[Bug 1944400] Re: Install does not finish when using interactive-sections: identity

[Michael Hudson-Doyle]

The stuff about the identity page not being filled from the autoinstall
data is known (at least to me, not sure there's a bug about it).

The non-completion is strange. From the server log it looks though the
identity page was never submitted, and maybe even looks like it or the
client crashed. If you can reproduce this (I just tried and it seemed to
work fine, although my config was a simpler), are there crash files in
/var/crash?

** Changed in: subiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Install does not finish when using interactive-sections: identity

Status in subiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Subiquity has the following issues when `interactive-sections:
  identity` is specified in a custom `user-data`. I am installing using
  Ubuntu 20.04.3 and have `ds=nocloud-net` set.

   - The identity screen is shown but nothing configured on it ends up being applied.
       -  Filling in the `Choose a password` and `Confirm your password` fields is forced even though a password has been specified in `user-data`.
   - The installer gets stuck on and does not run `executing late commands`.
   - The installer does not reboot.

  The user specified on the `identity` screen is not created. This was
  verified by running `sudo cat /target/etc/shadow` from a shell after
  this installer was stuck.

  Once in the stuck state, I wait for any HDD or network activity to
  finish before leaving the installer for over 10 minutes before forcing
  a reboot.

  The install works as expected if `interactive-sections: identity` is
  commented out or replaced with `interactive-sections: network`.

  Following is the custom `user-data` config which which I am using:

  ```
  #cloud-config
  autoinstall:
    version: 1
    interactive-sections: 
      - identity
    locale: en_AU.UTF-8
    refresh-installer:
      update: no
    proxy: http://172.16.10.220:3128
    identity:
      hostname: set-hostname-here
      password: [REDACTED]
      username: ansible
    timezone: Australia/Adelaide
    ssh:
        install-server: yes
        authorized-keys:
          - [REDACTED]
        allow-pw: yes
    packages:
      - avahi-daemon
    late-commands: 
      - echo "ansible ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" > /target/etc/sudoers.d/ansible
      - 'echo "IPv4: \\\4" >> /target/etc/issue && echo "IPv6: \\\6" >> /target/etc/issue && echo "" >> /target/etc/issue'
  ```

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