saving workspace
17:39:00 [DB1][      SqlEditor]: Auto saving workspace
17:39:10 [DB1][      SqlEditor]: Auto saving workspace
17:39:20 [DB1][      SqlEditor]: Auto saving workspace
17:39:31 [DB1][      SqlEditor]: Auto saving workspace
17:39:41 [DB1][      SqlEditor]: Auto saving workspace
17:39:48 [DB1][ mforms managed]: Adding new timeout
17:39:48 [DB1][ mforms managed]: Creating new TimerHandler
17:39:49 [DB1][ mforms managed]: Showing an error to the user
17:39:49 [DB1][ mforms managed]: Hiding the wait message
17:39:49 [DB1][ mforms managed]: About to show a custom message box
17:39:49 [DB1][ mforms managed]: Creating and showing custom message box
17:39:49 [DB1][ mforms managed]: Running custom message box
17:39:53 [DB1][ mforms managed]: Custom message box closed
17:39:53 [DB1][ mforms managed]: Destructing TimerHandler instance
17:40:01 [DB1][      SqlEditor]: Auto saving workspace
17:40:04 [DB1][ mforms managed]: Adding new timeout
17:40:04 [DB1][ mforms managed]: Creating new TimerHandler
17:40:05 [DB1][ mforms managed]: Showing an error to the user
17:40:05 [DB1][ mforms managed]: Hiding the wait message
17:40:05 [DB1][ mforms managed]: About to show a custom message box
17:40:05 [DB1][ mforms managed]: Creating and showing custom message box
17:40:05 [DB1][ mforms managed]: Running custom message box
17:40:30 [DB1][ mforms managed]: Custom message box closed
17:40:30 [DB1][ mforms managed]: Destructing TimerHandler instance
17:40:31 [DB1][      SqlEditor]: Auto saving workspace
17:40:39 [DB1][ mforms managed]: Opening the URL: http://bugs.mysql.com/report.php?in[status]=Open&in[php_version]=8.0.20&in[os]=7&in[os_det... Windows 10 Pro&in[tags]=WBBugReporter&in[really]=0&in[ldesc]=----[For better reports, please attach the log file after submitting. You can find it in C:\Users\David.Thomas\AppData\Roaming\MySQL\Workbench\log\wb.log]
17:40:41 [DB1][      SqlEditor]: Auto saving workspace
17:40:51 [DB1][      SqlEditor]: Auto saving workspace

How to repeat:
Click Check for Updates

Suggested fix:
no idea
[3 Feb 7:06] MySQL Verification Team
Hello David Thomas,

Thank you for the report and feedback.
This was supposed to be fixed after Bug #110786 but I'm still seeing in WB 8.0.41.

regards,
Umesh