Hey anyone in the future!
I was able to resolve this by doing the following:
- Changed primary DNS to 8.8.8.8 (Was set to an internal DNS)
- Downloaded image through new DNS, forced sync with rack
- Changed commissioning image to Ubuntu 22.04
- Set Minimum kernal lvl to Jammy GA 22.04
- Rebooted rack + region controllers
- Changed primary DNS to internal DNS
To be honest, I’m not sure which step resolved it. It could be they just need to be restarted after installing MAAS as we did not have this step in the ansible playbook 
My current theory:
System used 8.8.8.8 to sync an image once restarted and stored it locally. Then when I removed 8.8.8.8 and changed back to our internal DNS the system continues using the local copy and it keeps working. Some core part of the comissioning image just wasn’t downloaded at first for some strange reason.
But it does remind me of my favorite haiku:
