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When I press the upgrade button, the software updater window simply disappears.

Also, I've also tried

sudo do-release-upgrade

However, I get the following message:

Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading.

This, despite having already run

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

When doing the upgrade, I get:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
Get more security updates through Ubuntu Pro with 'esm-apps' enabled:
  libmagickcore-6.q16-dev vlc-plugin-qt libvlc5 vlc-data gsasl-common
  libvlccore9 libmagickwand-dev libheif1 vlc imagemagick vlc-bin vlc-l10n
  libopenexr-dev libopenexr25 libmagick++-6.q16-8 libpostproc55
  libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra vlc-plugin-samba libgsasl7 libavcodec58
  libmagickwand-6.q16-6 vlc-plugin-notify libavutil56 imagemagick-6.q16
  libswscale5 redis-tools libmagickcore-6.q16-6 vlc-plugin-access-extra
  vlc-plugin-skins2 libgsl27 vlc-plugin-video-splitter libswresample3
  imagemagick-6-common vlc-plugin-video-output libmagickcore-6-arch-config
  libavformat58 heif-gdk-pixbuf libmagickwand-6-headers libgslcblas0
  libde265-0 libmagickwand-6.q16-dev libmagickcore-6-headers libvlc-bin
  vlc-plugin-base vlc-plugin-visualization
Learn more about Ubuntu Pro at https://ubuntu.com/pro
The following packages have been kept back:
  apt apt-utils build-essential cpp g++ gcc libapt-pkg6.0 python3-update-manager shim-signed update-manager
  update-manager-core
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 11 not upgraded.

Any help would be appreciated!

Addendum:

I've just found out the problem... These packages are covered by Ubuntu Pro Securities Update. To update them, I need to create a Pro account... WTF Ubuntu!!!

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Let's look at this part of your output:

The following packages have been kept back:
  apt apt-utils build-essential cpp g++ gcc libapt-pkg6.0 python3-update-manager shim-signed update-manager
  update-manager-core
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 11 not upgraded.

In this case, "kept back" means Phased Updates.

You have two options:

  1. Wait. When phasing is complete, your system will be able to release upgrade normally. Phasing usually lasts less than a week, occasionally longer if problems are found. (Preventing that problem from reaching you is the whole point of phasing).

  2. Override phasing and install now. This is not recommended, but it's your system and it's your tolerance for risk.

    sudo apt update
sudo apt -o APT::Get::Always-Include-Phased-Updates=true upgrade
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