When launching a Focal instance on an single-NIC IPv6 EC2 instance and a subnet that only allows IPv6, the instance does not bring up networking. When connecting via the serial console, I find that the interface has no IP address. The rendered netplan config looks like this: network: ethernets: ens5: dhcp4: true dhcp6: true match: macaddress: 0a:36:7f:80:92:57 set-name: ens5 version: 2 I remove the "dhcp4: true" line, network is then able to come up successfully. Note that this only happens on Jammy. Comparing Focal and Jammy, the rendered netplan configurations look exactly the same as well as the rendered networkd configurations. I turned on debug logging for networkd, and see different logs in the journal. Focal: Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Acquiring DHCPv4 lease Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: DHCP CLIENT (0xaf38d5c6): STARTED on ifindex 2 Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Discovering IPv6 routers Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: NDISC: Started IPv6 Router Solicitation client Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: State changed: pending -> configuring Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: DHCP CLIENT (0xaf38d5c6): DISCOVER Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Forgetting route: dst: n/a, src: n/a, gw: fe80::800:b7ff:fecb:6a7b, prefsrc: n/a, scope: global, table: ma in, proto: ra, type: unicast Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: DHCP CLIENT (0xaf38d5c6): OFFER Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-timesyncd[345]: Network configuration changed, trying to establish connection. Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: DHCP CLIENT (0xaf38d5c6): REQUEST (requesting) Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: DHCP CLIENT (0xaf38d5c6): ACK Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: DHCP CLIENT (0xaf38d5c6): lease expires in 59min 59s Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: DHCP CLIENT (0xaf38d5c6): T2 expires in 52min 29s Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: DHCP CLIENT (0xaf38d5c6): T1 expires in 29min 59s Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: DHCPv4 address 169.254.100.42/32 Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Setting MTU: 9001 Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: Setting transient hostname: 'i-0f33f70c994b93ce6' Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: Not connected to system bus, setting hostname later. Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-timesyncd[345]: Network configuration changed, trying to establish connection. Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Setting MTU done. Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Remembering updated address: 169.254.100.42/32 (valid for 1h) Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Remembering route: dst: 169.254.100.42/32, src: n/a, gw: n/a, prefsrc: 169.254.100.42, scope: host, table: local, proto: kernel, type: local Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-timesyncd[345]: Network configuration changed, trying to establish connection. Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Configuring route: dst: 169.254.169.253/32, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.100.42, scope: global, table: main, proto: dhcp, type: unicast Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Configuring route: dst: 169.254.169.254/32, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.100.42, scope: global, table: main, proto: dhcp, type: unicast Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Configuring route: dst: 169.254.169.123/32, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.100.42, scope: global, table: main, proto: dhcp, type: unicast Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Configuring route: dst: 169.254.169.250/31, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.100.42, scope: global, table: main, proto: dhcp, type: unicast Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Configuring route: dst: 169.254.169.249/32, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.100.42, scope: global, table: main, proto: dhcp, type: unicast Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: DHCP: No gateway received from DHCP server. Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Could not set DHCPv4 route, retrying later: Nexthop has invalid gateway. Network is unreachable Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Could not set DHCPv4 route, retrying later: Nexthop has invalid gateway. Network is unreachable Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Could not set DHCPv4 route, retrying later: Nexthop has invalid gateway. Network is unreachable Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Could not set DHCPv4 route, retrying later: Nexthop has invalid gateway. Network is unreachable Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Could not set DHCPv4 route, retrying later: Nexthop has invalid gateway. Network is unreachable Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Removing route: dst: 169.254.169.253/32, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.100.42, scope: global, table: main, proto: 0, type: unicast Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Removing route: dst: 169.254.169.254/32, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.100.42, scope: global, table: main, proto: 0, type: unicast Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Removing route: dst: 169.254.169.123/32, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.100.42, scope: global, table: main, proto: 0, type: unicast Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Removing route: dst: 169.254.169.250/31, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.100.42, scope: global, table: main, proto: 0, type: unicast Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Removing route: dst: 169.254.169.249/32, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.100.42, scope: global, table: main, proto: 0, type: unicast Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: DHCP: No gateway received from DHCP server. Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Removing address 169.254.100.42 Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Forgetting address: 169.254.100.42/32 (valid for 1h) Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-timesyncd[345]: Network configuration changed, trying to establish connection. Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Forgetting route: dst: 169.254.100.42/32, src: n/a, gw: n/a, prefsrc: 169.254.100.42, scope: host, table: local, proto: kernel, type: local Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-timesyncd[345]: Network configuration changed, trying to establish connection. Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Remembering updated address: 169.254.100.42/32 (valid for 1h) Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Remembering route: dst: 169.254.100.42/32, src: n/a, gw: n/a, prefsrc: 169.254.100.42, scope: host, table: local, proto: kernel, type: local Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Configuring route: dst: 169.254.169.253/32, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.100.42, scope: global, table: main, proto: dhcp, type: unicast Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Configuring route: dst: 169.254.169.254/32, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.100.42, scope: global, table: main, proto: dhcp, type: unicast Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-timesyncd[345]: Network configuration changed, trying to establish connection. Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Configuring route: dst: 169.254.169.123/32, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.100.42, scope: global, table: main, proto: dhcp, type: unicast Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Configuring route: dst: 169.254.169.250/31, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.100.42, scope: global, table: main, proto: dhcp, type: unicast Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Configuring route: dst: 169.254.169.249/32, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.100.42, scope: global, table: main, proto: dhcp, type: unicast Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: DHCP: No gateway received from DHCP server. Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Could not set DHCPv4 route: Nexthop has invalid gateway. Network is unreachable Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: Failed Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: ens5: State changed: configuring -> failed Jun 11 15:37:58 i-0f33f70c994b93ce6 systemd-networkd[423]: DHCP CLIENT (0xaf38d5c6): STOPPED Jammy: Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: DHCPv4 address 169.254.248.181/32 Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Requesting address: 169.254.248.181/32 (valid for 1h, preferred for 1h), flags: n/a Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Requesting route: dst: 169.254.0.1/32, src: n/a, gw: n/a, prefsrc: 169.254.248.181, scope: link, table: main(254), proto: dhc> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Requesting route: dst: 169.254.169.253/32, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.248.181, scope: global, table: main(25> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Requesting route: dst: 169.254.0.1/32, src: n/a, gw: n/a, prefsrc: 169.254.248.181, scope: link, table: main(254), proto: dhc> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Requesting route: dst: 169.254.169.254/32, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.248.181, scope: global, table: main(25> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Requesting route: dst: 169.254.0.1/32, src: n/a, gw: n/a, prefsrc: 169.254.248.181, scope: link, table: main(254), proto: dhc> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Requesting route: dst: 169.254.169.123/32, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.248.181, scope: global, table: main(25> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Requesting route: dst: 169.254.0.1/32, src: n/a, gw: n/a, prefsrc: 169.254.248.181, scope: link, table: main(254), proto: dhc> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Requesting route: dst: 169.254.169.250/31, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.248.181, scope: global, table: main(25> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Requesting route: dst: 169.254.0.1/32, src: n/a, gw: n/a, prefsrc: 169.254.248.181, scope: link, table: main(254), proto: dhc> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Requesting route: dst: 169.254.169.249/32, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.248.181, scope: global, table: main(25> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: DHCP: requested route destination 169.254.169.253/32 is not in the assigned network 169.254.248.181/32, but no gateway is spe> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Requesting route: dst: 169.254.169.253/32, src: n/a, gw: n/a, prefsrc: 169.254.248.181, scope: link, table: main(254), proto:> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: link_check_ready(): link layer is configuring. Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: lo: Link state is up-to-date Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: lo: State changed: initialized -> unmanaged Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: Sent message type=signal sender=n/a destination=n/a path=/org/freedesktop/network1/link/_31 interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properti> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Forgetting route: dst: 169.254.0.1/32, src: n/a, gw: n/a, prefsrc: 169.254.248.181, scope: link, table: main(254), proto: dhc> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Forgetting route: dst: n/a, src: n/a, gw: fe80::800:b7ff:fecb:6a7b, prefsrc: n/a, scope: global, table: main(254), proto: ra,> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Forgetting route: dst: 169.254.169.253/32, src: n/a, gw: n/a, prefsrc: 169.254.248.181, scope: link, table: main(254), proto:> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Forgetting route: dst: 169.254.169.123/32, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.248.181, scope: global, table: main(25> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Forgetting route: dst: 169.254.169.254/32, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.248.181, scope: global, table: main(25> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Forgetting route: dst: 169.254.169.253/32, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.248.181, scope: global, table: main(25> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Forgetting route: dst: 2600:1f16:fe:9301::/64, src: n/a, gw: n/a, prefsrc: n/a, scope: global, table: main(254), proto: ra, t> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Forgetting route: dst: 169.254.169.250/31, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.248.181, scope: global, table: main(25> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Forgetting route: dst: 169.254.169.249/32, src: n/a, gw: 169.254.0.1, prefsrc: 169.254.248.181, scope: global, table: main(25> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Forgetting address: 169.254.248.181/32 (valid for 55min 7s, preferred for 55min 7s), flags: n/a Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: Sent message type=signal sender=n/a destination=n/a path=/org/freedesktop/network1/link/_32 interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properti> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: Sent message type=signal sender=n/a destination=n/a path=/org/freedesktop/network1 interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties member> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Forgetting route: dst: 169.254.248.181/32, src: n/a, gw: n/a, prefsrc: 169.254.248.181, scope: host, table: local(255), proto> Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: rtnl: received non-static neighbor, ignoring. Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: IPv6LL address generation mode set. Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: master interface set. Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: link_check_ready(): link is not activated. Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: Bringing link up Jun 11 14:57:43 i-0b74a29276ca3fc37 systemd-networkd[1541]: ens5: link_check_ready(): DHCP4, DHCP6 or IPv4LL is enabled but no dynamic address is assigned yet.