cloud-init sometimes fails with 'Unable to find a system nic' error

[proman3419]

When executing access vm Terraform script an exception has been thrown.
If a vm has more than expected interfaces it most likely has occured.

[UPDATE] occurs on master and worker vms too
[UPDATE] @pgorgolew reported failure rate of 20%

Instance log

[   13.334655] cloud-init[553]: Cloud-init v. 23.2.2-0ubuntu0~22.04.1 running 'init-local' at Sun, 08 Oct 2023 18:23:20 +0000. Up 13.26 seconds.
[   21.413934] cloud-init[553]: 2023-10-08 18:23:28,550 - util.py[WARNING]: failed stage init-local
[   21.424139] cloud-init[553]: failed run of stage init-local
[   21.427146] cloud-init[553]: ------------------------------------------------------------
[   21.431425] cloud-init[553]: Traceback (most recent call last):
[   21.434642] cloud-init[553]:   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/cmd/main.py", line 766, in status_wrapper
[   21.440394] cloud-init[553]:     ret = functor(name, args)
[   21.443243] cloud-init[553]:   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/cmd/main.py", line 432, in main_init
[   21.448589] cloud-init[553]:     init.apply_network_config(bring_up=bring_up_interfaces)
[   21.452841] cloud-init[553]:   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/stages.py", line 886, in apply_network_config
[   21.458539] cloud-init[553]:     netcfg, src = self._find_networking_config()
[   21.462402] cloud-init[553]:   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/stages.py", line 827, in _find_networking_config
[   21.468325] cloud-init[553]:     if self.datasource and hasattr(self.datasource, "network_config"):
[   21.473112] cloud-init[553]:   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceOpenStack.py", line 141, in network_config
[   21.479832] cloud-init[553]:     self._network_config = openstack.convert_net_json(
[   21.483877] cloud-init[553]:   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/sources/helpers/openstack.py", line 739, in convert_net_json
[   21.490675] cloud-init[553]:     raise ValueError("Unable to find a system nic for %s" % d)
[   21.494358] cloud-init[553]: ValueError: Unable to find a system nic for {'type': 'physical', 'mtu': 8950, 'subnets': [{'type': 'dhcp4'}], 'mac_address': 'fa:16:3e:25:a7:79'}
[   21.503967] cloud-init[553]: ------------------------------------------------------------
[[0;1;31mFAILED[0m] Failed to start [0;1;39mInitial cloud-init job (pre-networking)[0m.
See 'systemctl status cloud-init-local.service' for details.
[[0;32m  OK  [0m] Reached target [0;1;39mPreparation for Network[0m.
         Starting [0;1;39mNetwork Configuration[0m...
[[0;32m  OK  [0m] Started [0;1;39mNetwork Configuration[0m.
         Starting [0;1;39mWait for Network to be Configured[0m...
         Starting [0;1;39mNetwork Name Resolution[0m...
[[0;32m  OK  [0m] Finished [0;1;39mWait for Network to be Configured[0m.
         Starting [0;1;39mInitial cloud-ini��� (metadata service crawler)[0m...
[[0;32m  OK  [0m] Started [0;1;39mNetwork Name Resolution[0m.
[[0;32m  OK  [0m] Reached target [0;1;39mNetwork[0m.
[[0;32m  OK  [0m] Reached target [0;1;39mHost and Network Name Lookups[0m.
[   22.245810] cloud-init[580]: Cloud-init v. 23.2.2-0ubuntu0~22.04.1 running 'init' at Sun, 08 Oct 2023 18:23:29 +0000. Up 22.19 seconds.
[   22.284051] cloud-init[580]: ci-info: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++Net device info++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
[   22.289272] cloud-init[580]: ci-info: +--------+-------+-----------+-----------+-------+-------------------+
[   22.296891] cloud-init[580]: ci-info: | Device |   Up  |  Address  |    Mask   | Scope |     Hw-Address    |
[   22.304311] cloud-init[580]: ci-info: +--------+-------+-----------+-----------+-------+-------------------+
[   22.311767] cloud-init[580]: ci-info: |  ens3  | False |     .     |     .     |   .   | fa:16:3e:cf:26:c3 |
[   22.319385] cloud-init[580]: ci-info: |   lo   |  True | 127.0.0.1 | 255.0.0.0 |  host |         .         |
[   22.326789] cloud-init[580]: ci-info: |   lo   |  True |  ::1/128  |     .     |  host |         .         |
[   22.334159] cloud-init[580]: ci-info: +--------+-------+-----------+-----------+-------+-------------------+
[   22.341557] cloud-init[580]: ci-info: +++++++++++++++++++Route IPv6 info+++++++++++++++++++
[   22.347771] cloud-init[580]: ci-info: +-------+-------------+---------+-----------+-------+
[   22.353133] cloud-init[580]: ci-info: | Route | Destination | Gateway | Interface | Flags |
[   22.360109] cloud-init[580]: ci-info: +-------+-------------+---------+-----------+-------+
[   22.366355] cloud-init[580]: ci-info: +-------+-------------+---------+-----------+-------+
[   22.408992] cloud-init[580]: 2023-10-08 18:23:29,545 - util.py[WARNING]: failed stage init
[   22.415594] cloud-init[580]: failed run of stage init
[   22.419473] cloud-init[580]: ------------------------------------------------------------

A workaround has been described here.