Restart policies, and the crash loop they hide
What systemd calls a failure, why it gives up after five restarts, and why “start request repeated too quickly” is not a systemd fault.
20 minutesTechnical content last reviewed on 2 Aug 2026
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What this lesson builds
- Running a service under systemd, from first start to automatic recovery
- Saying what an output proves, and what it leaves open