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DietPi version | G_DIETPI_VERSION_CORE=9
G_DIETPI_VERSION_SUB=19
G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC=2
G_GITBRANCH=‘master’
G_GITOWNER=‘MichaIng’
Distro version | bullseye 0
Kernel version | Linux DietPi 6.1.21-v8+ #1642 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 3 17:24:16 BST 2023 aarch64 GNU/Linux
Architecture | armhf
SBC model | RPi 4 Model B (aarch64)
Power supply used | own AC Adapter
SD card used | external SSD via USB
Additional Information (if applicable)
Software title | a few docker containers
Was the software title installed freshly or updated/migrated?
installed for a while
Can this issue be replicated on a fresh installation of DietPi?
f53f7696-88bb-41e9-a7c1-7717b81931d6
Bug report ID | echo $G_HW_UUID
Steps to reproduce
Yesterday, I updated the docker container “Uptime Kuma” from version 1 to version 2. During this migration process I lost the network connection to my dietpi. No ssh access was possible.
… I’m not sure if it happens because of the docker container update but since yesterday the dietpi is not accessible via network from time to time. This off-time is for around 1-2 hours I guess. I do not check every minute, therefore I can not say something more accurate timing.
But, after that the dietpi is connected again and I can see in my Grafana dashboard that the dietpi was working all the time. The connection is via LAN cable.
Expected behaviour
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Actual behaviour
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Extra details
…I would like to know where I can check for the issue?
Hi friends, the same thing is happening here too, with an RPi5. I even left the board’s status LEDs on to know if it was powered on. The difference is that all the services, including Portainer, Jellyfin, Docker, and Pi-hole, are unavailable, and there’s no SSH access. But Tailscale works, and here it’s configured as a subnet node.
What I did: I removed Kodi (was not longer needed on this Raspi) and changed to console as startup application. And I did a reboot of course.
Will check and investigate with the commands from @Joulinar if it happens again. For that I installed “Uptime Kuma” on another instance to check SSH and Ping regularly.
Ok, I run in the same issue again. If I check with
dmesg -T
I get a list from early in the morning but not from the time when the issue happens (7-9). I will deliver these as soon as I have access again. journalctl was not conspicuous. Some entries from my InfluxDB in the Docker environment.
When I try to connect with SSH, I get the following:
[opc@instance-cc13 \~]$ ssh dietpi@dyndns_domain.de -p 14322 -i dietpi4_rsa -v
OpenSSH_7.4p1, OpenSSL 1.0.2k-fips 26 Jan 2017
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 58: Applying options for \*
debug1: Connecting to dyndns_domain.de \[IP_Address\] port 14322.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file dietpi4_rsa type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file dietpi4_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.4
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_8.4p1 Debian-5+deb11u5
debug1: match: OpenSSH_8.4p1 Debian-5+deb11u5 pat OpenSSH\* compat 0x04000000
debug1: Authenticating to dyndns_domain.de:14322 as ‘dietpi’
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: algorithm: curve25519-sha256
debug1: kex: host key algorithm: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256
debug1: kex: server-client cipher: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com MAC: compression: none
debug1: kex: client-server cipher: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com MAC: compression: none
debug1: kex: curve25519-sha256 need=64 dh_need=64
debug1: kex: curve25519-sha256 need=64 dh_need=64
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY
debug1: Server host key: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 SHA256:k2PT7Zdhps+
debug1: Host ‘[dyndns_domain.de]:14322’ is known and matches the ECDSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /home/opc/.ssh/known_hosts:29
debug1: resetting send seqnr 3
debug1: rekey after 134217728 blocks
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: resetting read seqnr 3
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: rekey after 134217728 blocks
debug1: SSH2_MSG_EXT_INFO received
debug1: kex_input_ext_info: server-sig-algs=<ssh-ed25519,sk-ssh-ed25519@openssh.com,ssh-rsa,rsa-sha2-256,rsa-sha2-512,ssh-dss,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256@openssh.com,webauthn-sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256@openssh.com
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: dietpi4_rsa
That’s all, it’s stuck.
I have that on 2 instances with the same behavior, RPi4 and Thinkcentre.
This morning I was not able to get any log because of not be able to login via ssh. After a while and a lot of tries login was positive. Here a log from dmesg -T:
[Di Feb 17 00:38:00 2026] systemd[1]: Starting Journal Service...
[Di Feb 17 00:39:50 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: start operation timed out. Terminating.
[Di Feb 17 00:49:51 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.
[Di Feb 17 00:49:51 2026] systemd[1]: Failed to start Journal Service.
[Di Feb 17 00:49:51 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Consumed 1.420s CPU time.
[Di Feb 17 00:49:51 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 75.
[Di Feb 17 00:49:51 2026] systemd[1]: Stopped Journal Service.
[Di Feb 17 00:49:51 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Consumed 1.420s CPU time.
[Di Feb 17 00:49:51 2026] systemd[1]: Starting Journal Service...
[Di Feb 17 00:51:24 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: start operation timed out. Terminating.
[Di Feb 17 00:51:39 2026] systemd-journald[31575]: File /run/log/journal/55f1cad6644346fa8ac76deccd05d85b/system.journal corrupted or uncleanly shut down, renaming and replacing.
[Di Feb 17 00:53:13 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: State 'stop-sigterm' timed out. Killing.
[Di Feb 17 00:53:13 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Killing process 31575 (systemd-journal) with signal SIGKILL.
[Di Feb 17 00:53:13 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=9/KILL
[Di Feb 17 00:53:13 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.
[Di Feb 17 00:53:13 2026] systemd[1]: Failed to start Journal Service.
[Di Feb 17 00:53:13 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Consumed 2.564s CPU time.
[Di Feb 17 00:53:13 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 76.
[Di Feb 17 00:53:13 2026] systemd[1]: Stopped Journal Service.
[Di Feb 17 00:53:13 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Consumed 2.564s CPU time.
[Di Feb 17 00:53:13 2026] systemd[1]: Starting Journal Service...
[Di Feb 17 00:54:54 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: start operation timed out. Terminating.
[Di Feb 17 00:55:56 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.
[Di Feb 17 00:56:02 2026] systemd[1]: Failed to start Journal Service.
[Di Feb 17 00:56:29 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Consumed 2.025s CPU time.
[Di Feb 17 00:56:56 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 77.
[Di Feb 17 00:57:16 2026] systemd[1]: Stopped Journal Service.
[Di Feb 17 00:57:19 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Consumed 2.025s CPU time.
[Di Feb 17 00:57:48 2026] systemd[1]: Starting Journal Service...
[Di Feb 17 00:58:20 2026] systemd-journald[31694]: File /run/log/journal/55f1cad6644346fa8ac76deccd05d85b/system.journal corrupted or uncleanly shut down, renaming and replacing.
[Di Feb 17 00:58:20 2026] systemd[1]: Started Journal Service.
[Di Feb 17 01:51:57 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=6/ABRT
[Di Feb 17 01:51:57 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Failed with result 'watchdog'.
[Di Feb 17 01:51:57 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Consumed 26.144s CPU time.
[Di Feb 17 01:51:57 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 78.
[Di Feb 17 01:51:57 2026] systemd[1]: Stopped Journal Service.
[Di Feb 17 01:51:57 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Consumed 26.144s CPU time.
[Di Feb 17 01:51:57 2026] systemd[1]: Starting Journal Service...
[Di Feb 17 01:52:04 2026] systemd-journald[590]: File /run/log/journal/55f1cad6644346fa8ac76deccd05d85b/system.journal corrupted or uncleanly shut down, renaming and replacing.
[Di Feb 17 01:52:04 2026] systemd[1]: Started Journal Service.
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] docker-proxy invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x140cca(GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE|__GFP_COMP), order=0, oom_score_adj=-500
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] CPU: 3 PID: 22515 Comm: docker-proxy Tainted: G C 6.1.21-v8+ #1642
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] Hardware name: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.1 (DT)
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] Call trace:
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] dump_backtrace+0x120/0x130
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] show_stack+0x20/0x30
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] dump_stack_lvl+0x8c/0xb8
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] dump_stack+0x18/0x34
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] dump_header+0x4c/0x21c
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] oom_kill_process+0x2a8/0x2b0
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] out_of_memory+0xf0/0x350
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] __alloc_pages_slowpath.constprop.158+0x7d4/0xbc0
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] __alloc_pages+0x2a8/0x318
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] __folio_alloc+0x1c/0x28
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] __filemap_get_folio+0x214/0x5f0
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] filemap_fault+0x644/0xc40
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] __do_fault+0x44/0x170
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] __handle_mm_fault+0x508/0x9c0
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] handle_mm_fault+0x1c4/0x2e0
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] do_page_fault+0x1f4/0x480
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] do_translation_fault+0x54/0x70
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] do_mem_abort+0x48/0x98
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] el0_ia+0x70/0x100
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] el0t_32_sync_handler+0xdc/0x100
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] el0t_32_sync+0x190/0x194
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] Mem-Info:
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] active_anon:250226 inactive_anon:303768 isolated_anon:0
active_file:114 inactive_file:1280 isolated_file:0
unevictable:3 dirty:0 writeback:0
slab_reclaimable:87069 slab_unreclaimable:189332
mapped:258 shmem:141029 pagetables:2867
sec_pagetables:0 bounce:0
kernel_misc_reclaimable:0
free:4835 free_pcp:393 free_cma:213
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] Node 0 active_anon:1003556kB inactive_anon:1212420kB active_file:220kB inactive_file:5356kB unevictable:12kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB mapped:1032kB dirty:0kB writeback:0kB shmem:564116kB writeback_tmp:0kB kernel_stack:9488kB pagetables:11468kB sec_pagetables:0kB all_unreclaimable? no
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] DMA free:13388kB boost:0kB min:1788kB low:2668kB high:3548kB reserved_highatomic:0KB active_anon:301280kB inactive_anon:295252kB active_file:144kB inactive_file:5076kB unevictable:0kB writepending:0kB present:969728kB managed:885392kB mlocked:0kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:1572kB local_pcp:400kB free_cma:852kB
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 2928 2928 2928
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] DMA32 free:5952kB boost:0kB min:6084kB low:9080kB high:12076kB reserved_highatomic:0KB active_anon:702888kB inactive_anon:916556kB active_file:0kB inactive_file:428kB unevictable:12kB writepending:0kB present:3080192kB managed:2998980kB mlocked:12kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:0kB local_pcp:0kB free_cma:0kB
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] DMA: 94*4kB (UE) 84*8kB (UEC) 23*16kB (UEC) 21*32kB (EC) 20*64kB (UEC) 12*128kB (EC) 10*256kB (UE) 0*512kB 2*1024kB (C) 0*2048kB 1*4096kB (C) = 13608kB
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] DMA32: 459*4kB (UME) 451*8kB (UME) 73*16kB (UE) 0*32kB 0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 6612kB
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] 142359 total pagecache pages
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] 0 pages in swap cache
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] Free swap = 0kB
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] Total swap = 0kB
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] 1012480 pages RAM
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] 0 pages HighMem/MovableOnly
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] 41387 pages reserved
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] 131072 pages cma reserved
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] Tasks state (memory values in pages):
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ pid ] uid tgid total_vm rss pgtables_bytes swapents oom_score_adj name
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 174] 0 174 4562 190 49152 0 -1000 systemd-udevd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 331] 107 331 1664 86 40960 0 0 rpcbind
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 346] 105 346 1737 170 49152 0 -900 dbus-daemon
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 350] 0 350 690 21 32768 0 0 rngd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 354] 0 354 2702 145 49152 0 0 systemd-logind
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 518] 0 518 1483 22 40960 0 0 agetty
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 527] 0 527 2675 169 53248 0 -1000 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 12724] 0 12724 181351 3310 245760 0 -999 containerd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 17792] 106 17792 1527 131 36864 0 0 avahi-daemon
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 17801] 106 17801 1476 66 36864 0 0 avahi-daemon
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 20790] 0 20790 245875 5744 446464 0 -500 dockerd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 20815] 0 20815 1996 53 45056 0 0 cron
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 21175] 0 21175 135123 638 49152 0 -998 containerd-shim
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 21237] 0 21237 135123 578 49152 0 -998 containerd-shim
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 21241] 0 21241 135123 651 49152 0 -998 containerd-shim
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 21298] 0 21298 135059 652 49152 0 -998 containerd-shim
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 21300] 0 21300 135123 654 49152 0 -998 containerd-shim
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 21302] 0 21302 135123 607 49152 0 -998 containerd-shim
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 21330] 0 21330 135123 616 49152 0 -998 containerd-shim
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 21355] 0 21355 135123 576 49152 0 -998 containerd-shim
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 21360] 0 21360 210237 206203 1691648 0 -998 containerd-shim
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 21443] 0 21443 333 10 24576 0 0 crond
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 21525] 0 21525 174 8 24576 0 0 tini
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 21601] 0 21601 5381 2883 65536 0 0 python
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 21625] 0 21625 717 47 28672 0 0 cron
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 21636] 472 21636 205024 13123 692224 0 0 grafana
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 21675] 1000 21675 47772 23452 290816 0 0 uvicorn
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 21683] 0 21683 5324 2812 69632 0 0 python
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 21692] 0 21692 2101 282 36864 0 0 entry.sh
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 21725] 0 21725 46027 7306 663552 0 0 node
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 22294] 0 22294 1162 532 32768 0 0 dhcpcd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 22480] 0 22480 349 12 28672 0 0 crond
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 22510] 0 22510 156723 453 102400 0 -500 docker-proxy
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 22524] 0 22524 150416 180 77824 0 -500 docker-proxy
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 22600] 0 22600 152401 180 102400 0 -500 docker-proxy
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 22609] 0 22609 148047 180 81920 0 -500 docker-proxy
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 22853] 0 22853 152465 177 110592 0 -500 docker-proxy
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 22862] 0 22862 152401 179 102400 0 -500 docker-proxy
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 29418] 6061 29418 31432 25586 274432 0 0 perl
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 29423] 6061 29423 16915 11228 151552 0 0 perl
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 5438] 0 5438 135123 664 49152 0 -998 containerd-shim
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 5467] 0 5467 155303 2908 237568 0 0 portainer
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 5506] 0 5506 150416 179 94208 0 -500 docker-proxy
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 5512] 0 5512 154514 178 102400 0 -500 docker-proxy
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 12158] 0 12158 831 61 28672 0 0 cron
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 12159] 0 12159 402 14 24576 0 0 sh
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 12160] 0 12160 15323 3375 94208 0 0 python3
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 21991] 0 21991 4699 216 61440 0 0 curl
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 771] 0 771 135123 635 53248 0 -998 containerd-shim
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1209] 0 1209 152465 272 110592 0 -500 docker-proxy
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1223] 0 1223 148111 180 81920 0 -500 docker-proxy
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 20078] 0 20078 135059 658 49152 0 -998 containerd-shim
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 20102] 999 20102 199465 28581 761856 0 0 telegraf
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 31438] 0 31438 1632 22 36864 0 0 tail
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 31439] 0 31439 1802 35 36864 0 0 grep
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 32106] 6061 32106 44975 39129 380928 0 0 perl
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 590] 0 590 4758 369 53248 0 -250 systemd-journal
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 714] 6061 714 51887 39124 397312 0 0 speedtest-cli
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 972] 0 972 831 71 28672 0 0 cron
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1005] 0 1005 402 14 24576 0 0 sh
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1016] 0 1016 3607 1478 53248 0 0 python3
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1141] 6061 1141 31432 25586 274432 0 0 perl
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1142] 6061 1142 31432 25586 274432 0 0 perl
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1197] 6061 1197 31432 25586 274432 0 0 perl
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1201] 0 1201 2585 109 40960 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1247] 0 1247 2585 109 40960 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1248] 0 1248 2585 108 36864 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1249] 6061 1249 402 17 28672 0 0 sh
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1251] 0 1251 2585 109 40960 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1255] 0 1255 2585 108 40960 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1256] 6061 1256 2761 375 45056 0 0 ps
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1257] 6061 1257 1802 22 36864 0 0 grep
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1258] 6061 1258 1802 26 36864 0 0 grep
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1261] 0 1261 2585 108 40960 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1263] 0 1263 2585 108 40960 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1269] 0 1269 2585 109 40960 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1270] 0 1270 2585 108 36864 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1274] 0 1274 2585 109 40960 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1281] 0 1281 2585 108 40960 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1285] 0 1285 2585 109 40960 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1286] 0 1286 2585 109 40960 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1289] 0 1289 2585 109 45056 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1290] 0 1290 2585 109 40960 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1296] 0 1296 2585 108 36864 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1300] 0 1300 2585 108 45056 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1301] 0 1301 2585 86 36864 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1307] 0 1307 2585 86 45056 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1308] 0 1308 2585 85 36864 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1310] 0 1310 2585 85 40960 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1313] 0 1313 2585 86 40960 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1315] 0 1315 2585 85 40960 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1321] 0 1321 2585 86 40960 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1333] 6061 1333 1017 41 28672 0 0 free
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1335] 0 1335 2585 86 36864 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1336] 0 1336 2555 82 49152 0 0 cron
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1337] 0 1337 831 71 28672 0 0 cron
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1338] 0 1338 2585 86 40960 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1340] 0 1340 831 71 28672 0 0 cron
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1344] 0 1344 2585 83 40960 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1346] 0 1346 2555 82 49152 0 0 cron
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1349] 0 1349 2585 82 40960 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1355] 0 1355 2585 83 40960 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1362] 0 1362 2585 76 40960 0 0 sshd
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1376] 0 1376 402 18 28672 0 0 sh
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1380] 0 1380 402 18 24576 0 0 sh
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1389] 0 1389 628 36 28672 0 0 e2scrub_all
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1391] 0 1391 1509 211 36864 0 0 python3
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1402] 0 1402 831 63 28672 0 0 cron
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1404] 0 1404 488 36 32768 0 0 dhcpcd-run-hook
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1408] 0 1408 2555 82 49152 0 0 cron
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1409] 0 1409 831 63 28672 0 0 cron
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1440] 0 1440 329 9 28672 0 0 ash
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1445] 0 1445 332 11 24576 0 0 ash
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1447] 0 1447 488 36 32768 0 0 dhcpcd-run-hook
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] [ 1448] 0 1448 707 25 24576 0 0 sed
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] oom-kill:constraint=CONSTRAINT_NONE,nodemask=(null),cpuset=docker.service,mems_allowed=0,global_oom,task_memcg=/system.slice/docker-7478b1e3d5917330f7cda8ef6eafb2a23615ec0f654e8a35a2fea0983316604b.scope,task=perl,pid=32106,uid=6061
[Di Feb 17 05:11:34 2026] Out of memory: Killed process 32106 (perl) total-vm:179900kB, anon-rss:156516kB, file-rss:0kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:6061 pgtables:372kB oom_score_adj:0
[Di Feb 17 05:25:38 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=6/ABRT
[Di Feb 17 05:26:16 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Failed with result 'watchdog'.
[Di Feb 17 05:27:06 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Consumed 3min 37.210s CPU time.
[Di Feb 17 05:42:57 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 79.
[Di Feb 17 05:42:57 2026] systemd[1]: Stopped Journal Service.
[Di Feb 17 05:42:57 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Consumed 3min 37.210s CPU time.
[Di Feb 17 05:55:44 2026] systemd[1]: Starting Journal Service...
[Di Feb 17 06:18:03 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: start operation timed out. Terminating.
[Di Feb 17 06:21:37 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.
[Di Feb 17 06:21:37 2026] systemd[1]: Failed to start Journal Service.
[Di Feb 17 06:21:48 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Consumed 14.204s CPU time.
[Di Feb 17 06:22:12 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 80.
[Di Feb 17 06:22:12 2026] systemd[1]: Stopped Journal Service.
[Di Feb 17 06:22:12 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Consumed 14.204s CPU time.
[Di Feb 17 06:22:23 2026] systemd[1]: Starting Journal Service...
[Di Feb 17 06:23:53 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: start operation timed out. Terminating.
[Di Feb 17 06:24:03 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.
[Di Feb 17 06:24:05 2026] systemd[1]: Failed to start Journal Service.
[Di Feb 17 06:27:47 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Consumed 1.212s CPU time.
[Di Feb 17 06:31:10 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 81.
[Di Feb 17 06:32:36 2026] systemd[1]: Stopped Journal Service.
[Di Feb 17 06:32:37 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Consumed 1.212s CPU time.
[Di Feb 17 06:34:23 2026] systemd[1]: Starting Journal Service...
[Di Feb 17 06:37:09 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: start operation timed out. Terminating.
[Di Feb 17 06:39:55 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.
[Di Feb 17 06:40:04 2026] systemd[1]: Failed to start Journal Service.
[Di Feb 17 06:43:16 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Consumed 1.750s CPU time.
[Di Feb 17 06:48:12 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 82.
[Di Feb 17 06:48:24 2026] systemd[1]: Stopped Journal Service.
[Di Feb 17 06:48:24 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Consumed 1.750s CPU time.
[Di Feb 17 06:48:37 2026] systemd[1]: Starting Journal Service...
[Di Feb 17 06:49:21 2026] systemd-journald[1993]: File /run/log/journal/55f1cad6644346fa8ac76deccd05d85b/system.journal corrupted or uncleanly shut down, renaming and replacing.
[Di Feb 17 06:51:35 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: start operation timed out. Terminating.
[Di Feb 17 06:53:08 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: State 'stop-sigterm' timed out. Killing.
[Di Feb 17 06:53:09 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Killing process 1993 (systemd-journal) with signal SIGKILL.
[Di Feb 17 06:53:23 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=9/KILL
[Di Feb 17 06:53:24 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.
[Di Feb 17 06:53:28 2026] systemd[1]: Failed to start Journal Service.
[Di Feb 17 06:53:40 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Consumed 5.321s CPU time.
[Di Feb 17 06:56:12 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 83.
[Di Feb 17 06:56:12 2026] systemd[1]: Stopped Journal Service.
[Di Feb 17 06:56:12 2026] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Consumed 5.321s CPU time.
[Di Feb 17 06:56:13 2026] systemd[1]: Starting Journal Service...
[Di Feb 17 06:56:32 2026] systemd-journald[2123]: File /run/log/journal/55f1cad6644346fa8ac76deccd05d85b/system.journal corrupted or uncleanly shut down, renaming and replacing.
[Di Feb 17 06:56:33 2026] systemd[1]: Started Journal Service.
[Di Feb 17 09:04:03 2026] br-5f9764d84e72: port 1(veth92ae17d) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:03 2026] device veth92ae17d left promiscuous mode
[Di Feb 17 09:04:03 2026] br-5f9764d84e72: port 1(veth92ae17d) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:03 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 3(veth82c4f0e) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:03 2026] device veth82c4f0e left promiscuous mode
[Di Feb 17 09:04:03 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 3(veth82c4f0e) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:03 2026] br-5f9764d84e72: port 2(veth58bdb09) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:03 2026] device veth58bdb09 left promiscuous mode
[Di Feb 17 09:04:03 2026] br-5f9764d84e72: port 2(veth58bdb09) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:04 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 1(veth896d101) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:04 2026] device veth896d101 left promiscuous mode
[Di Feb 17 09:04:04 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 1(veth896d101) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:04 2026] br-c61605b79a71: port 1(vethbf809ee) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:04 2026] device vethbf809ee left promiscuous mode
[Di Feb 17 09:04:04 2026] br-c61605b79a71: port 1(vethbf809ee) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:04 2026] br-1dacbe56433d: port 1(vethae7bf0b) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:04 2026] device vethae7bf0b left promiscuous mode
[Di Feb 17 09:04:04 2026] br-1dacbe56433d: port 1(vethae7bf0b) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] br-3589b101dd75: port 2(veth4d26a06) entered blocking state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] br-3589b101dd75: port 2(veth4d26a06) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] device veth4d26a06 entered promiscuous mode
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] br-3589b101dd75: port 2(veth4d26a06) entered blocking state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] br-3589b101dd75: port 2(veth4d26a06) entered forwarding state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] br-3589b101dd75: port 2(veth4d26a06) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] br-ea02e3e459b0: port 2(veth56ad0d9) entered blocking state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] br-ea02e3e459b0: port 2(veth56ad0d9) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] device veth56ad0d9 entered promiscuous mode
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 1(vethe21e640) entered blocking state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 1(vethe21e640) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] device vethe21e640 entered promiscuous mode
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 1(vethe21e640) entered blocking state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 1(vethe21e640) entered forwarding state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 1(vethe21e640) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] br-1dacbe56433d: port 1(veth1b310fa) entered blocking state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] br-1dacbe56433d: port 1(veth1b310fa) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] device veth1b310fa entered promiscuous mode
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 3(veth76e576c) entered blocking state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 3(veth76e576c) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] device veth76e576c entered promiscuous mode
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 3(veth76e576c) entered blocking state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 3(veth76e576c) entered forwarding state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 3(veth76e576c) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] br-1dacbe56433d: port 1(veth1b310fa) entered blocking state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] br-1dacbe56433d: port 1(veth1b310fa) entered forwarding state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:05 2026] br-1dacbe56433d: port 1(veth1b310fa) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:06 2026] eth0: renamed from veth093ba8d
[Di Feb 17 09:04:06 2026] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): veth4d26a06: link becomes ready
[Di Feb 17 09:04:06 2026] br-3589b101dd75: port 2(veth4d26a06) entered blocking state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:06 2026] br-3589b101dd75: port 2(veth4d26a06) entered forwarding state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:06 2026] eth0: renamed from veth069dfee
[Di Feb 17 09:04:06 2026] eth0: renamed from vethd7adc1b
[Di Feb 17 09:04:06 2026] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): vethe21e640: link becomes ready
[Di Feb 17 09:04:06 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 1(vethe21e640) entered blocking state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:06 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 1(vethe21e640) entered forwarding state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:06 2026] eth0: renamed from veth0acdbda
[Di Feb 17 09:04:06 2026] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): veth76e576c: link becomes ready
[Di Feb 17 09:04:06 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 3(veth76e576c) entered blocking state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:06 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 3(veth76e576c) entered forwarding state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:06 2026] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): veth56ad0d9: link becomes ready
[Di Feb 17 09:04:06 2026] br-ea02e3e459b0: port 2(veth56ad0d9) entered blocking state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:06 2026] br-ea02e3e459b0: port 2(veth56ad0d9) entered forwarding state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:06 2026] eth0: renamed from veth2c97d26
[Di Feb 17 09:04:06 2026] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): veth1b310fa: link becomes ready
[Di Feb 17 09:04:06 2026] br-1dacbe56433d: port 1(veth1b310fa) entered blocking state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:06 2026] br-1dacbe56433d: port 1(veth1b310fa) entered forwarding state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:07 2026] br-ea02e3e459b0: port 1(veth63e0c27) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:07 2026] device veth63e0c27 left promiscuous mode
[Di Feb 17 09:04:07 2026] br-ea02e3e459b0: port 1(veth63e0c27) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:07 2026] br-3589b101dd75: port 1(vethec65f13) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:07 2026] device vethec65f13 left promiscuous mode
[Di Feb 17 09:04:07 2026] br-3589b101dd75: port 1(vethec65f13) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:08 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 1(vethe21e640) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:08 2026] veth069dfee: renamed from eth0
[Di Feb 17 09:04:08 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 1(vethe21e640) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:08 2026] device vethe21e640 left promiscuous mode
[Di Feb 17 09:04:08 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 1(vethe21e640) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:08 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 3(veth76e576c) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:08 2026] veth0acdbda: renamed from eth0
[Di Feb 17 09:04:08 2026] br-3589b101dd75: port 2(veth4d26a06) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:08 2026] veth093ba8d: renamed from eth0
[Di Feb 17 09:04:08 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 3(veth76e576c) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:08 2026] device veth76e576c left promiscuous mode
[Di Feb 17 09:04:08 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 3(veth76e576c) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:08 2026] br-3589b101dd75: port 2(veth4d26a06) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:08 2026] device veth4d26a06 left promiscuous mode
[Di Feb 17 09:04:08 2026] br-3589b101dd75: port 2(veth4d26a06) entered disabled state
[Di Feb 17 09:04:08 2026] device veth2b058ad left promiscuous mode
[Di Feb 17 09:04:08 2026] br-099455afb7d0: port 2(veth2b058ad) entered disabled state
With a htop I have seen that one of the docker containers “telegraf” run with high cpu. Therefore I tried to stop the docker service with a bad result (this few lines took longer then 2-3 min):
root@DietPi:/home/dietpi# systemctl stop docker
Failed to stop docker.service: Der Socket ist nicht verbunden
See system logs and 'systemctl status docker.service' for details.
root@DietPi:/home/dietpi# systemctl status docker.service
Failed to get properties: Der Socket ist nicht verbunden
Next step was to just stop the container stack with “telegraf” inside and now the reaction from the dietpi system is as fast as expected again. I’m wondering that dockerd is consuming so much cpu. But as long as the reaction of the system is fast again…
I guess and hope that this docker container is the reason for the slow reaction. If it helps I could post a journalctl output. In this case any advice with a parameter to reduce the log to the important lines?
You are running out of memory and applications getting killed. There is to much stuff running on your system. You can check free -m or htop. Maybe you would need to add SWAP space. But this is slowing down your system as well as it needs to write fast memory into slow disks.