KERBEROS LOCAL KEY DISTRIBUTION CENTER SERVICE START PENDING...

Question

Hello,

I have built three brand new Windows 2025 Servers with the latest updates.

On all three of them I see that the service KERBEROS LOCAL KEY DISTRIBUTION CENTER START PENDING but it never turns into the RUNNING STATE. If I try to manually start the service, all the options are greyed out.

I'm not sure if this is just a glitch the service showing as starting but it is actually running as I don't notice any issues with the server etc. but maybe there is something wrong. I'm just worried that once I remove my old Windows 2019 server where all the services are running fine, that I could start having issues with user authentication or similar.

Please advise.

Answer 1

Hello Karel Grulich,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community forum.

I can see the same status in my lab.

Here are two similar threads.

Windows Server 2025 | Kerberos Local Key Distribution Center (LocalKDC) service fails to start - Microsoft Q&A

Windows Server 2025 | Kerberos Local Key Distribution Center (LocalKDC) service fails to start | Microsoft Community Hub

I suggest you feedback the problem via Feedback Hub on one client machine.

I hope the information above is helpful.

If you have any question or concern, please feel free to let us know.

Best Regards,

Daisy Zhou

Answer 2

OK thank you. Feedback submitted...

Answer 3

I was hoping Microsoft would have patched it with the patches yesterday but still the same issue.

Answer 4

Hello Karel Grulich,

Greetings！

If Microsoft sees the feedback information, they will definitely be active in fixing or fixing the problem. I've seen other people on other forum have the same issue as you, and I think they're going to give feedback, too, and I'm sure Microsoft will take this issue very seriously.

Please be patient and wait for update from Microsoft.

Thank you for your efforts, understanding and cooperation.

Best Regards,
Daisy Zhou