Only check for json objects instead of also arrays

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/cloudinit/ec2_utils.py b/cloudinit/ec2_utils.py
index 525059f7..1fd674bb 100644
--- a/cloudinit/ec2_utils.py
+++ b/cloudinit/ec2_utils.py
@@ -28,14 +28,12 @@ from cloudinit import util
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def maybe_json(text):
+def maybe_json_object(text):
     if not text:
         return False
     text = text.strip()
     if text.startswith("{") and text.endswith("}"):
         return True
-    if text.startswith("[") and text.endswith("]"):
-        return True
     return False
 
 
@@ -108,7 +106,7 @@ class MetadataMaterializer(object):
     def _decode_leaf_blob(self, field, blob):
         if not blob:
             return blob
-        if maybe_json(blob):
+        if maybe_json_object(blob):
             try:
                 # Assume it's json, unless it fails parsing...
                 return json.loads(blob)