nordvpnd.service causes slow boot times

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nordvpnd.service causes slow boot times

haasn opened this issue a year ago · comments

In the nordvpnd.service file, you define both:

[Unit]
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

This causes a transitive dependency of default.target (usually graphical.target) on network-online.target, meaning that the entire boot process will now wait until a network connection has been established before allowing users to log in.. I think this presents an unnecessary source of slowdown, typically 30s longer boot times on my end (laptop establishing wifi connection), and I think the situation needs to somehow be re-evaluated.

Niklas Haas · Answer 1 · Sun Sep 10 2023 08:30:27 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

It seems this issue can be mitigated by changing it to After=network-online.target graphical.target. But I'm not 100% sure, I will have to test it on next reboot.

Niklas Haas · Answer 2 · Sun Sep 10 2023 08:38:25 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

It seems this issue can be mitigated by changing it to After=network-online.target graphical.target. But I'm not 100% sure, I will have to test it on next reboot.

I can confirm that this override fixes my slow boot issue. (Though maybe it should be After=default.target rather than graphical.target)

TheRoarkster · Answer 3 · Mon Sep 18 2023 03:28:59 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Trying this workaround, but also posting to note that nordvpnd draws extensive CPU percentage. This may be an artifact of the posted problem, but it happens throughout usage of the machine. Also related - though I will confirm - may be the inability of my laptop to reconnect to internet after suspend.

TheRoarkster · Answer 4 · Mon Sep 18 2023 03:31:38 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

It seems this issue can be mitigated by changing it to After=network-online.target graphical.target. But I'm not 100% sure, I will have to test it on next reboot.

Can you clarify what the "it" is in the above comment? Is it the text after [Install] or after [Unit]? OR just post the updated file?

Niklas Haas · Answer 5 · Tue Sep 19 2023 09:24:43 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

It seems this issue can be mitigated by changing it to After=network-online.target graphical.target. But I'm not 100% sure, I will have to test it on next reboot.

Can you clarify what the "it" is in the above comment? Is it the text after [Install] or after [Unit]? OR just post the updated file?

"After=" only goes into the "[Unit]" section, afaict. I can post a patch tomorrow if you want, right now I just have a local override in my /etc/systemd:

[Unit]
After=graphical.target network-online.target

Emilijus Stankus · Answer 6 · Thu Sep 21 2023 17:30:14 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Hello. I have a few questions:

Could you provide more details why does wifi connection being established takes so long for you? Also what Linux distribution are you using? It would help us to reproduce the issue on our side.
Could you try removing the whole [Install] section with the WantedBy statement while keeping everything else unchanged and see if that also helps? We are considering not including this section by default with the next release.
Regarding the CPU usage comment - we are aware of such problem and are also working to fix it.

Emilijus Stankus · Answer 7 · Mon Oct 16 2023 15:00:50 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@haasn @TheRoarkster Could you please provide answers for questions in my last message? We'd like to fix this issue but we need more information.