Looking at a test VM the problematic files seem to be present in the read-only base but then have been at some point deleted. So when the rename/move is attempted there are whiteout softlinks present in the overlay.
E.g.: /media/root-ro/var/lib/cloud/data/status.json /media/root-rw/overlay/var/lib/cloud/data/status.json -> (overlayfs-whiteout) #> cd /var/lib/cloud/data #> touch tmpfile #> mv tmpfile status.json mv: cannot move 'tmpfile' to 'status.json': Stale file handle -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1618572 Title: apt-key add fails in overlayfs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1618572/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
