Unable to start node-red on boot on a Raspberry pi 4

Hi forum.
Not sure whether this is hardware-related, but I'm not able to see my node-red run on boot all the times i boot it. It dows a good 50% of times (I'm afraid too unreliable).

I'm on the latest raspby OS and on Raspberry pi 4.
Based on this thread, I did:

run

pi@raspberrypi:~$ sudo systemctl status nodered.service

● nodered.service - Node-RED graphical event wiring tool
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nodered.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: inactive (dead) since Fri 2020-08-21 15:59:37 CEST; 10min ago
     Docs: http://nodered.org/docs/hardware/raspberrypi.html
  Process: 357 ExecStart=/usr/bin/env node-red-pi $NODE_OPTIONS $NODE_RED_OPTIONS (code=killed, signal=INT)
 Main PID: 357 (code=killed, signal=INT)

Aug 21 15:59:36 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started Node-RED graphical event wiring tool.
Aug 21 15:59:37 raspberrypi systemd[1]: nodered.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=2/INT
Aug 21 15:59:37 raspberrypi systemd[1]: nodered.service: Succeeded.

if I run

pi@raspberrypi:~$ node-red-log


Started Node-RED graphical event wiring tool.
nodered.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=2/INT
nodered.service: Succeeded.
pi@raspberrypi:~$ node-red-start

Start Node-RED

Once Node-RED has started, point a browser at http://192.168.8.111:1880
On Pi Node-RED works better with the Firefox or Chrome browser

Use   node-red-stop                          to stop Node-RED
Use   node-red-start                         to start Node-RED again
Use   node-red-log                           to view the recent log output
Use   sudo systemctl enable nodered.service  to autostart Node-RED at every boot
Use   sudo systemctl disable nodered.service to disable autostart on boot

To find more nodes and example flows - go to http://flows.nodered.org

Starting as a systemd service.
21 Aug 16:11:43 - [info]
Welcome to Node-RED
===================
21 Aug 16:11:43 - [info] Node-RED version: v1.0.6
21 Aug 16:11:43 - [info] Node.js  version: v10.21.0
21 Aug 16:11:43 - [info] Linux 5.4.51-v7l+ arm LE
21 Aug 16:11:45 - [info] Loading palette nodes
21 Aug 16:11:48 - [info] +-----------------------------------------------------
21 Aug 16:11:48 - [info] | uibuilder initialised:
21 Aug 16:11:48 - [info] |   root folder: /home/pi/.node-red/uibuilder
21 Aug 16:11:48 - [info] |   version . .: 2.0.8
21 Aug 16:11:48 - [info] |   packages . : vue,bootstrap,bootstrap-vue,socket.io
21 Aug 16:11:48 - [info] +-----------------------------------------------------
21 Aug 16:11:49 - [info] Settings file  : /home/pi/.node-red/settings.js
21 Aug 16:11:49 - [info] Context store  : 'default' [module=memory]
21 Aug 16:11:49 - [info] User directory : /home/pi/.node-red
21 Aug 16:11:49 - [warn] Projects disabled : editorTheme.projects.enabled=false
21 Aug 16:11:49 - [info] Flows file     : /home/pi/.node-red/flows_raspberrypi.json
21 Aug 16:11:49 - [info] Server now running at http://127.0.0.1:1880/
21 Aug 16:11:49 - [warn]
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Your flow credentials file is encrypted using a system-generated key.
If the system-generated key is lost for any reason, your credentials
file will not be recoverable, you will have to delete it and re-enter
your credentials.
You should set your own key using the 'credentialSecret' option in
your settings file. Node-RED will then re-encrypt your credentials
file using your chosen key the next time you deploy a change.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
21 Aug 16:11:49 - [info] Starting flows
      pi : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/home/pi ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/python -u /home/pi/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-node-pi-neopixel/neopix.py 8 40 pixels 100 true
pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
21 Aug 16:11:49 - [info] Started flows
      pi : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/home/pi ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/python -u /home/pi/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-node-pi-neopixel/neopix.py 8 40 pixels 100 true
pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)

Any help appreciated

Have a look in /var/log/syslog at the time 15:59 and see if there is any other information. Probably it is trying to run before something that your node red needs has become available.

this is what is around that time on var/log/syslog

Aug 21 02:13:15 raspberrypi rngd[364]: stats: Entropy starvations: 0
Aug 21 02:13:15 raspberrypi rngd[364]: stats: Time spent starving for entropy: (min=0; avg=0.000; max=0)us
Aug 21 02:17:01 raspberrypi CRON[3881]: (root) CMD (   cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Aug 21 02:51:35 raspberrypi dhcpcd[881]: eth1: fe80::210:20ff:fe30:4050 is reachable again
Aug 21 03:13:15 raspberrypi rngd[364]: stats: bits received from HRNG source: 360064
Aug 21 03:13:15 raspberrypi rngd[364]: stats: bits sent to kernel pool: 304096
Aug 21 03:13:15 raspberrypi rngd[364]: stats: entropy added to kernel pool: 304096
Aug 21 03:13:15 raspberrypi rngd[364]: stats: FIPS 140-2 successes: 18

That is 03:13 not 15:59, which is when it failed

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