[Bug 1624320] Re: systemd-resolved appends 127.0.0.53 to resolv.conf alongside existing entries

[Kyoku]

I set up an Ubuntu 18.04 test server today as an LXD host machine and
ran into this issue.

network:
  version: 2
  renderer: networkd
  ethernets:
    ens33:
      dhcp4: no
      dhcp6: no

  bridges:
    br0:
      interfaces: [ens33]
      dhcp4: no
      dhcp6: no
      addresses: [192.168.1.101/24]
      gateway4: 192.168.1.1
      nameservers:
        addresses: [192.168.1.1, 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4]

root at bionic:/home/bionic# systemd-resolve --status
Global
         DNS Servers: 192.168.1.1
          DNSSEC NTA: 10.in-addr.arpa
                      16.172.in-addr.arpa
                      168.192.in-addr.arpa
                      17.172.in-addr.arpa
                      18.172.in-addr.arpa
                      19.172.in-addr.arpa
                      20.172.in-addr.arpa
                      21.172.in-addr.arpa
                      22.172.in-addr.arpa
                      23.172.in-addr.arpa
                      24.172.in-addr.arpa
                      25.172.in-addr.arpa
                      26.172.in-addr.arpa
                      27.172.in-addr.arpa
                      28.172.in-addr.arpa
                      29.172.in-addr.arpa
                      30.172.in-addr.arpa
                      31.172.in-addr.arpa
                      corp
                      d.f.ip6.arpa
                      home
                      internal
                      intranet
                      lan
                      local
                      private
                      test

Link 6 (tun0)
      Current Scopes: LLMNR/IPv4 LLMNR/IPv6
       LLMNR setting: yes
MulticastDNS setting: no
      DNSSEC setting: no
    DNSSEC supported: no

Link 5 (veth0OI7SQ)
      Current Scopes: LLMNR/IPv6
       LLMNR setting: yes
MulticastDNS setting: no
      DNSSEC setting: no
    DNSSEC supported: no

Link 3 (br0)
      Current Scopes: DNS LLMNR/IPv4 LLMNR/IPv6
       LLMNR setting: yes
MulticastDNS setting: no
      DNSSEC setting: no
 DNSSEC supported: no
         DNS Servers: 192.168.1.1
                      8.8.8.8
                      8.8.4.4

Link 2 (ens33)
      Current Scopes: none
       LLMNR setting: yes
MulticastDNS setting: no
      DNSSEC setting: no
    DNSSEC supported: no

root at bionic:/home/bionic# ping google.com
ping: google.com: Temporary failure in name resolution

Also the error message is misleading, there's nothing "temporary" about
this failure.  It's permanent.

I can reach IP addresses directly but all DNS lookups are failing,
preventing me from doing upgrades and normal operations.

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Title:
  systemd-resolved appends 127.0.0.53 to resolv.conf alongside existing
  entries

Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  systemd-resolved, or more precisely the hook script
  /lib/systemd/system/systemd-resolved.service.d/resolvconf.conf, causes
  resolvconf to add 127.0.0.53 to the set of nameservers in
  /etc/resolv.conf alongside the other nameservers.  That makes no sense
  because systemd-resolved sets up 127.0.0.53 as a proxy for those other
  nameservers.  The effect is similar to bug 1624071 but for
  applications doing their own DNS lookups.  It breaks any DNSSEC
  validation that systemd-resolved tries to do; applications will
  failover to the other nameservers, bypassing validation failures.  And
  it makes failing queries take twice as long.

  /etc/resolv.conf should have only 127.0.0.53 when systemd-resolved is
  active.

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