Got a lot of these today on my ConfigMgr 1702 site server.

STATMSG: ID=6704 SEV=I LEV=M SOURCE="SMS Server" COMP="SMS_WSUS_SYNC_MANAGER" SYS=CTSCCM01.CORETECH.INTRA SITE=CT1 PID=10584 TID=18504 GMTDATE=ti apr 11 20:00:03.729 2017 ISTR0="" ISTR1="" ISTR2="" ISTR3="" ISTR4="" ISTR5="" ISTR6="" ISTR7="" ISTR8="" ISTR9="" NUMATTRS=0    SMS_WSUS_SYNC_MANAGER    11-04-2017 22:00:03    18504 (0x4848)
Synchronizing WSUS server ctsccm01.coretech.intra …    SMS_WSUS_SYNC_MANAGER    11-04-2017 22:00:04    29196 (0x720C)
sync: Starting WSUS synchronization    SMS_WSUS_SYNC_MANAGER    11-04-2017 22:00:04    29196 (0x720C)
sync: WSUS synchronizing categories    SMS_WSUS_SYNC_MANAGER    11-04-2017 22:00:12    29196 (0x720C)
sync: WSUS synchronizing categories, processed 2 out of 2 items (100%)    SMS_WSUS_SYNC_MANAGER    11-04-2017 22:00:13    29196 (0x720C)
Sync failed: UssInternalError: SoapException: Fault occurred~~at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall). Source: Microsoft.SystemsManagementServer.SoftwareUpdatesManagement.WsusSyncAction.WSyncAction.SyncWSUS    SMS_WSUS_SYNC_MANAGER    11-04-2017 22:00:18    18504 (0x4848)
STATMSG: ID=6703 SEV=E LEV=M SOURCE="SMS Server" COMP="SMS_WSUS_SYNC_MANAGER" SYS=CTSCCM01.CORETECH.INTRA SITE=CT1 PID=10584 TID=18504 GMTDATE=ti apr 11 20:00:18.921 2017 ISTR0="Microsoft.SystemsManagementServer.SoftwareUpdatesManagement.WsusSyncAction.WSyncAction.SyncWSUS" ISTR1="UssInternalError: SoapException: Fault occurred~~at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall)" ISTR2="" ISTR3="" ISTR4="" ISTR5="" ISTR6="" ISTR7="" ISTR8="" ISTR9="" NUMATTRS=0    SMS_WSUS_SYNC_MANAGER    11-04-2017 22:00:18    18504 (0x4848)
Sync failed. Will retry in 60 minutes    SMS_WSUS_SYNC_MANAGER    11-04-2017 22:00:18    18504 (0x4848)

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Work around for now, is to disable the Upgrade category – wait 2 minutes and initiate another sync. If it still fails the second time, then grab some coffee and sync again.

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