I'm pretty sure that's not happening here, Tech.
I don't get the "failed update" red box. (Well, have once or twice, but seldom.)
The VPS updated to 080109-0 recently, with no slowdown, and no red/green arrows.
Yesterday it updated to (I think) 108, and there were red/green arrows, and a slowdown.
I'm of the same opinion as miscreant; I can certainly live with it. Just curious as to why some updates do this and others not.