Public bug reported:

1.) $ lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Release:        16.04

2.) $ apt-cache policy varnish
varnish:
  Installed: 4.1.1-1
  Candidate: 4.1.1-1
  Version table:
 *** 4.1.1-1 500
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3.) Expected
user123@abc123:~$ sudo service varnish reload
[sudo] password for user123:
user123@abc123:~$

Expected varnish to reload and continue to serve from backend.

4.) Actual

browsing to URL resulted in:
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Error 503 Backend fetch failed

Backend fetch failed

Guru Meditation:

XID: 623339

Varnish cache server

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a service restart got it working again.


service status report immediately following reload attached as .txt

** Affects: varnish (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: varnish xenial

** Attachment added: "varnish_status_reload_issue.txt"
   
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1602516/+attachment/4699845/+files/varnish_status_reload_issue.txt

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Title:
  'sudo service varnish reload' results in Error 503 Backend fetch
  failed on 16.04. service varnish restart resolves.

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