fix(systemd): increase restart burst limit and add health-start check (#3069)#3152
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…#3069) - StartLimitBurst: 5 → 10 (within same 300s window) - ExecStartPost: polls /health up to 15s before marking service active (warns but does not fail if health endpoint slow to come up) - Prevents systemd from giving up permanently on transient startup failures
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Summary
Fixes #3069
The systemd unit had too aggressive restart limits (5 bursts in 300s). When the server hits transient startup failures, systemd gives up permanently, requiring manual
systemctl reset-failed.Changes
StartLimitBurst: 5 → 10 (within same 300s window) — more tolerant of transient startup issuesExecStartPost: Added health endpoint check that pollslocalhost:9100/healthup to 15 seconds before marking the service as active. Warns in logs if the endpoint is slow but doesn't cause a hard failure.Note
This is a config-only change (systemd unit template). No TypeScript changes — no build/test needed.
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After merge, the deployed unit file needs to be updated on the host: