diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/logrotate-migrate e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/logrotate-migrate
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/logrotate-migrate	2023-08-14 12:54:41.801000000 -0400
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/logrotate-migrate	2023-08-14 14:42:57.439000000 -0400
@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@
   fi
 done
 
+# exit if we are running bootstrap-console.service, to avoid systemd queue loop
+/usr/bin/systemctl --quiet is-active   bootstrap-console.service && exit 0;
 # restart the needed services
 if [ $found -gt 0 ] ; then
    /usr/bin/systemctl daemon-reload > /dev/null 2>/dev/null
-   /usr/bin/systemctl reload httpd-*.service > /dev/null 2>/dev/null
-   /usr/bin/systemctl restart rsyslog.service > /dev/null 2>/dev/null
+   /usr/bin/systemctl --quiet is-active httpd-*.service  && /usr/bin/systemctl reload httpd-*.service > /dev/null 2>/dev/null
+   /usr/bin/systemctl --quiet is-active  rsyslog.service && /usr/bin/systemctl restart rsyslog.service > /dev/null 2>/dev/null
 fi