I never really needed to use socket before and just out of curiosity I tried to write a python script as server and another as client. It worked and there is no issue there. In next step, I tried to use systemd.socket and I stuck there. my client always hangs in receiving data. socat and nc return the data with no issue. I appreciate if someone can tell me what am I doing wrong? Hours of googling and talking to chatgpt did not solve the issue. I checked systemd.socket manual and socket module page but no luck there either. This is the socket unit: # test.socket [Unit] Description = test socket [Socket] ListenStream = 8080 Accept = yes [Install] WantedBy = sockets.target service unit: # test@.service [Unit] Description=test service for socket [Service] ExecStart=/user/bin/python3 /home/myuser/server.py StandardInput=socket StandardOutput=socket server: #!/usr/bin/python3 import sys sys.stdout.write(sys.stdin.readline()) and this is my client: #!/usr/bin/python3 import socket host = '127.0.0.1' port = 8080 s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) s.connect((host, port)) s.send('Hello') response = s.recv(1024) if response: print("OK") Continue reading...