I have this issue too. It causes systemd's PID 1 (`/sbin/init splash` in htop) to use 100% CPU, which seems unfortunate.
When it happens, the log is filled with a whole lot of lines like this:
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: apport-autoreport.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: apport-autoreport.service: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'. Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: Failed to start Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled. Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: apport-autoreport.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: apport-autoreport.service: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'. Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: Failed to start Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled. Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: apport-autoreport.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: apport-autoreport.service: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'. Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: Failed to start Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled.
Followed by logs like this:
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: Failed to start Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled. Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: Starting Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled... Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun whoopsie-upload-all[25552]: /var/crash/_usr_bin_stacer.0.crash already marked for upload, skipping Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun whoopsie-upload-all[25552]: All reports processed Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: apport-autoreport.service: Succeeded. Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: Finished Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled. Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: Starting Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled... Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun whoopsie-upload-all[25605]: /var/crash/_usr_bin_stacer.0.crash already marked for upload, skipping Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun whoopsie-upload-all[25605]: All reports processed Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: apport-autoreport.service: Succeeded. Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: Finished Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled. Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: Starting Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled... Sep 11 10:00:03 ubun whoopsie-upload-all[25622]: /var/crash/_usr_bin_stacer.0.crash already marked for upload, skipping Sep 11 10:00:03 ubun whoopsie-upload-all[25622]: All reports processed Sep 11 10:00:03 ubun systemd[1]: apport-autoreport.service: Succeeded. Sep 11 10:00:03 ubun systemd[1]: Finished Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled. Sep 11 10:00:03 ubun systemd[1]: Starting Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled...
I have this issue too. It causes systemd's PID 1 (`/sbin/init splash` in htop) to use 100% CPU, which seems unfortunate.
When it happens, the log is filled with a whole lot of lines like this:
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: apport- autoreport. service: Start request repeated too quickly. autoreport. service: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'. autoreport. service: Start request repeated too quickly. autoreport. service: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'. autoreport. service: Start request repeated too quickly. autoreport. service: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'.
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: apport-
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: Failed to start Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled.
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: apport-
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: apport-
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: Failed to start Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled.
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: apport-
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: apport-
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: Failed to start Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled.
Followed by logs like this:
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: Failed to start Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled. upload- all[25552] : /var/crash/ _usr_bin_ stacer. 0.crash already marked for upload, skipping upload- all[25552] : All reports processed autoreport. service: Succeeded. upload- all[25605] : /var/crash/ _usr_bin_ stacer. 0.crash already marked for upload, skipping upload- all[25605] : All reports processed autoreport. service: Succeeded. upload- all[25622] : /var/crash/ _usr_bin_ stacer. 0.crash already marked for upload, skipping upload- all[25622] : All reports processed autoreport. service: Succeeded.
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: Starting Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled...
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun whoopsie-
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun whoopsie-
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: apport-
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: Finished Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled.
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: Starting Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled...
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun whoopsie-
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun whoopsie-
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: apport-
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: Finished Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled.
Sep 11 10:00:02 ubun systemd[1]: Starting Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled...
Sep 11 10:00:03 ubun whoopsie-
Sep 11 10:00:03 ubun whoopsie-
Sep 11 10:00:03 ubun systemd[1]: apport-
Sep 11 10:00:03 ubun systemd[1]: Finished Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled.
Sep 11 10:00:03 ubun systemd[1]: Starting Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled...