systemd doesn't delete stub unit files created for session scopes

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Issue

  • systemd doesn't delete stub unit files created for session scopes (/run/systemd/system/session-*.scope)

    # ls /run/systemd/system
...
session-10393.scope
session-10447.scope
session-10582.scope
session-11387.scope
session-11440.scope
...

  • systemctl list-unit-files exits in timeout

    # systemctl list-unit-files
Failed to list unit files: Connection timed out

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • systemd-219-42.el7_4 and later

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