AWS VMs failing to start sometimes, with error "Failed to start Set up policy routes for <interface_name>"

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Issue

AWS VMs are sometimes unable to boot. They seem to be stuck in a loop trying to enable the network that ends with the following error:

Failed to start Set up policy routes for <interface_name>

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, running on AWS

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