pkg update doesn't work in a fresh 14.3 install

Hi,
I get the error below when attempting to do pkg update. This is a fresh 14.3 install. Not sure what went wrong. Could you help please?

Code:
# pkg update
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
Unable to update repository FreeBSD
Updating FreeBSD-kmods repository catalogue...
Unable to update repository FreeBSD-kmods
Error updating repositories!

pkg bootstrap -f doesn't work either

Code:
# pkg bootstrap -f
The package management tool is not yet installed on your system.
Do you want to fetch and install it now? [y/N]: y
Bootstrapping pkg from pkg+[URL]https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly[/URL], please wait...
pkg: Attempted to fetch pkg+[URL]https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly/Latest/pkg.pkg[/URL]
pkg: Attempted to fetch pkg+[URL]https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly/Latest/pkg.txz[/URL]
pkg: Error: Not Found
A pre-built version of pkg could not be found for your system.
Bootstrapping pkg from pkg+[URL]https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/kmods_quarterly_3[/URL], please wait...
pkg: Attempted to fetch pkg+[URL]https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/kmods_quarterly_3/Latest/pkg.pkg[/URL]
pkg: Attempted to fetch pkg+[URL]https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/kmods_quarterly_3/Latest/pkg.txz[/URL]
pkg: Error: Not Found
A pre-built version of pkg could not be found for your system.

This is the output of pkg -vv

Code:
# pkg -vv
Version                 : 1.21.3
PKG_DBDIR = "/var/db/pkg";
PKG_CACHEDIR = "/var/cache/pkg";
PORTSDIR = "/usr/ports";
INDEXDIR = "";
INDEXFILE = "INDEX-14";
HANDLE_RC_SCRIPTS = false;
DEFAULT_ALWAYS_YES = false;
ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES = false;
REPOS_DIR [
    "/etc/pkg/",
    "/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/",
]
PLIST_KEYWORDS_DIR = "";
SYSLOG = true;
ABI = "FreeBSD:14:amd64";
ALTABI = "freebsd:14:x86:64";
DEVELOPER_MODE = false;
VULNXML_SITE = "[URL]http://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/vuln.xml.xz[/URL]";
FETCH_RETRY = 3;
PKG_PLUGINS_DIR = "/usr/local/lib/pkg/";
PKG_ENABLE_PLUGINS = true;
PLUGINS [
]
DEBUG_SCRIPTS = false;
PLUGINS_CONF_DIR = "/usr/local/etc/pkg/";
PERMISSIVE = false;
REPO_AUTOUPDATE = true;
NAMESERVER = "";
HTTP_USER_AGENT = "pkg/1.21.3";
EVENT_PIPE = "";
FETCH_TIMEOUT = 30;
UNSET_TIMESTAMP = false;
SSH_RESTRICT_DIR = "";
PKG_ENV {
}
PKG_SSH_ARGS = "";
DEBUG_LEVEL = 0;
ALIAS {
    all-depends = "query %dn-%dv";
    annotations = "info -A";
    build-depends = "info -qd";
    cinfo = "info -Cx";
    comment = "query -i \"%c\"";
    csearch = "search -Cx";
    desc = "query -i \"%e\"";
    download = "fetch";
    iinfo = "info -ix";
    isearch = "search -ix";
    prime-list = "query -e '%a = 0' '%n'";
    prime-origins = "query -e '%a = 0' '%o'";
    leaf = "query -e '%#r == 0' '%n-%v'";
    list = "info -ql";
    noauto = "query -e '%a == 0' '%n-%v'";
    options = "query -i \"%n - %Ok: %Ov\"";
    origin = "info -qo";
    orphans = "version -vRl?";
    provided-depends = "info -qb";
    rall-depends = "rquery %dn-%dv";
    raw = "info -R";
    rcomment = "rquery -i \"%c\"";
    rdesc = "rquery -i \"%e\"";
    required-depends = "info -qr";
    roptions = "rquery -i \"%n - %Ok: %Ov\"";
    shared-depends = "info -qB";
    show = "info -f -k";
    size = "info -sq";
    unmaintained = "query -e '%m = \"[email]ports@FreeBSD.org[/email]\"' '%o (%w)'";
    runmaintained = "rquery -e '%m = \"[email]ports@FreeBSD.org[/email]\"' '%o (%w)'";
}
CUDF_SOLVER = "";
SAT_SOLVER = "";
RUN_SCRIPTS = true;
CASE_SENSITIVE_MATCH = false;
LOCK_WAIT = 1;
LOCK_RETRIES = 5;
SQLITE_PROFILE = false;
WORKERS_COUNT = 0;
READ_LOCK = false;
IP_VERSION = 0;
AUTOMERGE = true;
VERSION_SOURCE = "";
CONSERVATIVE_UPGRADE = true;
PKG_CREATE_VERBOSE = false;
AUTOCLEAN = false;
DOT_FILE = "";
REPOSITORIES {
}
VALID_URL_SCHEME [
    "pkg+http",
    "pkg+https",
    "https",
    "http",
    "file",
    "ssh",
    "tcp",
]
ALLOW_BASE_SHLIBS = false;
WARN_SIZE_LIMIT = 1048576;
METALOG = "";
OSVERSION = 1403000;
IGNORE_OSVERSION = false;
BACKUP_LIBRARIES = false;
BACKUP_LIBRARY_PATH = "/usr/local/lib/compat/pkg";
PKG_TRIGGERS_DIR = "/usr/local/share/pkg/triggers";
PKG_TRIGGERS_ENABLE = true;
AUDIT_IGNORE_GLOB [
]
AUDIT_IGNORE_REGEX [
]
COMPRESSION_FORMAT = "";
COMPRESSION_LEVEL = -1;
ARCHIVE_SYMLINK = false;
REPO_ACCEPT_LEGACY_PKG = false;
FILES_IGNORE_GLOB [
]
FILES_IGNORE_REGEX [
]


Repositories:
  FreeBSD: { 
    url             : "pkg+[URL]https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly[/URL]",
    enabled         : yes,
    priority        : 0,
    mirror_type     : "SRV",
    signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",
    fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
  }
  FreeBSD-kmods: { 
    url             : "pkg+[URL]https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/kmods_quarterly_3[/URL]",
    enabled         : yes,
    priority        : 0,
    mirror_type     : "SRV",
    signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",
    fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
  }
#
 
https://pkg.freebsd.org/ says this:
We use MaxMind GeoLite based geo-dns to choose a close mirror for you.

IMPORTANT: We do NOT guarantee uptime of any particular mirror. We provide SRV fallbacks for redundancy.

Very likely this geo-dns thing has some issues or the mirror site automatically picked for you has some issues. You can try fetching (with the "fetch" command) pkg.pkg from a mirror site near you and if that works, temporarily change it to that site in /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf.
 
I've seen numerous reports from people in Asia having issues with mirrors now. India, Singapore, Thailand etc. Not sure what's going on, but changing to a different (non-asian?) mirror seems to be a solution.
 
Theses mirrors, for me, are unreachable, so I tried to guess their locations by running dig and whois commands, but I can't tell for sure the information is correct:
pkg0.twn.freebsd.org - Taipei Taiwan
pkg0.syd.freebsd.org - Sydney Australia
pkg0.kul.freebsd.org - Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
pkg0.jinx.freebsd.org - Johannesburg South Africa

4 mirrors out of 13 are down, I don't know what is currently happening but that's not good.
 
You can send email to pkgmgr@FreeBSD.org who may be able to do something about downed mirrors.

Okay so I looked at the administration page which is quite impressive, and thought that "FTP/WWW Mirror Site Coordinators" was may be more appropriate, so I did what is written and sent a bug report.
If it's not the right team who manage this then hopefully they will relay the message.

mefizto For me all 5 mirrors in USA seem fine, I can ping them all as well as open their http pages from a web browser.
 
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