Re: systemd timer not working

[Oswald B. <osw...@gm...>]

On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 05:58:26AM +0530, Vikas Rawal wrote:
>I think it is working at the moment. But it stops every now and then. As
>you would see below, mbsync.service also ends with an error. There is no
>such error when I run mbsync -V daily myself.
>
the error is certainly stochastic, so it's more likely to occur when you 
auto-poll often than during a few manual runs.
the fact that the failure is silent is obviously an mbsync bug. i 
recommend that you use a build from git master - it has more reliable 
error reporting. it also has additional exit codes to let you know 
whether running the post-exec action makes sense.

>Is this error makes systemd stop running it repeatedly?
>
i guess? systemd has protection mechanisms against error floods. you can 
configure the exact behavior.