systemd timer unit behaves differently in between RHEL7 and RHEL8.
Issue
systemdtimer unit behaves differently in between RHEL7 and RHEL8 even if we use same unit file.-
In this example, the timer unit is configured to run shell script via service unit files every minute. The shell script sleeps 90 seconds and does logger commands.
-
In RHEL7(
systemd-208-20.el7), it looks like the script starts every minute 00 seconds and sleeps for 90 seconds, so it appears that the next execution is skipped.
In the below example, executions ofJul 5 02:28:00andJul 5 02:30:00seem to be skipped.Jul 5 02:27:00 rhel7u1 systemd: Starting timertest... Jul 5 02:27:00 rhel7u1 logger[19354]: timertest start Jul 5 02:28:30 rhel7u1 logger[19356]: timertest end Jul 5 02:28:30 rhel7u1 systemd: Started timertest. Jul 5 02:29:00 rhel7u1 systemd: Starting timertest... Jul 5 02:29:00 rhel7u1 logger[19362]: timertest start Jul 5 02:30:30 rhel7u1 logger[19363]: timertest end Jul 5 02:30:30 rhel7u1 systemd: Started timertest. Jul 5 02:31:00 rhel7u1 systemd: Starting timertest... Jul 5 02:31:00 rhel7u1 logger[19369]: timertest start Jul 5 02:32:30 rhel7u1 logger[19370]: timertest end -
But in RHEL8(
systemd-239-29.el8), it looks like the next execution started immediately after the finish of the previous execution.
In the below example, the execution finished atJul 5 03:14:40and then the next execution started atJul 5 03:14:41.Jul 5 03:13:10 rhel8u1 systemd[1]: Starting timertest... Jul 5 03:13:10 rhel8u1 root[5218]: timertest start Jul 5 03:14:40 rhel8u1 root[5257]: timertest end <<<=== Jul 5 03:14:41 rhel8u1 systemd[1]: Started timertest. <<<=== Jul 5 03:14:41 rhel8u1 systemd[1]: Starting timertest... <<<=== Jul 5 03:14:41 rhel8u1 root[5264]: timertest start <<<=== Jul 5 03:16:11 rhel8u1 root[5302]: timertest end Jul 5 03:16:11 rhel8u1 systemd[1]: Started timertest. Jul 5 03:16:11 rhel8u1 systemd[1]: Starting timertest... Jul 5 03:16:11 rhel8u1 root[5309]: timertest start -
Is this behaviour expected?
Environment
- RHEL7
systemd-208-20.el7
- RHEL8
systemd-239-29.el8
Subscriber exclusive content
A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase, tools, and much more.