<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">I found that the systemd-networkd-wait-online service is disabled on 6 of my machines, but enabled on another 2.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Examples where it is disabled:</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:monospace"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">foo </span><br>* systemd-networkd-wait-online.service - Wait for Network to be Configured
<br> Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
<br> Active: inactive (dead)
<br> Docs: man:systemd-networkd-wait-online.service(8)
<br></span></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:monospace">bar <br></span></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:monospace">* systemd-networkd-wait-online.service - Wait for Network to be Configured
<br> Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
<br> Active: inactive (dead)
<br> Docs: man:systemd-networkd-wait-online.service(8)<br></span></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">On one machine that it is enabled, it runs fine:</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Machine 1: wd1<br>* systemd-networkd-wait-online.service - Wait for Network to be Configured<br> Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service; enabled; preset: enabled)<br> Drop-In: /run/systemd/system/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service.d<br> `-10-netplan.conf<br> Active: active (exited) since Sat 2026-04-04 11:47:36 EDT; 23h ago<br> Docs: man:systemd-networkd-wait-online.service(8)<br> Process: 1182 ExecStart=/lib/systemd/systemd-networkd-wait-online -i <b>eno8303:degraded</b> (code=exited, status=0/<b>SUCCESS</b>)<br> Process: 1740 ExecStart=/lib/systemd/systemd-networkd-wait-online --any -o routable -i eno8303 (code=exited, status=0/<b>SUCCESS</b>)<br> Main PID: 1740 (code=exited, status=0/<b>SUCCESS</b>)<br> CPU: 11ms<br><br>Apr 04 11:47:31 wd1 systemd[1]: Starting systemd-networkd-wait-online.service - Wait for Network to be Configured...<br>Apr 04 11:47:36 wd1 systemd[1]: Finished systemd-networkd-wait-online.service - Wait for Network to be Configured.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">On the other it times out and reports a failure:</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Machine 2: w2</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">x systemd-networkd-wait-online.service - Wait for Network to be Configured<br> Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service; enabled; preset: enabled)<br> Drop-In: /run/systemd/system/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service.d<br> `-10-netplan.conf<br> Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2026-04-04 12:01:54 EDT; 23h ago<br> Docs: man:systemd-networkd-wait-online.service(8)<br> Process: 2447 ExecStart=/lib/systemd/systemd-networkd-wait-online -i <b>eno8303:degraded -i eno8403:degraded</b> (code=exited, status=1/<b>FAILURE</b>)<br> Main PID: 2447 (code=exited, status=1/<b>FAILURE</b>)<br> CPU: 17ms<br><br>Apr 04 11:59:54 w2 systemd[1]: Starting systemd-networkd-wait-online.service - Wait for Network to be Configured...<br>Apr 04 12:01:54 w2 systemd-networkd-wait-online[2447]: Timeout occurred while waiting for network connectivity.<br>Apr 04 12:01:54 w2 systemd[1]: systemd-networkd-wait-online.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE<br>Apr 04 12:01:54 w2 systemd[1]: systemd-networkd-wait-online.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.<br>Apr 04 12:01:54 w2 systemd[1]: Failed to start systemd-networkd-wait-online.service - Wait for Network to be Configured.</div></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">The two machines are very similar in configuration, hardware and software.</div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Why only those two machines have that service enabled?</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">My guess is that they had a fresh install of Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS, and not upgraded from earlier releases.</div></div><div><br><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Most of the others that have the unit disabled were upgraded from 14.04 (or earlier) through 22.04 and then 24.04.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">A couple of them had a fresh install of Xubuntu 24.04 LTS, so maybe that is how they are pre-configured.</div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">I wouldn't be too concerned about it, except that it delays the booting of this machine by a few minutes.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">I can't glean much from the unit file itself.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">The highlighted parts contain ids of the network interfaces.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Only one is actually used, and it runs fine. </div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">No idea why it says "degraded" for both.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Can anyone shed more light on this?</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Should I just disable that unit file?</div></div></div>
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