In ubuntu 16.04, I experienced the same issue for hard blocking as well. Plus, can I confirm the soft blocking issue for ubuntu 16.04 as well.
Full report at https://bugs.launchpad.net/systemd/+bug/1603715 Please take into account that Debian might have the hard blocking issue as well. I cannot test this myself for the moment.
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