We are seeing similar failures across older images (mantic and earlier) but not in noble, perhaps because noble is using cloud-init 24.1 (which runs faster due to not waiting on snap seeding). However, even in noble, we don't see cloud-config.service in the critical chain:
catred@startup-test-noble:~$ systemd-analyze critical-chain The time when unit became active or started is printed after the "@" characte> The time the unit took to start is printed after the "+" character. graphical.target @22.713s └─multi-user.target @22.713s └─snapd.seeded.service @19.697s +3.013s └─snapd.service @12.837s +6.842s └─basic.target @12.232s └─sockets.target @12.213s └─snapd.socket @12.098s +94ms └─sysinit.target @11.916s └─cloud-init.service @8.520s +2.561s └─systemd-networkd-wait-online.service @8.464s +20ms └─systemd-networkd.service @8.332s +82ms └─network-pre.target @8.300s └─cloud-init-local.service @4.820s +3.460s └─systemd-remount-fs.service @1.780s +92ms └─systemd-fsck-root.service @1.391s +245ms └─systemd-journald.socket @1.056s └─-.mount @763ms └─-.slice @762ms -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2057965 Title: google-startup-scripts runs before cloud-init finished network setup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/google-guest-agent/+bug/2057965/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs