OS error messages " Transaction is destructive" generated during shutdown

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Issue

Could you please help to clarify this log can be ignored or not?


systemd-logind: Failed to start user slice: Transaction is destructive.

In RHEL 8 or 9,

systemd-logind: Failed to start session scope session-cXXXX.scope: Transaction is destructive.
systemd-logind: Failed to start user slice user-XXX.slice, ignoring: Transaction is destructive. (org.freedesktop.systemd1.TransactionIsDestructive)

Environment

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

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