--- title: "SSH Error \"buster-backports InRelease\" | GSuite FAQ" description: Fix 'sudo apt-get update' errors effortlessly. 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Done                                  W: Failed to fetch https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/InRelease  Could not connect to debian.map.fastly.net:443 (199.232.98.132), connection timed out Unable to connect to deb.debian.org:https: W: Failed to fetch https://security.debian.org/debian-security/dists/buster/updates/InRelease  Could not connect to security.debian.org:443 (151.101.66.132), connection timed out Could not connect to security.debian.org:443 (151.101.2.132), connection timed out Could not connect to security.debian.org:443 (151.101.130.132), connection timed out Could not connect to security.debian.org:443 (151.101.194.132), connection timed out W: Failed to fetch https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/buster-updates/InRelease  Unable to connect to deb.debian.org:https: W: Failed to fetch https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/buster-backports/InRelease  Unable to connect to deb.debian.org:https: W: Failed to fetch http://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/dists/cloud-sdk-buster/InRelease  Could not connect to packages.cloud.google.com:80 (142.250.125.101), connection timed out Could not connect to packages.cloud.google.com:80 (142.250.125.113), connection timed out Could not connect to packages.cloud.google.com:80 (142.250.125.100), connection timed out Could not connect to packages.cloud.google.com:80 (142.250.125.139), connection timed out Could not connect to packages.cloud.google.com:80 (142.250.125.102), connection timed out Could not connect to packages.cloud.google.com:80 (142.250.125.138), connection timed out W: Failed to fetch http://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/dists/google-cloud-packages-archive-keyring-buster/InRelease  Unable to connect to packages.cloud.google.com:http: W: Failed to fetch http://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/dists/google-compute-engine-buster-stable/InRelease  Unable to connect to packages.cloud.google.com:http: W: Some index files failed to download. 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