Podman Cross-Platform Image Pull Error: unpacking failed (error: exit status 1; output: no such file or directory)

[vlix-vli]

OS: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Arch: amd64
podman version: 5.3.1

I tried pulling a Windows image, and I have confirmed the following:

1. There is enough storage space.
2. sudo apt install qemu-system, sudo apt install qemu-system-x86
3. I attempted to pull the image from multiple registries

However, I am still encountering the following error:

podman pull --platform windows/amd64 python:3.14.0a2
Resolving "python" using unqualified-search registries (/etc/containers/registries.conf)
Trying to pull hub.geekery.cn/python:3.14.0a2...
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob 63fd2e10147b done |
Copying blob 6a91d52798ee done |
Copying blob 5987a3191d90 done |
Copying blob 982f82ecb4d8 done |
Copying blob 3b699fa8bc88 done |
Copying blob 2534953f34d3 skipped: already exists
Copying blob df745942960c done |
Copying blob 49e91d907a29 done |
Error: copying system image from manifest list: writing blob: adding layer with blob "sha256:5987a3191d90ca1e07fd03dae1963abcaa49ceabc649ec3bc43f2c96b55d0464"/""/"sha256:f5ccacc6912902b2fe69850226f465db2d157ce82cba6d8810a9a8d36f91fb67": unpacking failed (error: exit status 1; output: no such file or directory)

What could be the cause of this, and how can it be resolved?

[stonkie]

I'm getting the same with large windows images... It's pretty hard getting any information to go on.

[steinybot]

Same here