@poddingue Thanks for running the -31 numbers — good to have it confirmed that the ttyS0 removal stays worth ~3-4s even with the clock fixed. Agreed on not rushing -proposed to production; we'll pick up -31 when it promotes and keep the cloud-init tweak permanently.

@Berrick Ah cool, I was anticipating that doing it live would've caused boot issues but I think I've just got a bug in my head about how it actually works, I'm conflating two separate things based on an incorrect interpretation of a previous experience I had once with XCP. Thanks!