Verified diagnostic signature
A systemd unit failed, was rate-limited, missing, or blocked by a dependency.
Match output from systemd, understand the likely cause, 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
- Application exit
- Invalid or missing unit
- Dependency failure
- Repeated restart loop
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.