Flatpak error messages

When I run flatpak update I’m always getting these error messages:

F: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264/x86_64/2.2.0 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264/x86_64/2.2.0' in remote flathub
F: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel/x86_64/23.08 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel/x86_64/23.08' in remote flathub
F: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Breeze/x86_64/3.22 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Breeze/x86_64/3.22' in remote flathub
F: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/23.08-extra is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/23.08-extra' in remote flathub
F: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/23.08 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/23.08' in remote flathub

Updates seem to work though. I’ve tried running flatpak remove --unused but that doesn’t seem to do anything.

When running flatpak repair this is what I get:

Checking remotes...
Remote flathub for ref runtime/io.github.peazip.PeaZip.Addon.i386/x86_64/stable is disabled
Remote flathub for ref runtime/org.kde.KStyle.Adwaita/x86_64/5.15-23.08 is disabled
Remote flathub for ref runtime/org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Breeze/x86_64/3.22 is disabled
Remote flathub for ref runtime/org.kde.Platform.Locale/x86_64/6.6 is disabled
Remote flathub for ref runtime/org.kde.KStyle.Adwaita/x86_64/6.6 is disabled
Remote flathub for ref runtime/org.kde.Platform/x86_64/6.6 is disabled
Remote flathub for ref runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264/x86_64/2.2.0 is disabled
Remote flathub for ref app/com.borgbase.Vorta/x86_64/stable is disabled
Remote flathub for ref runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/23.08-extra is disabled
Remote flathub for ref runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel/x86_64/23.08 is disabled
Remote flathub for ref runtime/org.kde.Platform.Locale/x86_64/5.15-23.08 is disabled
Remote flathub for ref runtime/org.kde.Platform/x86_64/5.15-23.08 is disabled
Remote flathub for ref runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/23.08 is disabled
Remote flathub for ref app/io.github.peazip.PeaZip/x86_64/stable is disabled

so something is definetily not right. Any input appreciated.

Are your flatpaks installed as --user or --system? Or mixed?
Please report flatpak remote-list and flatpak list

flatpak remote-list
Name Options
flathub-1 system

flatpak list
Name Application ID Version Branch Origin Installation
Vorta com.borgbase.Vorta v0.9.1 stable flathub system
PeaZip io.github.peazip.PeaZip 9.8.0 stable flathub system
peazip i386 addon io.github.peazip.PeaZip.Addon.i386 1.0.0 stable flathub system
Freedesktop Platform org.freedesktop.Platform 23.08.20 23.08 flathub-1 system
Mesa org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 24.0.6 23.08 flathub system
Mesa (Extra) org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 24.0.6 23.08-extra flathub system
nvidia-550-90-07 org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-550-90-07 1.4 flathub-1 system
Intel org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel 23.08 flathub system
ffmpeg-full org.freedesktop.Platform.ffmpeg-full 23.08 flathub-1 system
openh264 org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264 2.1.0 2.2.0 flathub system
Breeze GTK theme org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Breeze 6.0.4 3.22 flathub system
Adwaita theme org.kde.KStyle.Adwaita 5.15-23.08 flathub system
Adwaita theme org.kde.KStyle.Adwaita 6.6 flathub system
KDE Application Platform org.kde.Platform 5.15-23.08 flathub system
KDE Application Platform org.kde.Platform 6.6 flathub system
Firefox org.mozilla.firefox 127.0 stable

AFAIK never used sudo to install, so I guess that means user installations unless Pamac GUI, which I also used, installs them as system.

Somehow the flathub repo had become disabled and running flatpak remote-modify --enable flathub solved the problem. Still a mystery where flathub-1 came from though.

Yes, the problematic update candidates are all marked with flathub and that repo was missing in flatpak list
If you only use flatpak cli, the way you add a repo defines if flatpaks are installed --user or --system:

flatpak remote-add --user flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

or

flatpak remote-add --system flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
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@CGA In the future, please use proper formatting. Using quotes for file and terminal output are not acceptable and are hard to read. Please see [HowTo] Post command output and file content as formatted text

Sorry about that, I’ll try to remember.

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