Infamous host erlangen was affected too:
erlangen:~ # journalctl -b -u dup.service _PID=10954 --no-pager
Oct 15 17:36:48 erlangen zypper[10954]: Retrieving repository 'Application_Geo' metadata [...............done]
Oct 15 17:36:48 erlangen zypper[10954]: Building repository 'Application_Geo' cache [...done]
Oct 15 17:36:49 erlangen zypper[10954]: Retrieving repository 'Haupt-Repository (NON-OSS)' metadata [........done]
Oct 15 17:36:49 erlangen zypper[10954]: Building repository 'Haupt-Repository (NON-OSS)' cache [...done]
Oct 15 17:36:57 erlangen zypper[10954]: Retrieving repository 'Haupt-Repository (OSS)' metadata [.........................................................................done]
Oct 15 17:36:59 erlangen zypper[10954]: Building repository 'Haupt-Repository (OSS)' cache [....done]
Oct 15 17:36:59 erlangen zypper[10954]: Loading repository data...
Oct 15 17:36:59 erlangen zypper[10954]: Reading installed packages...
Oct 15 17:37:00 erlangen zypper[10954]: Warning: You are about to do a distribution upgrade with all enabled repositories. Make sure these repositories are compatible before you continue. See 'man zypper' for more information about this command.
Oct 15 17:37:00 erlangen zypper[10954]: Computing distribution upgrade...
Oct 15 17:37:00 erlangen zypper[10954]: 4 Problems:
Oct 15 17:37:00 erlangen zypper[10954]: Problem: the installed python311-PyQt6-6.5.2-1.2.x86_64 requires 'libQt6Core.so.6(Qt_6.5.3_PRIVATE_API)(64bit)', but this requirement cannot be provided
Oct 15 17:37:00 erlangen zypper[10954]: Problem: the installed python310-PyQt6-6.5.2-1.2.x86_64 requires 'libQt6Network.so.6(Qt_6.5.3_PRIVATE_API)(64bit)', but this requirement cannot be provided
Oct 15 17:37:00 erlangen zypper[10954]: Problem: the installed libQt6Network6-6.5.3-2.1.x86_64 requires 'libQt6DBus6 = 6.5.3', but this requirement cannot be provided
Oct 15 17:37:00 erlangen zypper[10954]: Problem: the installed libQt6Network6-6.5.3-2.1.x86_64 requires 'qt6-network-tls = 6.5.3', but this requirement cannot be provided
Oct 15 17:37:00 erlangen zypper[10954]: Problem: the installed python311-PyQt6-6.5.2-1.2.x86_64 requires 'libQt6Core.so.6(Qt_6.5.3_PRIVATE_API)(64bit)', but this requirement cannot be provided
Oct 15 17:37:00 erlangen zypper[10954]: deleted providers: libQt6Core6-6.5.3-2.1.x86_64
Oct 15 17:37:00 erlangen zypper[10954]: Solution 1: deinstallation of python311-PyQt6-6.5.2-1.2.x86_64
Oct 15 17:37:00 erlangen zypper[10954]: Solution 2: keep obsolete libQt6Core6-6.5.3-2.1.x86_64
Oct 15 17:37:00 erlangen zypper[10954]: Solution 3: break python311-PyQt6-6.5.2-1.2.x86_64 by ignoring some of its dependencies
Oct 15 17:37:00 erlangen zypper[10954]: Choose from above solutions by number or skip, retry or cancel [1/2/3/s/r/c/d/?] (c): c
erlangen:~ #
Fixed the issue by running zypper rm --clean-deps python311-PyQt6 python310-PyQt6 and restarting dup.service:
erlangen:~ # journalctl -b -u dup.service -g 'Starting|following|conflicts|Consumed'
Oct 15 17:45:26 erlangen systemd[1]: Starting zypper dist-upgrade...
Oct 15 17:45:27 erlangen zypper[16137]: The following 176 packages are going to be upgraded:
Oct 15 17:45:27 erlangen zypper[16137]: The following product is going to be upgraded:
Oct 15 17:45:27 erlangen zypper[16137]: The following NEW package is going to be installed:
Oct 15 17:45:30 erlangen zypper[16137]: Checking for file conflicts: [......done]
Oct 15 17:46:01 erlangen systemd[1]: dup.service: Consumed 22.824s CPU time.
erlangen:~ #
Users may want to refrain from answering questions asked by zypper. Infamous host erlangen gets a daily unattended dist-upgrade running in the system slice. Manual intervention is needed on rare occasions, typically quarterly.