I made the change to /lib/ufw/ufw-init as requested and confirmed that after reboot I was still hitting the issue (Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS):
$ sudo ufw status Status: inactive Attached is the requested journalctl output. ** Attachment added: "journalctl.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ufw/+bug/1726856/+attachment/5222251/+files/journalctl.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1726856 Title: ufw does not start automatically at boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ufw/+bug/1726856/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs