upgrading systemd does restart networkd, but it should not remove any existing managed configuration while restarting (or stopping). For example:
ubuntu@lp1839231:~$ sudo systemctl start systemd-networkd ubuntu@lp1839231:~$ ip a show ens3 2: ens3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:e8:e2:3f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.122.25/24 brd 192.168.122.255 scope global dynamic ens3 valid_lft 3537sec preferred_lft 3537sec inet6 fe80::5054:ff:fee8:e23f/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever ubuntu@lp1839231:~$ sudo systemctl stop systemd-networkd Warning: Stopping systemd-networkd.service, but it can still be activated by: systemd-networkd.socket ubuntu@lp1839231:~$ ip a show ens3 2: ens3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:e8:e2:3f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.122.25/24 brd 192.168.122.255 scope global dynamic ens3 valid_lft 3529sec preferred_lft 3529sec inet6 fe80::5054:ff:fee8:e23f/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever ubuntu@lp1839231:~$ sudo systemctl start systemd-networkd ubuntu@lp1839231:~$ ip a show ens3 2: ens3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:e8:e2:3f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.122.25/24 brd 192.168.122.255 scope global dynamic ens3 valid_lft 3599sec preferred_lft 3599sec inet6 fe80::5054:ff:fee8:e23f/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever What specific config is in your networkd config files? What specific interface(s) or address(es) are you having trouble with? ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1839231 Title: updating bionic to 237-3ubuntu10.25 restarts systemd-networkd Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I updated my Ubuntu 18.04.2 server from systemd 237-3ubuntu10.24 to 237-3ubuntu10.25. This caused a restart of systemd-networkd, breaking all TCP-over-IPv6 connections. apt history entry: Start-Date: 2019-08-06 19:46:21 Commandline: apt-get dist-upgrade -y Requested-By: shivaram (1000) Upgrade: libsystemd0:amd64 (237-3ubuntu10.24, 237-3ubuntu10.25), udev:amd64 (237-3ubuntu10.24, 237-3ubuntu10.25), libudev1:amd64 (237-3ubuntu10.24, 237-3ubuntu10.25), systemd-sysv:amd64 (237-3ubuntu10.24, 237-3ubuntu10.25), libpam-systemd:amd64 (237-3ubuntu10.24, 237-3ubuntu10.25), systemd:amd64 (237-3ubuntu10.24, 237-3ubuntu10.25), libnss-systemd:amd64 (237-3ubuntu10.24, 237-3ubuntu10.25), base-files:amd64 (10.1ubuntu2.5, 10.1ubuntu2.6) End-Date: 2019-08-06 19:54:17 systemd journal output: Aug 06 19:47:40 pentos systemd[1]: Reloading. Aug 06 19:47:57 pentos systemd[1]: Reexecuting. Aug 06 19:47:58 pentos systemd[1]: systemd 237 running in system mode. (+PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA +APPARMOR +SMACK +SYSVINIT +UTMP +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +GNUTLS +ACL +XZ +LZ4 +SECCOMP +BLKID +ELFUTILS +KMOD -IDN2 +IDN -PCRE2 default-hie Aug 06 19:47:58 pentos systemd[1]: Detected architecture x86-64. Aug 06 19:47:58 pentos systemd[1]: Stopping Network Service... Aug 06 19:47:58 pentos systemd[1]: Stopped Network Service. Aug 06 19:47:58 pentos systemd[1]: Starting Network Service... Aug 06 19:47:59 pentos systemd-networkd[11513]: ens5: Gained IPv6LL Aug 06 19:47:59 pentos systemd-networkd[11513]: Enumeration completed Aug 06 19:47:59 pentos systemd[1]: Started Network Service. Aug 06 19:47:59 pentos systemd-networkd[11513]: lo: Link is not managed by us Aug 06 19:47:59 pentos systemd-networkd[11513]: ens5: DHCPv4 address 192.168.1.103/24 via 192.168.1.1 Aug 06 19:47:59 pentos dbus-daemon[947]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service' requested by ':1.2341' (uid=100 pid=11513 comm="/lib/systemd/systemd-network Aug 06 19:47:59 pentos systemd-networkd[11513]: ens5: Configured To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1839231/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp