On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 10:28:07AM +0100, lejeczek wrote: > Hi guys. > > I have my 'journalctl' to complete bash "tab-tab" taking minutes, like so: > -> $ journalctl -lf -o cat -u ... > I've not tried every args combinations but those I have seems to "misbehave" > the same - to complete unit name takes "forever" > I'm quite certain - it's the same for all my systems - 'journalctl' was not > like that for some time after OS deployment and if my memory serves me well, > this did not deteriorate over a period of time but rather happened suddenly > when 'journalctl' to that slow completing unit name. > Any & all advises/thoughts on how to troubleshoot/fix it are very welcomed. > systemd 252 (252-59.el9) > many thanks, L.
journald/journalctl is known to have performance issues, but you may find things improved in a more recent version of systemd than v252. https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/709fdcc75ab021329182d5f9a0ff968c50a95c4b for instance can have a huge impact if you're tripping over it. (v257+) Cheers, Vito Caputo
