For Bionic the problem also seems to fixed in systemd=237-3ubuntu10.40~next20200212b1 foo and bar service files are exactly the same as in #8
Restart fails with systemd=237-3ubuntu10.38: pono@systemd-bionic-test:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS" pono@systemd-bionic-test:~$ dpkg -l systemd | tail -n 1 ii systemd 237-3ubuntu10.38 amd64 system and service manager pono@systemd-bionic-test:~$ sudo systemctl status foo bar ● foo.service Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/foo.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2020-02-17 08:29:49 UTC; 7s ago Main PID: 11403 (sleep) Tasks: 1 (limit: 1129) CGroup: /system.slice/foo.service └─11403 /bin/sleep infinity Feb 17 08:29:49 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: Started foo.service. ● bar.service Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/bar.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2020-02-17 08:29:49 UTC; 7s ago Main PID: 11404 (sleep) Tasks: 1 (limit: 1129) CGroup: /system.slice/bar.service └─11404 /bin/sleep infinity Feb 17 08:29:49 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: Started bar.service. pono@systemd-bionic-test:~$ sudo kill -6 11403 pono@systemd-bionic-test:~$ sudo systemctl status foo bar ● foo.service Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/foo.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: signal) since Mon 2020-02-17 08:30:23 UTC; 3s ago Process: 11403 ExecStart=/bin/sleep infinity (code=killed, signal=ABRT) Main PID: 11403 (code=killed, signal=ABRT) Feb 17 08:30:23 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: foo.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=6/ABRT Feb 17 08:30:23 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: foo.service: Failed with result 'signal'. Feb 17 08:30:23 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: foo.service: Service has no hold-off time, scheduling restart. Feb 17 08:30:23 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: foo.service: Failed to schedule restart job: Transaction is destructive. Feb 17 08:30:23 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: foo.service: Failed with result 'signal'. ● bar.service Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/bar.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) since Mon 2020-02-17 08:30:23 UTC; 3s ago Process: 11404 ExecStart=/bin/sleep infinity (code=killed, signal=TERM) Main PID: 11404 (code=killed, signal=TERM) Feb 17 08:29:49 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: Started bar.service. Feb 17 08:30:23 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: Stopping bar.service... Feb 17 08:30:23 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: Stopped bar.service. Restart works fine with 237-3ubuntu10.40~next20200212b1: pono@systemd-bionic-test:~$ sudo apt install systemd=237-3ubuntu10.40~next20200212b1 <...> pono@systemd-bionic-test:~$ sudo systemctl daemon-reexec pono@systemd-bionic-test:~$ sudo systemctl status foo bar ● foo.service Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/foo.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2020-02-17 08:31:41 UTC; 11min ago Main PID: 11752 (sleep) Tasks: 1 (limit: 1129) CGroup: /system.slice/foo.service └─11752 /bin/sleep infinity Feb 17 08:31:41 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: Started foo.service. ● bar.service Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/bar.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2020-02-17 08:31:41 UTC; 11min ago Main PID: 11753 (sleep) Tasks: 1 (limit: 1129) CGroup: /system.slice/bar.service └─11753 /bin/sleep infinity Feb 17 08:31:41 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: Started bar.service. pono@systemd-bionic-test:~$ sudo kill -6 11752 pono@systemd-bionic-test:~$ sudo systemctl status foo bar ● foo.service Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/foo.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2020-02-17 08:42:56 UTC; 2s ago Main PID: 12856 (sleep) Tasks: 1 (limit: 1129) CGroup: /system.slice/foo.service └─12856 /bin/sleep infinity Feb 17 08:42:56 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: Started foo.service. ● bar.service Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/bar.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2020-02-17 08:42:56 UTC; 2s ago Main PID: 12857 (sleep) Tasks: 1 (limit: 1129) CGroup: /system.slice/bar.service └─12857 /bin/sleep infinity Feb 17 08:42:56 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: Started bar.service. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1839290 Title: systemd doesn't restart a service after crashes Status in systemd: Fix Released Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in systemd source package in Xenial: In Progress Status in systemd source package in Bionic: In Progress Status in systemd source package in Disco: Fix Released Bug description: [impact] when a service configured to restart crashes, under certain configurations, that service is not correctly restarted. [test case] see comment 8 [regression potential] this changes the job mode of manager-triggered restarts to 'replace' any existing queued job(s), instead of failing if there are queued job(s). thus any regressions would occur when a service fails, that is configured to restart on failure. [scope] This is needed only for Xenial and Bionic. this is fixed with commit 03ff2dc71ecb09272d728d458498b44f7f132f51 which is included already in Eoan. [other info] original description: --- Affected versions of OS and systemd: $ cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS \n \l $ systemd --version systemd 229 +PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA +APPARMOR +SMACK +SYSVINIT +UTMP +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +GNUTLS +ACL +XZ -LZ4 +SECCOMP +BLKID +ELFUTILS +KMOD -IDN Affected packages: systemd 229-4ubuntu21.22 and previous versions. Expected behaviour you didn't see: Scheduling restart of failed service. A process crashed by sigabrt and didn't restart. Description: The bug was reported to a systemd upstream repository: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/11456 The bug was fixed and accepted to the master branch: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/11467/files Action: Include this patch to Ubuntu 16.04 and other version of Ubuntu which are supported. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/systemd/+bug/1839290/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp