Verification done on Xenial. Changing verification tags. --
Testcase) $ cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/fail-on-restart. [Service] ExecStart=/bin/false Restart=always EOF $ sudo systemctl daemon-reload Before) "Active: inactive (dead)" $ dpkg -s systemd | grep ^Version: Version: 229-4ubuntu21.4 $ sudo systemctl start fail-on-restart $ systemctl status -n0 fail-on-restart fail-on-restart.service Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/fail-on-restart.service; static; vendor p Active: inactive (dead) Install/Reboot) $ sudo apt-get install systemd $ sudo reboot After) "Active: failed (Result: start-limit-hit) since <...>" $ dpkg -s systemd | grep ^Version: Version: 229-4ubuntu21.5 $ sudo systemctl start fail-on-restart $ systemctl status -n0 fail-on-restart fail-on-restart.service Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/fail-on-restart.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: start-limit-hit) since Wed 2018-10-10 20:53:17 UTC; 2min 34s ago Process: 1450 ExecStart=/bin/false (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 1450 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) ** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-xenial ** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1795658 Title: xenial systemd reports 'inactive' instead of 'failed' for service units that repeatedly failed to restart / failed permanently To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1795658/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs