TLJH service stalling on login

Hello all: Our TLJH service over the past few days has been stalling on login for me (the admin [but definitely not a sysadmin!]) and our students. This is on a service running Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS.

I have rebooted the server, restarted the machine, and completely wiped the TLJH installation, but the problem persists consistently with the same error.

My logs for traefik, jupyterhub and an example of my hung session are linked here as githib gists. (I’ve swapped out myservername, my username, and the client’s IP address with capitalized labels).

Guidance would be appreciated.

List of packages from recent complete reinstall of TLJH:

mamba list
List of packages in environment: "/opt/tljh/user"

  Name                       Version       Build               Channel    
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  Mako                       1.3.12        pypi_0              pypi       
  PyYAML                     6.0.3         pypi_0              pypi       
  Pygments                   2.20.0        pypi_0              pypi       
  SQLAlchemy                 2.0.51        pypi_0              pypi       
  Send2Trash                 2.1.0         pypi_0              pypi       
  _libgcc_mutex              0.1           conda_forge         conda-forge
  _openmp_mutex              4.5           2_gnu               conda-forge
  _python_abi3_support       1.0           hd8ed1ab_3          conda-forge
  alembic                    1.18.5        pypi_0              pypi       
  annotated-types            0.8.0         pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  anyio                      4.14.2        pyhcf101f3_0        conda-forge
  archspec                   0.2.3         pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  argon2-cffi                25.1.0        pypi_0              pypi       
  argon2-cffi-bindings       25.1.0        pypi_0              pypi       
  arrow                      1.4.0         pypi_0              pypi       
  asttokens                  3.0.2         pypi_0              pypi       
  async-lru                  2.3.0         pypi_0              pypi       
  attrs                      26.1.0        pypi_0              pypi       
  babel                      2.18.0        pypi_0              pypi       
  backports.zstd             1.6.0         py312h90b7ffd_0     conda-forge
  beautifulsoup4             4.15.0        pypi_0              pypi       
  bleach                     6.4.0         pypi_0              pypi       
  boltons                    24.0.0        pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  brotli-python              1.1.0         py312h2ec8cdc_2     conda-forge
  bzip2                      1.0.8         h4bc722e_7          conda-forge
  c-ares                     1.34.8        hb03c661_0          conda-forge
  ca-certificates            2026.7.22     hbd8a1cb_0          conda-forge
  cached-property            1.5.2         hd8ed1ab_2          conda-forge
  cached_property            1.5.2         pyha770c72_2        conda-forge
  certifi                    2026.7.22     pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  certipy                    0.2.3         pypi_0              pypi       
  cffi                       2.1.0         pypi_0              pypi       
  charset-normalizer         3.3.2         pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  colorama                   0.4.6         pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  comm                       0.2.3         pypi_0              pypi       
  conda                      26.5.3        py312h20c3967_2     conda-forge
  conda-index                0.12.1        pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  conda-libmamba-solver      26.7.0        pyhcf101f3_0        conda-forge
  conda-lockfiles            0.2.1         pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  conda-package-handling     2.3.0         pyh7900ff3_0        conda-forge
  conda-package-streaming    0.13.0        pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  conda-pypi                 0.11.0        py312h20c3967_1     conda-forge
  conda-rattler-solver       0.1.1         pyhcf101f3_0        conda-forge
  conda-self                 0.2.1         pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  cpp-expected               1.3.1         h171cf75_0          conda-forge
  cpython                    3.12.13       py312hd8ed1ab_0     conda-forge
  cryptography               49.0.0        pypi_0              pypi       
  debugpy                    1.8.21        pypi_0              pypi       
  decorator                  5.3.1         pypi_0              pypi       
  defusedxml                 0.7.1         pypi_0              pypi       
  distro                     1.9.0         pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  exceptiongroup             1.3.1         pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  executing                  2.2.1         pypi_0              pypi       
  fastjsonschema             2.22.1        pypi_0              pypi       
  filelock                   3.32.0        pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  fmt                        12.1.0        hff5e90c_0          conda-forge
  fqdn                       1.5.1         pypi_0              pypi       
  frozendict                 2.4.4         py312h66e93f0_1     conda-forge
  greenlet                   3.5.4         pypi_0              pypi       
  h11                        0.16.0        pyhcf101f3_1        conda-forge
  h2                         4.1.0         pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  hpack                      4.0.0         pyh9f0ad1d_0        conda-forge
  httpcore                   1.0.9         pyh29332c3_0        conda-forge
  httpx                      0.28.1        pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  hyperframe                 6.0.1         pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  icu                        75.1          he02047a_0          conda-forge
  idna                       3.10          pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  importlib-metadata         9.0.0         pyhcf101f3_0        conda-forge
  ipykernel                  7.3.0         pypi_0              pypi       
  ipython                    9.15.0        pypi_0              pypi       
  ipython_pygments_lexers    1.1.1         pypi_0              pypi       
  ipywidgets                 8.1.8         pypi_0              pypi       
  isoduration                20.11.0       pypi_0              pypi       
  jedi                       0.20.0        pypi_0              pypi       
  jinja2                     3.1.6         pyhcf101f3_1        conda-forge
  json5                      0.15.0        pypi_0              pypi       
  jsonpatch                  1.33          pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  jsonpointer                3.0.0         py312h7900ff3_1     conda-forge
  jsonschema                 4.26.0        pypi_0              pypi       
  jsonschema-specifications  2025.9.1      pypi_0              pypi       
  jupyter-events             0.12.1        pypi_0              pypi       
  jupyter-lsp                2.3.1         pypi_0              pypi       
  jupyter-resource-usage     1.2.1         pypi_0              pypi       
  jupyter_builder            1.1.1         pypi_0              pypi       
  jupyter_client             8.9.1         pypi_0              pypi       
  jupyter_core               5.9.1         pypi_0              pypi       
  jupyter_server             2.20.0        pypi_0              pypi       
  jupyter_server_terminals   0.5.4         pypi_0              pypi       
  jupyterhub                 5.5.0         pypi_0              pypi       
  jupyterlab                 4.6.2         pypi_0              pypi       
  jupyterlab_pygments        0.3.0         pypi_0              pypi       
  jupyterlab_server          2.28.0        pypi_0              pypi       
  jupyterlab_widgets         3.0.16        pypi_0              pypi       
  keyutils                   1.6.3         hb9d3cd8_0          conda-forge
  krb5                       1.22.2        hbde042b_1          conda-forge
  lark                       1.3.1         pypi_0              pypi       
  ld_impl_linux-64           2.40          hf3520f5_7          conda-forge
  libarchive                 3.8.9         gpl_hc2c16d8_100    conda-forge
  libcurl                    8.21.0        hcf29cc6_1          conda-forge
  libedit                    3.1.20250104  pl5321h7949ede_0    conda-forge
  libev                      4.33          hd590300_2          conda-forge
  libexpat                   2.6.3         h5888daf_0          conda-forge
  libffi                     3.4.2         h7f98852_5          conda-forge
  libgcc                     14.1.0        h77fa898_1          conda-forge
  libgcc-ng                  14.1.0        h69a702a_1          conda-forge
  libgomp                    14.1.0        h77fa898_1          conda-forge
  libiconv                   1.18          h3b78370_2          conda-forge
  liblzma                    5.8.3         hb03c661_0          conda-forge
  liblzma-devel              5.8.3         hb03c661_0          conda-forge
  libmamba                   2.8.1         hd28c85e_0          conda-forge
  libmamba-spdlog            2.8.1         h9b73f26_0          conda-forge
  libmambapy                 2.8.1         py312h392716c_0     conda-forge
  libmsgpack-c               6.1.0         h54a6638_6          conda-forge
  libnghttp2                 1.68.1        h877daf1_0          conda-forge
  libnsl                     2.0.1         hd590300_0          conda-forge
  libsolv                    0.7.39        h9463b59_0          conda-forge
  libsqlite                  3.46.1        hadc24fc_0          conda-forge
  libssh2                    1.11.1        hcf80075_0          conda-forge
  libstdcxx                  14.1.0        hc0a3c3a_1          conda-forge
  libstdcxx-ng               14.1.0        h4852527_1          conda-forge
  libuuid                    2.38.1        h0b41bf4_0          conda-forge
  libxcrypt                  4.4.36        hd590300_1          conda-forge
  libxml2                    2.15.1        h26afc86_0          conda-forge
  libxml2-16                 2.15.1        ha9997c6_0          conda-forge
  libzlib                    1.3.2         h25fd6f3_2          conda-forge
  lz4-c                      1.10.0        h5888daf_1          conda-forge
  lzo                        2.10          hd590300_1001       conda-forge
  mamba                      2.8.1         h73a5c8a_0          conda-forge
  markupsafe                 3.0.3         py312h8a5da7c_1     conda-forge
  matplotlib-inline          0.2.2         pypi_0              pypi       
  menuinst                   2.1.2         py312h7900ff3_1     conda-forge
  mistune                    3.3.4         pypi_0              pypi       
  msgpack-python             1.2.1         py312h0a2e395_1     conda-forge
  nbclient                   0.11.0        pypi_0              pypi       
  nbconvert                  7.17.1        pypi_0              pypi       
  nbformat                   5.10.4        pypi_0              pypi       
  nbgitpuller                1.3.0         pypi_0              pypi       
  ncurses                    6.5           he02047a_1          conda-forge
  nest-asyncio2              1.7.2         pypi_0              pypi       
  nlohmann_json-abi          3.12.0        h0f90c79_1          conda-forge
  notebook                   7.6.1         pypi_0              pypi       
  notebook_shim              0.2.4         pypi_0              pypi       
  oauthlib                   3.3.1         pypi_0              pypi       
  openssl                    3.6.3         h35e630c_0          conda-forge
  packaging                  24.1          pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  pamela                     1.2.0         pypi_0              pypi       
  pandocfilters              1.5.1         pypi_0              pypi       
  parso                      0.8.7         pypi_0              pypi       
  pexpect                    4.9.0         pypi_0              pypi       
  pip                        24.2          pyh8b19718_1        conda-forge
  platformdirs               4.3.6         pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  pluggy                     1.6.0         pyhf9edf01_1        conda-forge
  prometheus_client          0.26.0        pypi_0              pypi       
  prompt_toolkit             3.0.53        pypi_0              pypi       
  psutil                     7.2.2         pypi_0              pypi       
  ptyprocess                 0.7.0         pypi_0              pypi       
  pure_eval                  0.2.3         pypi_0              pypi       
  py-rattler                 0.25.0        py310h70157a2_2     conda-forge
  pybind11-abi               4             hd8ed1ab_3          conda-forge
  pycosat                    0.6.6         py312h98912ed_0     conda-forge
  pycparser                  2.22          pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  pycurl                     7.47.0        py312hcf3dbcf_0     conda-forge
  pydantic                   2.13.4        pyhcf101f3_0        conda-forge
  pydantic-core              2.46.4        py312h868fb18_0     conda-forge
  pyproject_hooks            1.2.0         pyhd8ed1ab_1        conda-forge
  pysocks                    1.7.1         pyha2e5f31_6        conda-forge
  python                     3.12.6        hc5c86c4_1_cpython  conda-forge
  python-build               1.5.0         pyhc364b38_0        conda-forge
  python-dateutil            2.9.0.post0   pypi_0              pypi       
  python-gil                 3.12.13       hd8ed1ab_0          conda-forge
  python-installer           1.0.1         pyh332efcf_0        conda-forge
  python-json-logger         4.1.0         pypi_0              pypi       
  python_abi                 3.12          5_cp312             conda-forge
  pyzmq                      27.1.0        pypi_0              pypi       
  readline                   8.2           h8228510_1          conda-forge
  referencing                0.37.0        pypi_0              pypi       
  reproc                     14.2.4.post0  hd590300_1          conda-forge
  reproc-cpp                 14.2.4.post0  h59595ed_1          conda-forge
  requests                   2.32.3        pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  rfc3339-validator          0.1.4         pypi_0              pypi       
  rfc3986-validator          0.1.1         pypi_0              pypi       
  rfc3987-syntax             1.1.0         pypi_0              pypi       
  rpds-py                    2026.6.3      pypi_0              pypi       
  ruamel.yaml                0.18.6        py312h98912ed_0     conda-forge
  ruamel.yaml.clib           0.2.8         py312h98912ed_0     conda-forge
  setuptools                 74.1.2        pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  simdjson                   4.6.4         hb700be7_0          conda-forge
  six                        1.17.0        pypi_0              pypi       
  sniffio                    1.3.1         pyhd8ed1ab_2        conda-forge
  soupsieve                  2.9.1         pypi_0              pypi       
  spdlog                     1.17.0        hab81395_1          conda-forge
  stack-data                 0.6.3         pypi_0              pypi       
  terminado                  0.18.1        pypi_0              pypi       
  tinycss2                   1.5.1         pypi_0              pypi       
  tk                         8.6.13        noxft_h4845f30_101  conda-forge
  tomli                      2.4.1         pyhcf101f3_0        conda-forge
  tornado                    6.5.7         pypi_0              pypi       
  tqdm                       4.66.5        pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  traitlets                  5.15.1        pypi_0              pypi       
  truststore                 0.9.2         pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  typing-extensions          4.16.0        h69aa097_0          conda-forge
  typing-inspection          0.4.2         pyhcf101f3_2        conda-forge
  typing_extensions          4.16.0        pyhcf101f3_0        conda-forge
  tzdata                     2024a         h8827d51_1          conda-forge
  unearth                    0.18.2        pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  uri-template               1.3.0         pypi_0              pypi       
  urllib3                    2.2.3         pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  wcwidth                    0.8.2         pypi_0              pypi       
  webcolors                  25.10.0       pypi_0              pypi       
  webencodings               0.5.1         pypi_0              pypi       
  websocket-client           1.9.0         pypi_0              pypi       
  wheel                      0.44.0        pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  widgetsnbextension         4.0.15        pypi_0              pypi       
  xz                         5.8.3         ha02ee65_0          conda-forge
  xz-gpl-tools               5.8.3         ha02ee65_0          conda-forge
  xz-tools                   5.8.3         hb03c661_0          conda-forge
  yaml-cpp                   0.8.0         h59595ed_0          conda-forge
  zipp                       4.1.0         pyhcf101f3_0        conda-forge
  zstandard                  0.25.0        py312h5253ce2_1     conda-forge
  zstd                       1.5.7         hb78ec9c_6          conda-forge

Bill Capehart
South Dakota School of Mines

Seems like some sort of compatibility issues between libzmq and pyzmq. Maybe you can try compiling pyzmq instead of using wheel as described here. If not you can also try downgrading the pyzmq to a version < 27.1.0