I seems that we are seeing this issue on Azure with Ubuntu >=20.04. The CPC team is running a series of tests before publishing images, those tests spin up ~50 instances in Azure and usually one of them is having this issue.
You can find the system logs of a failing instance here: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/WC4M7JdTGk/ in which you can read the following: Jun 3 06:57:12 alan-focal-base-uuisspbroykxijgbixkk systemd[1]: accounts-daemon.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Jun 3 06:57:12 alan-focal-base-uuisspbroykxijgbixkk systemd[1]: systemd-logind.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Jun 3 06:57:12 alan-focal-base-uuisspbroykxijgbixkk systemd[1]: polkit.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated I built a custom hirsute image with dbus-broker installed and I was unable to reproduce the issue with it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1871538 Title: dbus timeout-ed during an upgrade, taking services down including gdm To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/systemd/+bug/1871538/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs