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Bug#1142780: initramfs-tools: ip=dhcp lease is not renewed while initramfs remains active

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On Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:15:10 +0300 Andrii Pravorskyi
<pravorskyi@meta.ua> wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.151
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: pravorskyi@meta.ua
> 
> 
> The server uses ip=dhcp in the kernel command line to configure
networking in the initramfs.
> 
> The initial DHCP lease is received correctly. However, ipconfig exits
after configuring the interface, and no DHCP client remains running to
renew the lease. The server can remain in the initramfs for some time
while waiting for the encrypted root filesystem to be unlocked remotely.
If the DHCP lease expires during that time, the server may lose network
access.
> 
> Expected result: the DHCP lease is renewed while the initramfs is
still running.
> Actual result: the initial lease is received, but it is not renewed.
[...]

I can see that there is a problem here, but I think that solving this
would be a fairly big change.  Since initramfs-tools is in maintenance
mode and most effort is going into dracut now, I don't plan to work on
this.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
If the facts do not conform to your theory, they must be disposed of.

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Bug#1142780: initramfs-tools: ip=dhcp lease is not renewed while initramfs remains active Andrii Pravorskyi <pravorskyi@meta.ua> - 2026-07-25 19:20 +0200
  Bug#1142780: initramfs-tools: ip=dhcp lease is not renewed while initramfs remains active Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2026-07-30 20:20 +0200
  Processed: Re: initramfs-tools: ip=dhcp lease is not renewed  while initramfs remains active "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2026-07-30 20:20 +0200

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