[Bug 1937238] Re: systemd-time-wait-sync.service stuck in "activating" state after boot, blocks timers from starting

Dan Streetman 1937238 at bugs.launchpad.net
Fri Jul 23 15:34:42 UTC 2021 

This is almost certainly because you don't have the systemd-timesyncd
package installed, or you don't have the systemd-timesyncd service
enabled.

On a very quick glance, it seems the systemd-time-wait-sync service
should have been bundled into the systemd-timesyncd package when it was
split from the main systemd package, however I'll have to look closer to
see if there is some reason it wasn't.

** Description changed:

+ [impact]
+ 
+ systemd-time-wait-sync service never completes when systemd-timesyncd
+ package is not installed
+ 
+ [test case]
+ 
+ remove the systemd-timesyncd package and enable the systemd-time-wait-
+ sync service, and reboot. Check status of the service to see it's stuck
+ in 'activating' state, e.g.:
+ 
+ ubuntu at lp1937238-f:~$ sudo systemctl status systemd-time-wait-sync.service 
+ ● systemd-time-wait-sync.service - Wait Until Kernel Time Synchronized
+      Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-time-wait-sync.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
+      Active: activating (start) since Fri 2021-07-23 15:32:12 UTC; 19s ago
+ 
+ [regression potential]
+ 
+ TBD
+ 
+ [scope]
+ 
+ this is needed in f and later
+ 
+ the systemd-timesyncd package was split out from the main systemd
+ package starting in focal, so this problem exists in f and later
+ 
+ the service doesn't exist in b, so this is not needed there
+ 
+ [original description]
+ 
  When I start my server running Ubuntu 20.04 the systemd-time-wait-
  sync.service is stuck in "activating" state. I noticed this because none
  of the systemd timer units triggered, because all the timers depend on
  systemd-time-wait-sync.service. Running "systemctl restart systemd-time-
  wait-sync.service" manually works around the problem.
  
  Some logs and command outputs:
  
- 
  raek at mizar:~$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
  Release:        20.04
  
- 
  raek at mizar:~$ systemctl | grep systemd-time-wait-sync.service
-   systemd-time-wait-sync.service                                                               loaded activating start     start Wait Until Kernel Time Synchronized                                          
- 
+   systemd-time-wait-sync.service                                                               loaded activating start     start Wait Until Kernel Time Synchronized
  
  raek at mizar:~$ systemctl status systemd-time-wait-sync.service
  ● systemd-time-wait-sync.service - Wait Until Kernel Time Synchronized
-      Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-time-wait-sync.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
-      Active: activating (start) since Thu 2021-07-22 11:06:52 CEST; 27min ago
-        Docs: man:systemd-time-wait-sync.service(8)
-    Main PID: 514 (systemd-time-wa)
-       Tasks: 1 (limit: 9415)
-      Memory: 972.0K
-      CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-time-wait-sync.service
-              └─514 /lib/systemd/systemd-time-wait-sync
+      Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-time-wait-sync.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
+      Active: activating (start) since Thu 2021-07-22 11:06:52 CEST; 27min ago
+        Docs: man:systemd-time-wait-sync.service(8)
+    Main PID: 514 (systemd-time-wa)
+       Tasks: 1 (limit: 9415)
+      Memory: 972.0K
+      CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-time-wait-sync.service
+              └─514 /lib/systemd/systemd-time-wait-sync
  
  Jul 22 11:06:52 mizar systemd-time-wait-sync[514]: adjtime state 5 status 40 time Thu 2021-07-22 09:06:52.216338 UTC
  Warning: journal has been rotated since unit was started, output may be incomplete.
- 
  
  raek at mizar:~$ journalctl -b -u systemd-time-wait-sync.service
  -- Logs begin at Wed 2020-07-08 16:34:13 CEST, end at Thu 2021-07-22 11:36:44 CEST. --
  Jul 22 11:06:52 mizar systemd-time-wait-sync[514]: adjtime state 5 status 40 time Thu 2021-07-22 09:06:52.216338 UTC
  
- 
  raek at mizar:~$ dpkg -S /lib/systemd/system/systemd-time-wait-sync.service
  systemd: /lib/systemd/system/systemd-time-wait-sync.service
  
- 
  raek at mizar:~$ apt-cache policy systemd
  systemd:
-   Installed: 245.4-4ubuntu3.11
-   Candidate: 245.4-4ubuntu3.11
-   Version table:
-  *** 245.4-4ubuntu3.11 500
-         500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 Packages
-         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
-      245.4-4ubuntu3.10 500
-         500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages
-      245.4-4ubuntu3.8 400
-         400 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-proposed/main amd64 Packages
-      245.4-4ubuntu3 500
-         500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
+   Installed: 245.4-4ubuntu3.11
+   Candidate: 245.4-4ubuntu3.11
+   Version table:
+  *** 245.4-4ubuntu3.11 500
+         500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 Packages
+         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
+      245.4-4ubuntu3.10 500
+         500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages
+      245.4-4ubuntu3.8 400
+         400 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-proposed/main amd64 Packages
+      245.4-4ubuntu3 500
+         500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages

** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu Focal)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu Hirsute)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu Groovy)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu Impish)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  systemd-time-wait-sync.service stuck in "activating" state after boot,
  blocks timers from starting

Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in systemd source package in Focal:
  New
Status in systemd source package in Groovy:
  New
Status in systemd source package in Hirsute:
  New
Status in systemd source package in Impish:
  New

Bug description:
  [impact]

  systemd-time-wait-sync service never completes when systemd-timesyncd
  package is not installed

  [test case]

  remove the systemd-timesyncd package and enable the systemd-time-wait-
  sync service, and reboot. Check status of the service to see it's
  stuck in 'activating' state, e.g.:

  ubuntu at lp1937238-f:~$ sudo systemctl status systemd-time-wait-sync.service 
  ● systemd-time-wait-sync.service - Wait Until Kernel Time Synchronized
       Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-time-wait-sync.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
       Active: activating (start) since Fri 2021-07-23 15:32:12 UTC; 19s ago

  [regression potential]

  TBD

  [scope]

  this is needed in f and later

  the systemd-timesyncd package was split out from the main systemd
  package starting in focal, so this problem exists in f and later

  the service doesn't exist in b, so this is not needed there

  [original description]

  When I start my server running Ubuntu 20.04 the systemd-time-wait-
  sync.service is stuck in "activating" state. I noticed this because
  none of the systemd timer units triggered, because all the timers
  depend on systemd-time-wait-sync.service. Running "systemctl restart
  systemd-time-wait-sync.service" manually works around the problem.

  Some logs and command outputs:

  raek at mizar:~$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
  Release:        20.04

  raek at mizar:~$ systemctl | grep systemd-time-wait-sync.service
    systemd-time-wait-sync.service                                                               loaded activating start     start Wait Until Kernel Time Synchronized

  raek at mizar:~$ systemctl status systemd-time-wait-sync.service
  ● systemd-time-wait-sync.service - Wait Until Kernel Time Synchronized
       Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-time-wait-sync.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
       Active: activating (start) since Thu 2021-07-22 11:06:52 CEST; 27min ago
         Docs: man:systemd-time-wait-sync.service(8)
     Main PID: 514 (systemd-time-wa)
        Tasks: 1 (limit: 9415)
       Memory: 972.0K
       CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-time-wait-sync.service
               └─514 /lib/systemd/systemd-time-wait-sync

  Jul 22 11:06:52 mizar systemd-time-wait-sync[514]: adjtime state 5 status 40 time Thu 2021-07-22 09:06:52.216338 UTC
  Warning: journal has been rotated since unit was started, output may be incomplete.

  raek at mizar:~$ journalctl -b -u systemd-time-wait-sync.service
  -- Logs begin at Wed 2020-07-08 16:34:13 CEST, end at Thu 2021-07-22 11:36:44 CEST. --
  Jul 22 11:06:52 mizar systemd-time-wait-sync[514]: adjtime state 5 status 40 time Thu 2021-07-22 09:06:52.216338 UTC

  raek at mizar:~$ dpkg -S /lib/systemd/system/systemd-time-wait-sync.service
  systemd: /lib/systemd/system/systemd-time-wait-sync.service

  raek at mizar:~$ apt-cache policy systemd
  systemd:
    Installed: 245.4-4ubuntu3.11
    Candidate: 245.4-4ubuntu3.11
    Version table:
   *** 245.4-4ubuntu3.11 500
          500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       245.4-4ubuntu3.10 500
          500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages
       245.4-4ubuntu3.8 400
          400 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-proposed/main amd64 Packages
       245.4-4ubuntu3 500
          500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages

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