Bug#1128329: openssh-server: Service reload using systemctl (HUP) not working

On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 11:11:16AM +0000, Claudio Kuenzler wrote:
>This problem is experienced on Debian 13 (Trixie).
>
>When trying to reload the Systemd controlled "ssh" service (using
>systemctl reload ssh), the reload runs into an error:
>
>root@debian13:~# systemctl reload ssh
>Job for ssh.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
>See "systemctl status ssh.service" and "journalctl -xeu ssh.service" for details.

I just checked and this works fine for me on trixie, so I need more 
information about your server configuration.  For example, are you using 
ListenAddress, or anything else that might affect how sshd tries to bind 
its listen socket?