Release 24.1.6

• fix(ec2): Ensure metadata exists before configuring PBR (#5287)
• fix: Check renderer for netplan-specific code (#5321)
• test: Fix failing test_ec2.py test (#5324)

Release 24.1.4

Cloud-init bug fix release against 24.1.

• fix(dhcpcd): Make lease parsing more robust (#5129)
• net/dhcp: raise InvalidDHCPLeaseFileError on error parsing dhcpcd lease
  (#5128) [Chris Patterson]
• fix: Fix runtime file locations for cloud-init (#4820)
• net/dhcp: bump dhcpcd timeout to 300s (#5127) [Chris Patterson]
• net: Warn when interface rename fails
• ephemeral(dhcpcd): Set dhcpcd interface down
• test: Remove side effects from tests (#5074)
• refactor: Import log module rather than functions (#5074)

Release 24.1.3

• fix: Always use single datasource if specified (#5098)
• fix: Allow caret at the end of apt package (#5099)

Release 24.1.2

• test: Don't assume ordering of ThreadPoolExecutor submissions (#5052)
• refactor(ec2): simplify convert_ec2_metadata_network_config
• tests: drop CiTestCase and convert to pytest
• bug(tests): mock reads of host's /sys/class/net via get_sys_class_path
• fix: Fix breaking changes in package install (#5069)
• fix: Undeprecate 'network' in schema route definition (#5072)
• fix(ec2): fix ipv6 policy routing
• fix: document and add 'accept-ra' to network schema (#5060)
• bug(maas): register the correct DatasourceMAASLocal in init-local
  (#5068) (LP: #2057763)

Release 24.1.1

• fix: Include DataSourceCloudStack attribute in unpickle test (#5039)
• bug(vmware): initialize new DataSourceVMware attributes at unpickle (#5021)
• fix(apt): Don't warn on apt 822 source format (#5028)
• fix: Add "broadcast" to network v1 schema (#5034)
• pro: honor but warn on custom ubuntu_advantage in /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg (#5030)
• net/dhcp: handle timeouts for dhcpcd (#5022)
• fix: Make wait_for_url respect explicit arguments
• bug(wait_for_url): when exceptions occur url is unset, use url_exc
• test: Fix scaleway retry assumptions
• fix: Make DataSourceOracle more resilient to early network issues (#5025)
• tests: Fix wsl test (#5008)

24.1

Cloud-init release 24.1 is now available

Summary

The 24.1 release:

• spanned about 5 months
• had 27 contributors
• welcomed commits from 6 new contributors
• fixed 5 Launchpad issues
• fixed 28 Github issues

Highlights

• added support for WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
• added support for dhcpcd
• added experimental support for Python 3.13
• improved behavior of cloud-init status
• ec2: added support for multi NIC / IP instances
• many improvements for cross-distro compatiblity

Breaking Changes

• made dhcpcd the default dhcp client
• removed Ubuntu's ordering dependency on snapd.seeded
• stopped adding network v2 DNS to global DNS
• dropped support for dsa host keys

See the full changelog for more details.

23.4.4

Highlights:

• fix(nocloud): smbios datasource definition

23.4.3

• fix: Handle systemctl when dbus not ready (#4842) (LP: #2046483)

23.4.2

Highlights:

• fix: Handle invalid user configuration gracefully (#4797) (LP: #2051147)

23.4.1

Highlights:

• fix(status): Handle systemctl commands when dbus not ready