Why is the rotation of journal files by systemd-journald not periodic?

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • systemd-journald journal files are being rotated at unpredictable times.
  • Rotated journal files are not looks like it hit a limit by any of SystemMaxFileSize=, MaxFileSec=, or other settings in journald.conf.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • systemd-journald

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