Azure IMDS (Instance Metadata Service) calls to 168.63.129.16 blocked after July 1st, 2025

After 1 July 2025, it will no longer be possible to query Azure IMDS endpoints at the IP address 168.63.129.16. Please begin using 169.254.169.254 to communicate with Azure IMDS as soon as possible.  Officially, IMDS APIs can only be queried at 169.254.169.254. However, due to the internal design of Azure, IMDS…

06/12/2024Azure Confidential Computing Blog

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