Much longer boot and slow sudo

Hello,

I updated to Fedora 41 a couple weeks ago and noticed that my boot time has increased a lot. Also, any sudo command takes up to 15 seconds to show the password prompt.

I’ve looked around for solutions for weeks but did not find anything helpful.

Here are outputs form systemd-analyze :

systemd-analyze critical-chain
The time when unit became active or started is printed after the "@" character.
The time the unit took to start is printed after the "+" character.

graphical.target @33.143s
└─multi-user.target @33.143s
  └─tuned-ppd.service @3.852s +29.290s
    └─tuned.service @3.668s +183ms
      └─network.target @3.647s
        └─NetworkManager.service @3.284s +362ms
          └─network-pre.target @3.283s
            └─firewalld.service @2.794s +488ms
              └─polkit.service @2.705s +76ms
                └─basic.target @2.678s
                  └─dbus-broker.service @2.622s +54ms
                    └─dbus.socket @2.616s
                      └─sysinit.target @2.612s
                        └─systemd-resolved.service @1.905s +707ms
                          └─run-credentials-systemd\x2dresolved.service.mount @2.540s
systemd-analyze blame
29.290s tuned-ppd.service
23.098s sys-module-fuse.device
23.064s dev-disk-by\x2dlabel-legacy.device
23.064s dev-disk-by\x2duuid-ee5ddeeb\x2de7da\x2d46ee\x2da5b2\x2dc30e1663b2cc.device
23.064s dev-sda1.device
23.064s dev-disk-by\x2did-wwn\x2d0x5000c500c0cab47f\x2dpart1.device
23.064s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:02:00.1\x2data\x2d2\x2dpart1.device
23.064s dev-disk-by\x2dpartlabel-legacy.device
23.064s dev-disk-by\x2dpartuuid-5dfda274\x2db39c\x2d4284\x2d870a\x2d204a8fec32d0.device
23.064s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:02:00.1\x2data\x2d2.0\x2dpart-by\x2dpartuuid-5dfda274\x2db39c\x2d4284\x2d870a\x2d204a8fec32d0.device
23.064s dev-disk-by\x2ddiskseq-1\x2dpart1.device
23.064s dev-disk-by\x2did-ata\x2dST1000LX015\x2d1U7172_WQ92F3WC\x2dpart1.device
23.064s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:02:00.1\x2data\x2d2.0\x2dpart-by\x2duuid-ee5ddeeb\x2de7da\x2d46ee\x2da5b2\x2dc30e1663b2cc.device
23.064s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:02:00.1\x2data\x2d2.0\x2dpart-by\x2dpartnum-1.device
23.064s sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.2-0000:02:00.1-ata2-host1-target1:0:0-1:0:0:0-block-sda-sda1.device
23.064s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:02:00.1\x2data\x2d2.0\x2dpart-by\x2dpartlabel-legacy.device
23.064s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:02:00.1\x2data\x2d2.0\x2dpart-by\x2dlabel-legacy.device
23.064s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:02:00.1\x2data\x2d2.0\x2dpart1.device
23.045s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:02:00.1\x2data\x2d2.0.device
23.045s dev-disk-by\x2ddiskseq-1.device
23.045s dev-disk-by\x2did-wwn\x2d0x5000c500c0cab47f.device
23.045s sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.2-0000:02:00.1-ata2-host1-target1:0:0-1:0:0:0-block-sda.device
23.045s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:02:00.1\x2data\x2d2.device
23.045s dev-disk-by\x2did-ata\x2dST1000LX015\x2d1U7172_WQ92F3WC.device
23.045s dev-sda.device
22.980s sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.3-tty-ttyS3.device
22.980s dev-ttyS3.device
22.976s sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.1-tty-ttyS1.device
22.976s dev-ttyS1.device
22.976s dev-ttyS2.device
22.976s sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.2-tty-ttyS2.device
22.974s sys-devices-LNXSYSTM:00-LNXSYBUS:00-MSFT0101:00-tpmrm-tpmrm0.device
22.974s dev-tpmrm0.device
22.965s dev-ttyS0.device
22.965s sys-devices-pnp0-00:04-00:04:0-00:04:0.0-tty-ttyS0.device
22.954s sys-module-configfs.device
22.902s dev-disk-by\x2did-ata\x2dST8000DM004\x2d2U9188_ZR152TMX.device
22.902s dev-disk-by\x2did-wwn\x2d0x5000c500e75286c7.device
22.902s dev-disk-by\x2ddiskseq-2.device
22.902s dev-disk-by\x2dlabel-data.device
22.902s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:02:00.1\x2data\x2d4.0.device
22.902s dev-disk-by\x2duuid-cc3be7df\x2d0bde\x2d41bb\x2d9433\x2d4aa01eb537a3.device
22.902s dev-sdb.device
22.902s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:02:00.1\x2data\x2d4.device
22.902s sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.2-0000:02:00.1-ata4-host3-target3:0:0-3:0:0:0-block-sdb.device
22.895s dev-nvme1n1p3.device
22.895s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:05:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart-by\x2duuid-fe22c75e\x2df7b7\x2d4cdb\x2da958\x2d4939886d1151.device
22.895s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dnvme.c0a9\x2d323332314536444134303439\x2d435431303030503353534438\x2d00000001\x2dpart3.device
22.895s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dCT1000P3SSD8_2321E6DA4049_1\x2dpart3.device
22.895s dev-disk-by\x2dlabel-fedora.device
22.895s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:05:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart3.device
22.895s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:05:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart-by\x2dpartuuid-b97f78b2\x2d40f7\x2d41a5\x2daf36\x2d0640d5722a48.device
22.895s sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.2-0000:02:00.2-0000:03:04.0-0000:05:00.0-nvme-nvme1-nvme1n1-nvme1n1p3.device
22.895s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dCT1000P3SSD8_2321E6DA4049\x2dpart3.device
22.895s dev-disk-by\x2dpartuuid-b97f78b2\x2d40f7\x2d41a5\x2daf36\x2d0640d5722a48.device
22.895s dev-disk-by\x2duuid-fe22c75e\x2df7b7\x2d4cdb\x2da958\x2d4939886d1151.device
22.895s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:05:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart-by\x2dpartnum-3.device
22.895s dev-disk-by\x2ddiskseq-3\x2dpart3.device
22.895s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:05:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart-by\x2dlabel-fedora.device
22.879s dev-nvme1n1p1.device
22.879s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dCT1000P3SSD8_2321E6DA4049_1\x2dpart1.device
22.879s dev-disk-by\x2ddiskseq-3\x2dpart1.device
22.879s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:05:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart-by\x2dpartnum-1.device
22.879s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:05:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart1.device
22.879s dev-disk-by\x2dpartuuid-3f34380e\x2d0d79\x2d4aea\x2d8a9a\x2d7eda67203ec7.device
22.879s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dnvme.c0a9\x2d323332314536444134303439\x2d435431303030503353534438\x2d00000001\x2dpart1.device
22.879s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:05:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart-by\x2dpartuuid-3f34380e\x2d0d79\x2d4aea\x2d8a9a\x2d7eda67203ec7.device
22.879s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dCT1000P3SSD8_2321E6DA4049\x2dpart1.device
22.879s sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.2-0000:02:00.2-0000:03:04.0-0000:05:00.0-nvme-nvme1-nvme1n1-nvme1n1p1.device
22.877s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:05:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart-by\x2dpartnum-2.device
22.877s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:05:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart-by\x2duuid-043ecabd\x2d81d7\x2d4512\x2da341\x2dee11ed03ba29.device
22.877s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:05:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart2.device
22.877s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dCT1000P3SSD8_2321E6DA4049\x2dpart2.device
22.877s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dnvme.c0a9\x2d323332314536444134303439\x2d435431303030503353534438\x2d00000001\x2dpart2.device
22.877s dev-disk-by\x2duuid-043ecabd\x2d81d7\x2d4512\x2da341\x2dee11ed03ba29.device
22.877s sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.2-0000:02:00.2-0000:03:04.0-0000:05:00.0-nvme-nvme1-nvme1n1-nvme1n1p2.device
22.877s dev-nvme1n1p2.device
22.877s dev-disk-by\x2ddiskseq-3\x2dpart2.device
22.877s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dCT1000P3SSD8_2321E6DA4049_1\x2dpart2.device
22.877s dev-disk-by\x2dpartuuid-20fd78a3\x2d34ce\x2d41b7\x2d9e8d\x2d2681df90beb7.device
22.877s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:05:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1\x2dpart-by\x2dpartuuid-20fd78a3\x2d34ce\x2d41b7\x2d9e8d\x2d2681df90beb7.device
22.867s dev-nvme1n1.device
22.867s dev-disk-by\x2ddiskseq-3.device
22.867s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dCT1000P3SSD8_2321E6DA4049_1.device
22.867s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dCT1000P3SSD8_2321E6DA4049.device
22.867s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dnvme.c0a9\x2d323332314536444134303439\x2d435431303030503353534438\x2d00000001.device
22.867s sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.2-0000:02:00.2-0000:03:04.0-0000:05:00.0-nvme-nvme1-nvme1n1.device
22.867s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:05:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1.device
22.856s sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.1-0000:01:00.0-nvme-nvme0-nvme0n1.device
22.856s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dCT2000P3SSD8_2332E868D217.device
22.856s dev-disk-by\x2duuid-229555e2\x2d7d89\x2d4e1e\x2d864e\x2d644474c093d2.device
22.856s dev-disk-by\x2ddiskseq-4.device
22.856s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dnvme.c0a9\x2d323333324538363844323137\x2d435432303030503353534438\x2d00000001.device
22.856s dev-disk-by\x2did-nvme\x2dCT2000P3SSD8_2332E868D217_1.device
22.856s dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:01:00.0\x2dnvme\x2d1.device
22.856s dev-disk-by\x2dlabel-game.device
22.856s dev-nvme0n1.device
21.382s upower.service
 5.432s smartd.service
 5.156s NetworkManager-wait-online.service
  853ms systemd-binfmt.service
  707ms systemd-resolved.service
  694ms systemd-oomd.service
  673ms initrd-switch-root.service
  488ms firewalld.service
  362ms NetworkManager.service
  306ms mullvad-early-boot-blocking.service
  304ms rsyslog.service
  294ms abrtd.service
  219ms systemd-journal-flush.service
  209ms user@1000.service
  183ms tuned.service
  152ms systemd-udev-trigger.service
  150ms home-ewen-data.mount
  145ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
  143ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev-early.service
  137ms udisks2.service
  111ms lvm2-monitor.service
  110ms plymouth-quit-wait.service
   96ms systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service
   91ms plymouth-quit.service
   86ms accounts-daemon.service
   85ms systemd-udevd.service
   85ms gssproxy.service
   84ms ModemManager.service
   80ms cups.service
   76ms polkit.service
   74ms dev-zram0.swap
   68ms chronyd.service
   63ms systemd-hostnamed.service
   62ms rpc-statd-notify.service
   61ms systemd-journald.service
   55ms systemd-logind.service
   54ms dbus-broker.service
   53ms var-lib-nfs-rpc_pipefs.mount
   49ms plymouth-switch-root.service
   48ms systemd-sysctl.service
   46ms sssd-kcm.service
   45ms audit-rules.service
   45ms systemd-userdbd.service
   43ms systemd-random-seed.service
   41ms avahi-daemon.service
   39ms uresourced.service
   38ms systemd-user-sessions.service
   38ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
   36ms dracut-shutdown.service
   36ms plymouth-read-write.service
   34ms home-ewen-legacy.mount
   34ms dev-hugepages.mount
   34ms systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-043ecabd\x2d81d7\x2d4512\x2da341\x2dee11ed03ba29.service
   33ms systemd-zram-setup@zram0.service
   33ms dev-mqueue.mount
   33ms initrd-udevadm-cleanup-db.service
   32ms sys-kernel-debug.mount
   32ms dracut-pre-udev.service
   32ms sys-kernel-tracing.mount
   31ms kmod-static-nodes.service
   29ms switcheroo-control.service
   29ms dracut-cmdline.service
   27ms dracut-pre-pivot.service
   27ms initrd-cleanup.service
   27ms systemd-fsck-root.service
   25ms systemd-vconsole-setup.service
   24ms user-runtime-dir@1000.service
   23ms modprobe@dm_mod.service
   23ms modprobe@efi_pstore.service
   22ms modprobe@configfs.service
   21ms systemd-homed.service
   21ms boot.mount
   21ms home-ewen-game.mount
   19ms proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.mount
   18ms rtkit-daemon.service
   17ms systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service
   16ms plymouth-start.service
   15ms home.mount
   13ms auditd.service
   12ms sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount
   12ms systemd-udev-load-credentials.service
   12ms modprobe@drm.service
   12ms systemd-modules-load.service
   11ms systemd-network-generator.service
   11ms initrd-parse-etc.service
    8ms systemd-remount-fs.service
    6ms systemd-update-utmp.service
    5ms systemd-sysusers.service
    4ms modprobe@fuse.service
    3ms modprobe@loop.service
    3ms tmp.mount
   83us systemd-homed-activate.service

It would appear that it takes a long time before your partitions show up.

I suggest you review the system journal logs leading in the first 22 seconds after boot for problems.

Do you notice any other slow down apart from boot and sudo?
For example if you have sshd enabled can you ssh localhost quickly?

I reviewed the system journal logs and it turns out it was caused by a defective usb port.