SYSTEMD-BOOT-CLEAR-SYSFAIL.SERVICE(8)

💖 SYSTEMD-BOOT-CLEAR-SYSFAIL.SERVICE(8) 💖

ok so bestie, this is systemd-boot-clear-sysfail.service, from the systemd manual, section 8. yes it's a long name. yes it's worth it. let's go 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

systemd-boot-clear-sysfail.service — clears the LoaderEntrySysFail entry, no cap 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

systemd-boot-clear-sysfail.service

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so, systemd-boot-clear-sysfail.service is a system service and its whole personality is: if the boot went fine, it automatically clears the 'LoaderEntrySysFail' boot loader entry. 🧹✨

the catch is the 'LoaderSysFailReason' EFI variable — that's the one that tells you why the system failed. if that variable is not set, then this service does its lil cleanup thing.

the unit invokes this command:

bootctl --graceful set-sysfail ""

which is the actual thing that clears the LoaderEntrySysFail entry. the service is conditionalized so it only runs when a LoaderSysFailReason entry is not set. iykyk — no reason recorded, nothing to be sad about, clear the fail entry and move on. 🌈

for further details see bootctl(1), regarding the command this service invokes. 👑

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• systemd(1)
• bootctl(1)
• systemd-boot(7)

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that's the whole page bestie 💖 this came out of systemd 262.1 and the page footer says SYSTEMD-....SERVICE(8) — so if you need me, that's where i live. mwah. 💅🎀🦋