After a long and fruitless digging around systemd unit and seed.loaded I have removed (purged) and installed snapd package and it fixed this issue for me.
Something along the lines of: $ sudo apt purge snapd $ sudo apt install snapd $ sudo snap install core -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1828500 Title: snapd fails always in Optimised Ubuntu Desktop images available in Microsoft Hyper-V gallery To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1828500/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
