Added --skip-wkd to skip waiting for the arch linux keyring wkd sync

archinstall/lib/args.py

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class Arguments:
 	script: str = "guided"
 	mountpoint: Path = Path("/mnt")
 	skip_ntp: bool = False
+	skip_wkd: bool = False
 	debug: bool = False
 	offline: bool = False
 	no_pkg_lookups: bool = False
@@ -319,6 +320,12 @@ def _define_arguments(self) -> ArgumentParser:
 			help="Disables NTP checks during installation",
 			default=False,
 		)
+		parser.add_argument(
+			"--skip-wkd",
+			action="store_true",
+			help="Disables checking if archlinux keyring wkd sync is complete.",
+			default=False,
+		)
 		parser.add_argument(
 			"--debug",
 			action="store_true",

archinstall/lib/installer.py

@@ -196,14 +196,15 @@ def _verify_service_stop(self) -> None:
 		# while self._service_state('pacman-init') not in ('dead', 'failed', 'exited'):
 		# 	time.sleep(1)
 
-		info(tr("Waiting for Arch Linux keyring sync (archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync) to complete."))
-		# Wait for the timer to kick in
-		while self._service_started("archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync.timer") is None:
-			time.sleep(1)
+		if not arch_config_handler.args.skip_wkd:
+			info(tr("Waiting for Arch Linux keyring sync (archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync) to complete."))
+			# Wait for the timer to kick in
+			while self._service_started("archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync.timer") is None:
+				time.sleep(1)
 
-		# Wait for the service to enter a finished state
-		while self._service_state("archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync.service") not in ("dead", "failed", "exited"):
-			time.sleep(1)
+			# Wait for the service to enter a finished state
+			while self._service_state("archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync.service") not in ("dead", "failed", "exited"):
+				time.sleep(1)
 
 	def _verify_boot_part(self) -> None:
 		"""

docs/help/known_issues.rst

@@ -19,6 +19,39 @@ Restarting ``systemd-timesyncd.service`` might work but most often you need to c
 
    If you know your time is correct on the machine, you can run ``archinstall --skip-ntp`` to ignore time sync.
 
+Waiting for Arch Linux keyring sync (archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync) to complete. `#2679`_
+------------------------------
+
+The ``archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync.service`` or ``archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync.timer`` can hang "indefinitely" some times.
+This is usually due to an inability to reach the key servers, or a slow connection towards key servers.
+
+The script ``/usr/bin/archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync`` can be run manually, to verify if it's executing slowly or not.
+
+If ``systemctl show --property=ActiveEnterTimestamp --no-pager archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync.timer`` shows nothing, it means the built-in sync never finished. Likewise ``systemctl show --no-pager -p SubState --value archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync.service`` most likely shows ``dead``, which means the service never completed.
+
+To fix this, try the following:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+      # killall gpg-agent
+      # rm -rf /etc/pacman.d/gnupg
+      # pacman-key --init 
+      # pacman-key --populate
+      # pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring
+      # systemctl restart archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync.timer
+
+.. note::
+
+   If you know the ISO is the latest, and that you have valid GPG keys, try ``archinstall --skip-wkd`` to ignore waiting for the sync.
+
+   If you skip WKD sync, you might end up with:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+         > error: archinstall: signature from "Anton Hvornum (Torxed) <torxed@archlinux.org>" is unknown trust
+         > :: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/archinstall-1.2.3-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)).
+         > Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] 
+
 Missing Nvidia Proprietary Driver `#2002`_
 ------------------------------------------
 
@@ -87,11 +120,12 @@ This means that feature requests like supporting filesystems such as `ZFS`_ can
 
       This will allow for unsupported usage of AUR during installation.
 
-.. _#2213: https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues/2213
-.. _#2185: https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues/2185
-.. _#2144: https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues/2144
-.. _#2002: https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues/2002
 .. _#1686: https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues/1686
+.. _#2002: https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues/2002
+.. _#2144: https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues/2144
+.. _#2185: https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues/2185
+.. _#2213: https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues/2213
+.. _#2679: https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues/2679
 .. _linux-headers: https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/linux-headers/
 .. _nvidia-dkms: https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/nvidia-dkms/
 .. _x86_64: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Frequently_asked_questions#What_architectures_does_Arch_support?

tests/test_args.py

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def test_default_args(monkeypatch: MonkeyPatch) -> None:
 		script="guided",
 		mountpoint=Path("/mnt"),
 		skip_ntp=False,
+		skip_wkd=False,
 		debug=False,
 		offline=False,
 		no_pkg_lookups=False,
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ def test_correct_parsing_args(
 			"--mountpoint",
 			"/tmp",
 			"--skip-ntp",
+			"--skip-wkd",
 			"--debug",
 			"--offline",
 			"--no-pkg-lookups",
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ def test_correct_parsing_args(
 		script="execution_script",
 		mountpoint=Path("/tmp"),
 		skip_ntp=True,
+		skip_wkd=True,
 		debug=True,
 		offline=True,
 		no_pkg_lookups=True,