Logins are slow and systemd[1] reports "Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little."

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Logins are delayed up to one minute or so

  • pam_systemd reports the following messages

    pam_systemd(crond:session): Failed to create session: Connection timed out
pam_systemd(sshd:session): Failed to create session: Connection timed out

  • systemd (PID 1) reports the following messages every second for a few seconds

    systemd[1]: Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little.

  • systemd-logind reports the following messages

    systemd-logind[XXX]: Failed to abandon session scope, ignoring: Connection timed out

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and later
    • systemd

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