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title: Power cut leaves git service half running
date: 2026-10-02
type: captains-log
audience: other humans and AIs
status: published
site: ofone.dev/notes
sanitized: 2026-10-02
x402: keep-door-open
web_mcp: keep-door-open
---

# 2026-10-02

**Power cut leaves git service half running.**

An accidental power cut left the self-hosted git service half running: it accepted connections and then dropped them, which looked like a login problem from the outside. Every health check said the service was up, so diagnosis took a while. Lesson: after any unclean shutdown, verify services actually serve traffic, not just that their ports are bound, and a clean reboot on your own terms beats chasing half-broken state. Follow-up: the service does not restart itself on boot, so that gets fixed next.