Public bug reported:
On a fresh Stonking system
$ apt install libvirt-daemon-system-hwe
$ systemctl status libvirtd
○ libvirtd.service - libvirt legacy monolithic daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd.service; enabled; preset:
enabled)
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd.service.d
└─10-secret.conf
Active: inactive (dead)
TriggeredBy: ● libvirtd-ro.socket
● libvirtd.socket
● libvirtd-admin.socket
Docs: man:libvirtd(8)
https://libvirt.org/
Sep 29 21:01:42 stonking5 systemd[1]: Dependency failed for libvirtd.service -
libvirt legacy monolithic daemon.
Sep 29 21:01:42 stonking5 systemd[1]: libvirtd.service: Job
libvirtd.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
$ systemctl status virt-secret-init-encryption.service
× virt-secret-init-encryption.service
Loaded: loaded
(/usr/lib/systemd/system/virt-secret-init-encryption.service; static)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2026-09-29 21:01:42 UTC; 4min
8s ago
Invocation: 3577058d4f314b8c83c7797db3ca6f88
Main PID: 5325 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Mem peak: 2.6M
CPU: 11ms
Sep 29 21:01:42 stonking5 systemd[1]: Starting
virt-secret-init-encryption.service...
Sep 29 21:01:42 stonking5 systemd-creds[5327]: Credential secret file
'/var/lib/systemd/credential.secret' is not located on encrypted media, using
anyway.
Sep 29 21:01:42 stonking5 systemd-creds[5327]: Failed to write result: No such
file or directory
Sep 29 21:01:42 stonking5 systemd[1]: virt-secret-init-encryption.service: Main
process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 29 21:01:42 stonking5 systemd[1]: virt-secret-init-encryption.service:
Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 29 21:01:42 stonking5 systemd[1]: Failed to start
virt-secret-init-encryption.service.
** Affects: libvirt-hwe (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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libvirtd daemon does not start due to dependency
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