systemd-logind does not terminate git+ssh sessions correctly

[SjonHortensius]

systemd version the issue has been seen with

253

Used distribution

archlinux

Linux kernel version used

6.2.2-arch1-1

CPU architectures issue was seen on

x86_64

Component

loginctl

Expected behaviour you didn't see

git through ssh sessions should be closed but aren't

Unexpected behaviour you saw

loginctl|wc -l shows 8192 sessions, most of which are owned by the git user. Example of a session:

229307 - git (998)
           Since: Wed 2023-04-05 03:10:11 CEST; 6 days ago
          Leader: 3114376
          Remote: xxxx
         Service: sshd; type tty; class user
           State: closing
            Unit: session-229307.scope

Apr 05 03:10:11 systemd[1]: Started Session 229307 of User git.
Apr 05 03:10:11 sshd[3114378]: Received disconnect from xxxx port 54156:11: disconnected by user
Apr 05 03:10:11 sshd[3114378]: Disconnected from user git xxxx port 54156
Apr 05 03:10:11 systemd[1]: session-229307.scope: Deactivated successfully.

Steps to reproduce the problem

this will happen after roughly 3 days of normal usage. Fixed by restarting systemd-logind

Additional program output to the terminal or log subsystem illustrating the issue

No response

[YHNdnzj]

Might be a duplicate of #26744?

[SjonHortensius]

Might be a duplicate of #26744?

agreed, they look similar and will very likely have the same root-cause. Should I close this one as a dup?

[YHNdnzj]

Closing this as a duplicate now. Feel free to ask for reopen if things turned out otherwise.