Public bug reported: I started seeing this when I booted this morning, and I've seen it in the 2 reboots since (one for a new kernel, one to capture debug logs). After modifying /etc/udev/udev.conf to capture debug logging, I see:
$ journalctl -u systemd-udev-settle.service -b0 -- Logs begin at Wed 2019-08-14 09:26:57 EDT, end at Mon 2019-10-21 11:53:56 EDT. -- Oct 21 11:42:50 surprise udevadm[678]: Assertion 's' failed at ../src/libsystemd/sd-event/sd-event.c:1688, function sd_event_source_set_description(). Ignoring. Oct 21 11:44:24 surprise systemd[1]: Started udev Wait for Complete Device Initialization. (Of possible value for debugging: the last time I rebooted before I was seeing this issue was on Oct 7th, so I had the 5.3.0-13-generic kernel and, looking at the publishing history, an older version of systemd too.) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: udev 242-7ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-19.20-generic 5.3.1 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-19-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: i3 CustomUdevRuleFiles: 70-snap.core.rules 70-snap.spotify.rules Date: Mon Oct 21 11:50:26 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-07 (166 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210) MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. B450M DS3H ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.3.0-19-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash resume=UUID=73909634-a75d-42c9-8f66-a69138690756 vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: systemd UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2019-05-08 (165 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 01/25/2019 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: F4 dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string dmi.board.name: B450M DS3H-CF dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string dmi.chassis.version: Default string dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF4:bd01/25/2019:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnB450MDS3H:pvrDefaultstring:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnB450MDS3H-CF:rvrx.x:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring: dmi.product.family: Default string dmi.product.name: B450M DS3H dmi.product.sku: Default string dmi.product.version: Default string dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. mtime.conffile..etc.udev.udev.conf: 2019-10-21T11:39:04.067705 ** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug eoan -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1849153 Title: systemd-udev-settle.service blocks boot for ~90s with a debug-logged assertion failure To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1849153/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs