The cloud-init packages provide a set of init scripts for cloud instances. Cloud instances need special scripts to run during initialization to retrieve and install SSH keys, and to let the user run various scripts.
Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):
cloud-init.service fails to start after package update (BZ#2028738)
[AlmaLinux-8] Above 19.2 of cloud-init fails to configure routes when configuring static and default routes to the same destination IP (BZ#2028756)