########## Verification for AWS Questing ##########
Tested on hpc7a.96xlarge Ubuntu 25.10.
Verified fix with linux-aws/6.17.0-1014.14 kernel in -proposed.
# ========== Before enabling -proposed ==========
ubuntu@ip-172-31-29-70:~$ apt-cache policy linux-aws
linux-aws:
Installed: 6.17.0-1010.10
Candidate: 6.17.0-1010.10
Version table:
*** 6.17.0-1010.10 500
500 http://us-east-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
questing-updates/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
6.17.0-1009.9 500
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu questing-security/main amd64
Packages
6.17.0-1002.2 500
500 http://us-east-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu questing/main amd64
Packages
# cloud-init status
ubuntu@ip-172-31-29-70:~$ cloud-init status --l
status: done
extended_status: degraded done
boot_status_code: enabled-by-generator
last_update: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:08 +0000
detail: DataSourceEc2
errors: []
recoverable_errors:
ERROR:
- The instance must have at least one eligible NIC
- The instance must have at least one eligible NIC
- The instance must have at least one eligible NIC
- The instance must have at least one eligible NIC
# order of events in journal logs (ENA is found after local stage starts)
[ 5.067387] ip-172-31-29-70 systemd[1]: Starting cloud-init-local.service -
Cloud-init: Local Stage (pre-network)...
[ 5.726560] ip-172-31-29-70 cloud-init[1704]: 2026-05-06 20:31:45,695 -
DataSourceEc2.py[ERROR]: The instance must have at least one eligible NIC
[ 6.728022] ip-172-31-29-70 kernel: ena 0000:22:00.0: Elastic Network
Adapter (ENA) found at mem c7d00000, mac addr 06:77:b7:56:69:c5
# ========== After enabling -proposed ==========
ubuntu@ip-172-31-29-70:~$ apt-cache policy linux-aws
linux-aws:
Installed: 6.17.0-1014.14
Candidate: 6.17.0-1014.14
Version table:
*** 6.17.0-1014.14 100
100 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu questing-proposed/main amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
6.17.0-1013.13 500
500 http://us-east-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
questing-updates/main amd64 Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu questing-security/main amd64
Packages
6.17.0-1002.2 500
500 http://us-east-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu questing/main amd64
Packages
# cloud-init status
ubuntu@ip-172-31-29-70:~$ cloud-init status --l
status: done
extended_status: done
boot_status_code: enabled-by-generator
last_update: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:39 +0000
detail: DataSourceEc2
errors: []
recoverable_errors: {}
# order of events in journal logs (ENA is found before local stage starts)
[ 6.492727] ip-172-31-29-70 kernel: ena 0000:22:00.0: Elastic Network
Adapter (ENA) found at mem c7d00000, mac addr 06:77:b7:56:69:c5
[ 6.575972] ip-172-31-29-70 systemd[1]: Starting cloud-init-local.service -
Cloud-init: Local Stage (pre-network)...
** Tags removed: verification-needed-questing-linux-aws
** Tags added: verification-done-questing-linux-aws
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Delayed NIC initialization on AWS and GCP instances lead to first-boot
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