Bug#1130597: systemd-boot-efi 260~rc3 fails to boot via UEFI (hangs), 260~rc2 works

[Luca Boccassi]

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On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:09:04 +0500 Bogdan Vasiliev
<bogdan.vasiliev at gmail.com> wrote:
> Package: systemd-boot-efi
> Version: 260~rc3-1
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: bogdan.vasiliev at gmail.com
>
> After upgrading systemd-boot-efi from 260~rc2 to 260~rc3-1 the system
> stopped booting via UEFI. The bootloader shows no error message and the
> system hangs during early boot.
>
> Restoring the previous systemd-boot binary from a filesystem snapshot
> immediately fixes the problem:
>
> cp /.snapshots/675/snapshot/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi
> /boot/efi/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi
>
> After restoring the 260~rc2 version the system boots normally again.

Please set:

log-level debug

in /boot/efi/loader/loader.conf and then reboot and try again, and
report what gets printed