Manage Service Failure Recovery

Scenario

You have a shell script at /usr/local/bin/check_app.sh that runs periodically and exits with a non-zero code. The script is currently failing due to a simulated error condition.

Task

Create a systemd service named check_app.service that automatically restarts the script when it fails, but stops retrying after 3 restart attempts within 60 seconds. Configure the service to start on boot with a 5-second delay between restart attempts, then start the service and verify it hits the restart limit.

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