Thank you Sebastian for looking into this and confirming the bug. I've added a screenshot nonetheless for people who currently don't have updates in their queue so they can see what it looks like.
and for completeness, the output of the commands are: - dpkg -l | grep gnome-software ii gnome-software 3.30.2-0ubuntu2 amd64 Software Center for GNOME ii gnome-software-common 3.30.2-0ubuntu2 all Software Center for GNOME (common files) ii gnome-software-plugin-snap 3.30.2-0ubuntu2 amd64 Snap support for GNOME Software - which gnome-software /usr/bin/gnome-software - echo $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP ubuntu:GNOME -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1797543 Title: Gnome-software - unable to update software - Button Restart & Update, restarts no updates applied To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1797543/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs