Systemd Reset Failed Status

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July 18, 2023 · 1 mins · Robertus Chris

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A Brief Intro

Have you ever experience a failed systemd service and already trying to restart using systemctl restart <some-service> but the failed status still there?

If so, this short post might be for you! Let’s get started.

Reset Failed Status

Now, if our systemd service has a failed status, we can try using command:

systemctl reset-failed <some-service>

to remove the failed status and reset it to recent status.

Please keep in mind that reset-failed is dependent on Restart option, so if you use option Restart=always, there’s a chance that the failed status still there because systemd still trying to restart our service which result in another failed status.

There are still a lot more i need to learn about systemd service, so for now that’s all. See you next time!