I have reproduced this easily enough though. I launched a xenial instance, and then added the cloud-init daily ppa , rm -Rf /var/lib/cloud && reboot will show it.
** Changed in: cloud-init (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Changed in: cloud-init (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Scott Moser (smoser) ** Changed in: cloud-init (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1717598 Title: Traceback when passing user-data on GCE To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1717598/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs