SUMMARY
Akonadictl stops with exit status 1 just after startup

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. `akonadictl start`
2.  wait a couple of seconds

OBSERVED RESULT
akonadi has stopped

EXPECTED RESULT
akonadi should be running

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Archlinux with KDE Plasma
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.5
akonadi Version: 22.04
Qt Version: 5.15

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 - journalctl output

Jun 16 16:39:20 HOST akonadiserver[13113]: org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: Starting up the Akonadi Server...
Jun 16 16:39:20 HOST akonadiserver[13113]: org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: Found mysql_install_db:  "/usr/bin/mysql_install_db"
Jun 16 16:39:20 HOST akonadiserver[13113]: org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: Found mysqlcheck:  "/usr/bin/mysqlcheck"
Jun 16 16:39:20 HOST akonadiserver[13113]: org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: Using mysqld: "/usr/bin/mysqld"
Jun 16 16:39:20 HOST akonadiserver[13113]: org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: mysqld reports version 10.8.3 (MariaDB)
Jun 16 16:39:20 HOST akonadiserver[13113]: org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: Executing: "/usr/bin/mysqld" "--defaults-file=/home/ME/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf --datadir=/home/ME/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/ --socket=/run/user/1000/akonadi/mysql.socket --pid-file=/run/user/1000/akonadi/mysql.pid"
Jun 16 16:39:25 HOST akonadiserver[13113]: org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: database server stopped unexpectedly
Jun 16 16:39:25 HOST akonadiserver[13113]: org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: Database process exited unexpectedly during initial connection!
Jun 16 16:39:25 HOST akonadiserver[13113]: org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: executable: "/usr/bin/mysqld"
Jun 16 16:39:25 HOST akonadiserver[13113]: org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: arguments: ("--defaults-file=/home/ME/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf", "--datadir=/home/ME/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/", "--socket=/run/user/1000/akonadi/mysql.socket", "--pid-file=/run/user/1000/akonadi/mysql.pid")
Jun 16 16:39:25 HOST akonadiserver[13113]: org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: stdout: ""
Jun 16 16:39:25 HOST akonadiserver[13113]: org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: stderr: "2022-06-16 16:39:20 0 [Note] /usr/bin/mysqld (server 10.8.3-MariaDB) starting as process 13119 ...\n"
Jun 16 16:39:25 HOST akonadiserver[13113]: org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: exit code: 1
Jun 16 16:39:25 HOST akonadiserver[13113]: org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: process error: "Unknown error"
Jun 16 16:39:25 HOST akonadiserver[13113]: org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: terminating connection threads
Jun 16 16:39:25 HOST akonadiserver[13113]: org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: terminating service threads
Jun 16 16:39:25 HOST akonadiserver[13113]: org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: stopping db process
Jun 16 16:39:25 HOST akonadiserver[13113]: org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: Shutting down AkonadiServer...