# Can't get new proton versions with either protonupQT or protonplus

**URL:** <https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/cant-get-new-proton-versions-with-either-protonupqt-or-protonplus/11465>\
**Category:** Bazzite\
**Created:** [January 7, 2026, 6:38pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/cant-get-new-proton-versions-with-either-protonupqt-or-protonplus/11465 "2026-01-07T18:38:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheFeri](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/theferi/32/7969_2.png) [@TheFeri](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/TheFeri)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 6:38pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/cant-get-new-proton-versions-with-either-protonupqt-or-protonplus/11465/1 "2026-01-07T18:38:51Z")

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Title.  
When I try to install any versions of proton with proton up QT just nothing happens. Launching it from the terminal gives me:

> ProtonUp-Qt 2.14.0 by DavidoTek. Build Info: DavidoTek Flathub build. Python 3.13.9 (main, Nov 10 2011, 15:00:00) [GCC 15.2.0], PySide 6.10.0 Platform: KDE Flatpak runtime 6.10, Linux-6.17.7-ba22.fc43.x86\_64-x86\_64-with-glibc2.42 (Flatpak) Platform: Bazzite 43.20260101.0 (Kinoite) (Host) Loading locale en / en\_US Loaded ctmod GE-Proton Loaded ctmod Boxtron Loaded ctmod Kron4ek Wine-Builds Vanilla Loaded ctmod Lutris-Wine Loaded ctmod Luxtorpeda Loaded ctmod Proton-CachyOS Loaded ctmod Proton-EM Loaded ctmod Proton-Sarek Loaded ctmod Proton Tkg Loaded ctmod Proton Tkg (Wine Master NTSYNC) Loaded ctmod Proton Tkg (Wine Master) Loaded ctmod Roberta Loaded ctmod RTSP Proton Loaded ctmod Steam-Play-None cat: /etc/lsb-release: No such file or directory Loaded ctmod SteamTinkerLaunch cat: /etc/lsb-release: No such file or directory Loaded ctmod SteamTinkerLaunch-git Loaded ctmod vkd3d-lutris Loaded ctmod vkd3d-proton Loaded ctmod Wine Tkg (Valve Wine Bleeding Edge) Loaded ctmod Wine Tkg (Wine Master) Loaded ctmod DXVK Loaded ctmod DXVK Async Loaded ctmod DXVK (nightly) HTTPSConnectionPool(host=‘[release-assets.githubusercontent.com](http://release-assets.githubusercontent.com)’, port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /github-production-release-asset/161428437/9e5beee8-b438-4c85-ac3e-411182650f6c?sp=r&sv=2018-11-09&sr=b&spr=https&se=2026-01-07T18%3A50%3A46Z&rscd=attachment%3B+filename%3DGE-Proton10-28.sha512sum&rsct=application%2Foctet-stream&skoid=96c2d410-5711-43a1-aedd-ab1947aa7ab0&sktid=398a6654-997b-47e9-b12b-9515b896b4de&skt=2026-01-07T17%3A50%3A31Z&ske=2026-01-07T18%3A50%3A46Z&sks=b&skv=2018-11-09&sig=hrA%2BKEp2X6%2B%2F6X1qGsHz1VvRZYiK5XSZesmGzMOZfZQ%3D&jwt=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJnaXRodWIuY29tIiwiYXVkIjoicmVsZWFzZS1hc3NldHMuZ2l0aHVidXNlcmNvbnRlbnQuY29tIiwia2V5Ijoia2V5MSIsImV4cCI6MTc2NzgwOTgwOSwibmJmIjoxNzY3ODA5NTA5LCJwYXRoIjoicmVsZWFzZWFzc2V0cHJvZHVjdGlvbi5ibG9iLmNvcmUud2luZG93cy5uZXQifQ.z5JEX6xQv17ss62Qvwv5vVVLe9i-gQVM4rakvjcTYsc&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3DGE-Proton10-28.sha512sum&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream (Caused by NameResolutionError(“\<urllib3.connection.HTTPSConnection object at 0x7f111af5df90\>: Failed to resolve ‘[release-assets.githubusercontent.com](http://release-assets.githubusercontent.com)’ ([Errno -2] Name or service not known)”))

Using protonplus at least I get an error when it fails, launching it from the terminal gave me this:

> (protonplus:2): Gtk-WARNING \*\*: 18:10:14.259: Locale not supported by C library.  
> Using the fallback ‘C’ locale.
> 
> (protonplus:2): Gtk-WARNING \*\*: 18:10:14.264: Unknown key gtk-modules in /home/TheFeri/.var/app/com.vysp3r.ProtonPlus/config/gtk-4.0/settings.ini
> 
> (protonplus:2): Adwaita-WARNING \*\*: 18:10:14.307: Using GtkSettings:gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme with libadwaita is unsupported. Please use AdwStyleManager:color-scheme instead.  
> cat: /etc/lsb-release: No such file or directory  
> \*\* Message: 18:12:08.004: web.vala:163: Error resolving ?[release-assets.githubusercontent.com?:](http://release-assets.githubusercontent.com?:) Name or service not known

I tried changing my DNS on my router, reinstalling both of them, restarting everything, nothing did anything. I wanted to try downloading the appimage version of proton upQT, but when I click on the donwload on it’s github page it just fails to load in with an error saying that there might be a typo in the url.  
Finally after I almost gave up I wanted to try using a VPN, but after I launched the flatpak version of protonVPN it just failed to connect to anything and just disables my own internet.

I’m completely out of ideas, please help.

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**Author:** ![monomaniac](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/monomaniac/32/7971_2.png) [@monomaniac](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/monomaniac)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/cant-get-new-proton-versions-with-either-protonupqt-or-protonplus/11465/2 "2026-01-07T18:51:54Z")

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Just tried GE-Proton 10-26 and it worked with no issues as always.

As customary, do you have anything layered? That’s always the first culprit I’m suspicious of. You can never know what layering might mess with. Try to share the results of `rpm-ostree status`

Also, did you modify any config files or anything?

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**Author:** ![TheFeri](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/theferi/32/7969_2.png) [@TheFeri](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/TheFeri)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/cant-get-new-proton-versions-with-either-protonupqt-or-protonplus/11465/3 "2026-01-07T19:08:46Z")

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I did not modify anything. My system is as stock as possible, that’s the reason I chose bazzite. I run the system update every bootup(almost every day)  
I only have flatpaks installed and whatever came with bazzite(like lutris) My only “modifications” are getting the plugin for plasma that lets me use gifs as wallpapers, the candy icon pack and a hatsune miku themed mouse pointer. Once I tried installing waydroid but I messed it up somehow and just got rid of it, similarly once I installed davinci resolve but it crashed constantly so I just never opened it again.  
Whenever I try to install either GE 10-28 or the latest cahcy proton all that shit happens. Also I just don’t know why my vpn can’t connect anymore.

here’s my rpm-ostree status:

> State: idle  
> Deployments:  
> ● ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:stable  
> Digest: sha256:71a51c4faf8cec6401b8c99ab319d1e7705a77f2253817710093eb3b436132cd  
> Version: 43.20260101 (2026-01-02T00:07:13Z)
> 
> ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:stable  
> Digest: sha256:4b712efdc9b716aaef9b80222868bb8d6121f24f84f57c45c210481283b04c36  
> Version: 43.20251231.1 (2025-12-31T23:48:57Z)

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**Author:** ![zorael](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/zorael/32/8296_2.png) [@zorael](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/zorael)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/cant-get-new-proton-versions-with-either-protonupqt-or-protonplus/11465/4 "2026-01-07T20:06:00Z")

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Do you live in a country that blocks large parts of the Internet?

You should be able to resolve and access [`release-assets.githubusercontent.com`](https://release-assets.githubusercontent.com) in a browser. It will give you a 404 Not Found page, but it should resolve and load.

```auto
$ dig release-assets.githubusercontent.com

; <<>> DiG 9.20.17 <<>> release-assets.githubusercontent.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 36026
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;release-assets.githubusercontent.com. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
release-assets.githubusercontent.com. 2785 IN A 185.199.109.133
release-assets.githubusercontent.com. 2785 IN A 185.199.110.133
release-assets.githubusercontent.com. 2785 IN A 185.199.108.133
release-assets.githubusercontent.com. 2785 IN A 185.199.111.133

;; Query time: 21 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Wed Jan 07 21:04:48 CET 2026
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 129

```

```html
$ curl release-assets.githubusercontent.com

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
 "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html>
  <head>
    <title>404 Not Found</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Error 404 Not Found</h1>
    <p>Not Found</p>
    <h3>Error 54113</h3>
    <p>Details: cache-iad-kjyo7100145-IAD 1767813061 1962540074</p>
    <hr>
    <p>Varnish cache server</p>
  </body>
</html>

```

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**Author:** ![TheFeri](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/theferi/32/7969_2.png) [@TheFeri](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/TheFeri)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/cant-get-new-proton-versions-with-either-protonupqt-or-protonplus/11465/5 "2026-01-07T22:44:36Z")

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I do not, I’m in hungary, I don’t think anything should be blocked like that.

and [https://release-assets.githubusercontent.com/](https://release-assets.githubusercontent.com/)

gives me a

> Hmmm… can’t reach this page
> 
> Check if there is a typo in [release-assets.githubusercontent.com](http://release-assets.githubusercontent.com).
> 
> DNS\_PROBE\_FINISHED\_NXDOMAIN

forever.

after dig [release-assets.githubusercontent.com](http://release-assets.githubusercontent.com) I got:

> ; \<\<\>\> DiG 9.18.43 \<\<\>\> [release-assets.githubusercontent.com](http://release-assets.githubusercontent.com)  
> ;; global options: +cmd  
> ;; Got answer:  
> ;; -\>\>HEADER\<\<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 21502  
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1
> 
> ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:  
> ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 65494  
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:  
> ;[release-assets.githubusercontent.com](http://release-assets.githubusercontent.com). IN A
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:  
> [release-assets.githubusercontent.com](http://release-assets.githubusercontent.com). 3251 IN SOA [cleanbrowsing.rpz.noc.org](http://cleanbrowsing.rpz.noc.org). [accesspolicy.rpz.noc.org](http://accesspolicy.rpz.noc.org). 1 7200 900 1209600 86400
> 
> ;; Query time: 0 msec  
> ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.53#53(127.0.0.53) (UDP)  
> ;; WHEN: Wed Jan 07 23:40:33 CET 2026  
> ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 139

And curl [release-assets.githubusercontent.com](http://release-assets.githubusercontent.com) gave me:

> curl: (6) Could not resolve host: [release-assets.githubusercontent.com](http://release-assets.githubusercontent.com)

Nothing changed basically.

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**Author:** ![zorael](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/zorael/32/8296_2.png) [@zorael](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/zorael)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 10:52pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/cant-get-new-proton-versions-with-either-protonupqt-or-protonplus/11465/6 "2026-01-07T22:52:07Z")

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From the dig output ;

```auto
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
release-assets.githubusercontent.com. 3251 IN SOA cleanbrowsing.rpz.noc.org. accesspolicy.rpz.noc.org. 1 7200 900 1209600 86400

```

So whatever DNS you’re using seems to be using [CleanBrowsing content filtering](https://cleanbrowsing.org/content-filtering).

Change the DNS on your machine (_not_ router) to `8.8.8.8` and try again?

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**Author:** ![TheFeri](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/theferi/32/7969_2.png) [@TheFeri](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/TheFeri)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/cant-get-new-proton-versions-with-either-protonupqt-or-protonplus/11465/7 "2026-01-07T23:17:59Z")

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But that’s the funny part, My router uses DNS 8.8.8.8 and 9.9.9.9

But I did go to my network config, and on both my cable and wifi, I set IPV4 to automatic(address only) and write 8.8.8.8 to DNS and still the same

 ![8.8.8.8](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/univeral_blue/original/2X/c/cb97d7e5fecf0ffe56fa95c71f0764d57be216c6.png)

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**Author:** ![zorael](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/zorael/32/8296_2.png) [@zorael](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/zorael)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/cant-get-new-proton-versions-with-either-protonupqt-or-protonplus/11465/8 "2026-01-07T23:20:08Z")

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What is the dig output now that you have changed your DNS? (Disconnect the connection and reconnect again first, else it may not have applied.)

```sh
$ dig release-assets.githubusercontent.com

```

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**Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 11:21pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/cant-get-new-proton-versions-with-either-protonupqt-or-protonplus/11465/9 "2026-01-07T23:21:57Z")

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after a disconnect it’s

> ; \<\<\>\> DiG 9.18.43 \<\<\>\> [release-assets.githubusercontent.com](http://release-assets.githubusercontent.com)  
> ;; global options: +cmd  
> ;; Got answer:  
> ;; -\>\>HEADER\<\<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 22830  
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
> 
> ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:  
> ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 65494  
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:  
> ;[release-assets.githubusercontent.com](http://release-assets.githubusercontent.com). IN A
> 
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:  
> [release-assets.githubusercontent.com](http://release-assets.githubusercontent.com). 978 IN A 185.199.111.133  
> [release-assets.githubusercontent.com](http://release-assets.githubusercontent.com). 978 IN A 185.199.109.133  
> [release-assets.githubusercontent.com](http://release-assets.githubusercontent.com). 978 IN A 185.199.110.133  
> [release-assets.githubusercontent.com](http://release-assets.githubusercontent.com). 978 IN A 185.199.108.133
> 
> ;; Query time: 21 msec  
> ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.53#53(127.0.0.53) (UDP)  
> ;; WHEN: Thu Jan 08 00:19:36 CET 2026  
> ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 129

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**Author:** ![TheFeri](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/theferi/32/7969_2.png) [@TheFeri](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/TheFeri)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/cant-get-new-proton-versions-with-either-protonupqt-or-protonplus/11465/10 "2026-01-07T23:35:52Z")

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alright, now it seems to work, I was able to download the appimage, and I was able to download both GE and cachy proton with the flatpak version of proton up QT.

Thanks a lot for the help!

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**Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/cant-get-new-proton-versions-with-either-protonupqt-or-protonplus/11465/11 "2026-01-10T23:36:25Z")

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