After restoring to a functional backup we discovered that updating from cloud-init 22.2-0ubuntu1~18.04.3 is the cause of the problem.
** Package changed: systemd (Ubuntu) => cloud-init (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1996550 Title: Bionic: system update killed networking (sort of) Status in cloud-init package in Ubuntu: New Status in cloud-init source package in Bionic: New Bug description: Filing for a friend: I have several Ubuntu servers that all just quit working at the same time. By “quit working” I mean they take forever to boot and applications do not work on them correctly until after about 30 minutes (and the applications have been restarted). Nov 14 16:27:08 help systemd[1]: Started OpenBSD Secure Shell server. Nov 14 16:27:08 help whoopsie[775]: [16:27:08] Using lock path: /var/lock/whoopsie/lock Nov 14 16:27:09 help whoopsie[775]: [16:27:09] Could not get the Network Manager state: Nov 14 16:27:09 help whoopsie[775]: [16:27:09] GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.NetworkManager has not provided by any .service files Nov 14 16:27:09 help networkd-dispatcher[684]: WARNING: systemd-networkd is not running, output will be incomplete. Nov 14 16:27:09 help networkd-dispatcher[684]: ERROR:Unknown state for interface NetworkctlListState(idx=1, name='lo', type='loopback', operational='n/a', administrative='unmanaged'): n/a Nov 14 16:27:09 help networkd-dispatcher[684]: Traceback (most recent call last): Nov 14 16:27:09 help networkd-dispatcher[684]: File "/usr/bin/networkd-dispatcher", line 286, in trigger_all Nov 14 16:27:09 help networkd-dispatcher[684]: force=True) Nov 14 16:27:09 help networkd-dispatcher[684]: File "/usr/bin/networkd-dispatcher", line 338, in handle_state Nov 14 16:27:09 help networkd-dispatcher[684]: raise UnknownState(operational_state) Nov 14 16:27:09 help networkd-dispatcher[684]: UnknownState: n/a Nov 14 16:27:09 help networkd-dispatcher[684]: ERROR:Unknown state for interface NetworkctlListState(idx=2, name='eth0', type='ether', operational='n/a', administrative='unmanaged'): n/a Nov 14 16:27:09 help networkd-dispatcher[684]: Traceback (most recent call last): Nov 14 16:27:09 help networkd-dispatcher[684]: File "/usr/bin/networkd-dispatcher", line 286, in trigger_all Nov 14 16:27:09 help networkd-dispatcher[684]: force=True) Nov 14 16:27:09 help networkd-dispatcher[684]: File "/usr/bin/networkd-dispatcher", line 338, in handle_state Nov 14 16:27:09 help networkd-dispatcher[684]: raise UnknownState(operational_state) Nov 14 16:27:09 help networkd-dispatcher[684]: UnknownState: n/a Nov 14 16:27:09 help systemd[1]: Started Dispatcher daemon for systemd-networkd. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1996550/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
