The upgrade issue seems to stem from the fact that you had installed a backported PPA version of pipewire.
You may get lucky trying to resolve the issue by using: apt install '?installed?source-package(^pipewire$)=0.3.48-1ubuntu3' apt install '?installed?source-package(^pipewire$)/jammy-updates' ** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2078472 Title: Cannot upgrade 22.04 to 24.04. Given error The package 'update- manager' is marked for removal but it is in the removal deny list. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/2078472/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs