sudo nft --version nftables v1.0.9 (Old Doc Yak #3) Recently my nftables debian service started to ends with error: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Nov 22 19:18:56 alfa systemd[1]: Starting nftables.service - nftables... Nov 22 19:18:57 alfa nft[2242551]: nft: datatype.c:1264: datatype_free: Assertion `dtype->refcnt != 0' failed. Nov 22 19:18:57 alfa systemd[1]: nftables.service: Failed with result 'signal'. Nov 22 19:18:57 alfa systemd[1]: Failed to start nftables.service - nftables. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- After some investigating I found that nft does not like definition; --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- table ip filter { ... map ipsec_in { typeof ipsec in reqid . iif : verdict flags interval } ... chain INPUT { type filter hook input priority 0; policy drop ... ipsec in reqid . iif vmap @ipsec_in ... } ... } --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- rules seems to be loaded entirely and works. When I downgraded nftables from 1.0.9-1+b1 to 1.0.8-1 service starts without problems. KJ