Hi there. By design, it does not fetch motd.ubuntu.com with every ssh session.
Rather, there's a systemd timer that runs, asynchronously once about a minute after boot, and then every 12 hours (plus/minus a random interval up to an hour). That systemd timer updates a cache file, /var/cache/motd, in the background. At login, it just concatenates the /var/cache/motd file. Note that it's easy to disable, or change to a different MOTD server, by editing /etc/default/motd-news. ** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Opinion -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1694730 Title: /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news calls home on each ssh connection To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1694730/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs