This may not be a new problem. Running the test case against a bionic image from June shows similar behavior:
$ multipass launch 'https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/minimal/releases/bionic/release-20200610/ubuntu-18.04-minimal-cloudimg-amd64.img' Launched: main-gnu $ multipass exec main-gnu -- sudo systemctl list-units --failed --no-legend cloud-config.service loaded failed failed Apply the settings specified in cloud-config systemd-modules-load.service loaded failed failed Load Kernel Modules $ multipass exec main-gnu -- cat /etc/cloud/build.info build_name: minimal serial: 20200610 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1888000 Title: Bionic/Xenial minimal cloud image: failed to apply load kernel module To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1888000/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs