2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 19ff603..3d1172a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ Deprecated
 Fixed
 -----
 
+- Wait for ``network-online.target`` to become active before trying to download the script passed via the ``script=``
+  boot parameter.
+
 Removed
 -------
 
diff --git a/configs/releng/airootfs/root/.automated_script.sh b/configs/releng/airootfs/root/.automated_script.sh
index 52c47e6..f257537 100755
--- a/configs/releng/airootfs/root/.automated_script.sh
+++ b/configs/releng/airootfs/root/.automated_script.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@ automated_script ()
     script="$(script_cmdline)"
     if [[ -n "${script}" && ! -x /tmp/startup_script ]]; then
         if [[ "${script}" =~ ^((http|https|ftp)://) ]]; then
-            curl "${script}" --location --retry-connrefused --retry 10 -s -o /tmp/startup_script >/dev/null
+            # there's no synchronization for network availability before executing this script
+            printf '%s: waiting for network-online.target\n' "$0"
+            until systemctl --quiet is-active network-online.target; do
+                sleep 1
+            done
+            printf '%s: downloading %s\n' "$0" "${script}"
+            curl "${script}" --location --retry-connrefused --retry 10 -s -o /tmp/startup_script
             rt=$?
         else
             cp "${script}" /tmp/startup_script
@@ -24,6 +30,9 @@ automated_script ()
         fi
         if [[ ${rt} -eq 0 ]]; then
             chmod +x /tmp/startup_script
+            printf '%s: executing automated script\n' "$0"
+            # note that script is executed when other services (like pacman-init) may be still in progress, please
+            # synchronize to "systemctl is-system-running --wait" when your script depends on other services
             /tmp/startup_script
         fi
     fi