Verified diagnostic signature
Failed at step EXEC spawning
systemd could not execute the configured program or stopped retrying after repeated failures. Match this output from systemd, then continue with sourced, read-only checks.
- Confidence
- high
- Platforms
- linux
- Verified
- 2026-07-24
Recognized output
Signature matched locally
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Likely causes
What usually produces this signal
- Wrong or missing absolute path
- Execute permission or interpreter failure
- Filesystem or policy restriction
- Restart loop reached the start limit
Safe next checks
Collect evidence before changing the system
List failed systemd services
systemctl --failedThe output matches the expected target and exits without an error.
Print status details for every failed systemd unit
systemctl --failed --no-legend | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -r systemctl status --no-pager --lines=<lines>The output matches the expected target and exits without an error.
Read one service log for the last hour with precise timestamps
journalctl -u <service> --since '1 hour ago' -o short-iso-precise --no-pagerThe output matches the expected target and exits without an error.
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