libpod: fix healthchecks not executing every interval on linux

winterqt · winterqt · commit 191bbff6174b · 2025-10-20T14:24:33.000-04:00
By default, systemd sets a limit of how many times a service can start,
which means that if you have a healthcheck that runs more often than the
limits, systemd will refuse to start it with a message like "Start request
repeated too quickly." emitted to the journal.

Signed-off-by: Winter M &lt;winter@antithesis.com&gt;
diff --git a/libpod/healthcheck_linux.go b/libpod/healthcheck_linux.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (c *Container) createTimer(interval string, isStartup bool) error {
 		cmd = append(cmd, "--setenv=PATH="+path)
 	}
 
-	cmd = append(cmd, "--unit", hcUnitName, fmt.Sprintf("--on-unit-inactive=%s", interval), "--timer-property=AccuracySec=1s", podman)
+	cmd = append(cmd, "--unit", hcUnitName, fmt.Sprintf("--on-unit-inactive=%s", interval), "--timer-property=AccuracySec=1s", podman, "--property=StartLimitIntervalSec=0")
 
 	if logrus.IsLevelEnabled(logrus.DebugLevel) {
 		cmd = append(cmd, "--log-level=debug", "--syslog")

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (c *Container) createTimer(interval string, isStartup bool) error {`
`40`	`40`	`cmd = append(cmd, "--setenv=PATH="+path)`
`41`	`41`	`}`
`42`	`42`
`43`		`- cmd = append(cmd, "--unit", hcUnitName, fmt.Sprintf("--on-unit-inactive=%s", interval), "--timer-property=AccuracySec=1s", podman)`
	`43`	`+ cmd = append(cmd, "--unit", hcUnitName, fmt.Sprintf("--on-unit-inactive=%s", interval), "--timer-property=AccuracySec=1s", podman, "--property=StartLimitIntervalSec=0")`
`44`	`44`
`45`	`45`	`if logrus.IsLevelEnabled(logrus.DebugLevel) {`
`46`	`46`	`cmd = append(cmd, "--log-level=debug", "--syslog")`