Tracked in Github Issues as https://github.com/canonical/cloud- init/issues/3627
** Bug watch added: github.com/canonical/cloud-init/issues #3627 https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/issues/3627 ** Changed in: cloud-init Status: Confirmed => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to cloud-init. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1867933 Title: Invalid write_files format doesn't make the cloud-init fail Status in cloud-init: Expired Bug description: If the cloud config file format is not correct (see example below), the write_files module fails, but the cloud-init status is done Cloud-config file: ``` #cloud-config write_files: - content: | line below is badly indented ouch! path: /tmp/cloud-init-file.txt ``` Extract of cloud-init-output.log ``` 2020-03-18 13:54:05,321 - util.py[WARNING]: Failed loading yaml blob. Invalid format at line 6 column 1: "while scanning a simple key in "<unicode string>", line 6, column 1: ouch! ^ could not found expected ':' in "<unicode string>", line 8, column 9: path: /tmp/cloud-init-file.txt ^" 2020-03-18 13:54:05,337 - util.py[WARNING]: Failed loading yaml blob. Invalid format at line 6 column 1: "while scanning a simple key in "<unicode string>", line 6, column 1: ouch! ^ could not found expected ':' in "<unicode string>", line 8, column 9: path: /tmp/cloud-init-file.txt ^" 2020-03-18 13:54:05,337 - util.py[WARNING]: Failed at merging in cloud config part from part-001 ``` cloud-init status: ``` status: done ``` To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1867933/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp