RKE2 on Linux restarts with previous state

[nadenf]

Environmental Info:
RKE2 Version:
v1.25.11+rke2r1

Node(s) CPU architecture, OS, and Version:
Linux harana-server 5.15.0-75-generic #82-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 6 23:10:23 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Cluster Configuration:
1 server, 2 agents (Linux and Windows)

Describe the bug:
When restarting RKE2 it loads with the previous state e.g. the uptime on Pods, Containers, Nodes are not reset back to zero.

Steps To Reproduce:
Installed RKE2 using Quick Start.

Previous State:

Stopped RKE2:

systemctl stop rke2-server.service

But RKE2 is not stopped:

Manually kill all RKE2 processes:

pkill -f rke2

RKE2 is now stopped so we restart it with:

systemctl start rke2-server.service

New State:

Expected behavior:
Uptime should be zero. IP address should change etc.