Stuck "Loading Data". Failed to start journal service after a few days, needs hard reboot

Installation Home Assistant OS
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So every few days I go to use HA and get stuck on the “loading data” screen. Its not accessible externally, so I plugin a screen and get the following:

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Process 130 (systemd-journal) of user 0 dumped core.
INFO: task dockerd:512 blocked for more than 120 seconds
systemd[1]: Failed to start Journal Service.

If I try and reboot from a keyboard directly it tries to shut a bunch of stuff down and eventually fails, all I can really do is hard reboot (pull the power).

I’m on:
RPI4
Home Assistant 2023.2.1
Supervisor 2023.01.1
Operating System 9.5

Also I’ve installed it to a WD 2.5" SATA SSD. I haven’t tried it on another one as I only have the 1. Any ideas?

2

In which device are you running HA? Raspberry Pi (which model)? x86?

3

ah yes sorry, RPI4

4

Is there any way I can reliably tell if
a) its to do with the datadisk being on an external USB SSD
b) if its something to do with the power draw on that SSD?

5

For anyone that might find this useful in the future, it was power. I was trying to run an SSD, a Coral TPU, and a zigbee dongle from the on board USB. Got a powered USB hub and everything’s great