Podman 5.4.2 fails to start on M4 Mac

[erw444]

Issue Description

When starting Podman 5.4.2 on a M4 Mac, it just sits on the starting machine message.

Steps to reproduce the issue

Steps to reproduce the issue
Note: My company has created a script to add our firewall certs to podman but below is our relevant configurations
podman machine init
podman machine stop
podman machine set --cpus 8 --memory 5000 --disk-size 3000
podman machine set --rootful
podman machine start

Describe the results you received

After running our configuration script we get the following:
`Running podman machine init...
Looking up Podman Machine image at quay.io/podman/machine-os:5.4 to create VM
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob 39d447e3fb35 done |
Copying config 44136fa355 done |
Writing manifest to image destination
39d447e3fb35b0626309d5e3591926284a4f1c370c2af5767b01350e3bf49d66
Extracting compressed file: podman-machine-default-amd64.raw: done
Machine init complete
To start your machine run:

podman machine start
Machine "podman-machine-default" stopped successfully
Starting machine "podman-machine-default"`

We also have tried to run podman machine start --log-level=debug:
DEBU[0000] waiting for ready notification
DEBU[0000] vfkit command-line: [/opt/podman/bin/vfkit --cpus 8 --memory 5000 --bootloader efi,variable-store=/Users/pl3h269/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/efi-bl-podman-machine-default,create --device virtio-blk,path=/Users/pl3h269/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-amd64.raw --device virtio-rng --device virtio-serial,logFilePath=/var/folders/gd/dsmkb3x931q7xyn1fs8n3_bdxnq6k9/T/podman/podman-machine-default.log --device virtio-vsock,port=1025,socketURL=/var/folders/gd/dsmkb3x931q7xyn1fs8n3_bdxnq6k9/T/podman/podman-machine-default.sock,listen --device virtio-net,unixSocketPath=/var/folders/gd/dsmkb3x931q7xyn1fs8n3_bdxnq6k9/T/podman/podman-machine-default-gvproxy.sock,mac=5a:94:ef:e4:0c:ee --device virtio-fs,sharedDir=/Users,mountTag=a2a0ee2c717462feb1de2f5afd59de5fd2d8 --device virtio-fs,sharedDir=/private,mountTag=71708eb255bc230cd7c91dd26f7667a7b938 --device virtio-fs,sharedDir=/var/folders,mountTag=a0bb3a2c8b0b02ba5958b0576f0d6530e104 --restful-uri tcp://localhost:50089 --device virtio-gpu,width=800,height=600 --device virtio-input,pointing --device virtio-input,keyboard --gui --device virtio-vsock,port=1024,socketURL=/Users/pl3h269/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-ignition.sock,listen]
DEBU[0000] ignition socket device: /Users/pl3h269/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-ignition.sock

A Fedora window opens when the log level is set and we get the following messages:
Booting 'Fedora CoreOS 41.20250215.3.0
EFI stub: Decompressing Linux Kernel
EFI stub: EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL unavailable

Describe the results you expected

Podman would start running.
We have several other users running with M1 Macs running with Podman 5.0.3 working in our organization.

podman info output

OS: darwin/arm64
provider: applehv
version: 5.4.2

Cannot connect to Podman. Please verify your connection to the Linux system using `podman system connection list`, or try `podman machine init` and `podman machine start` to manage a new Linux VM
Error: unable to connect to Podman socket: failed to connect: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:49748: connect: connection refused

Podman in a container

No

Privileged Or Rootless

None

Upstream Latest Release

Yes

Additional environment details

Mac OS version: Sonoma 15.5
Macbook Air 15 M4
16GB of memory

Additional information

Additional information like issue happens only occasionally or issue happens with a particular architecture or on a particular setting

[baude]

we just put 5.5 out, can you try that? I dont have a Macbook but I do have an m4 and it works fine.

[BKR-dev]

i have this exact issue on v5.5.1 after having this issue von a v5.4.x version (not sure exactly). i tried a v4.9.3 to see whats going on and i started a machine with qemu and got the same error, that EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL is undefined but the vm continued to start, crashing later. not sure whats going on because i used podman for two years now on my mac without any issues and now i cannot use it. very strange.

MacBook Pro M2 Pro 32GB Ram, macos 15.5

Booting 'Fedora CoreOS 41.20250215.3.0 EFI stub: Decompressing Linux Kernel EFI stub: EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL unavailable

[baude]

does something like podman machine init --now --image docker://quay.io/podman/machine-os:5.6 work for you at all ?

[BKR-dev]

Booting 'Fedora CoreOS 42.20250526.3.0 (ostree:0)' EFI stub: Decompressing Linux Kernel EFI stub: EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL unavailable

podman machine init --now --image docker://quay.io/podman/machine-os:5.6 --log-level=trace

thanks @baude but the newer image doesnt change anything sadly. i will try some other image versions just for "fun"

-e-

tested images 5.0-5.6 all with the same error of the EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL unavailable and VM not progressing

[BKR-dev]

tried v5.1.1 with 5.6 image, deleted the .local/share/container/ and .config/containers/ just to make sure, same behaviour. not sure where else to look or test

[baude]

ah @BKR-dev, you likely have an amd64 binary. I can see in your log it is pulling an amd64 image. This can happen by either grabbing the wrong binary installer or having migrated a brew instance where brew is still technically amd64. I've had good luck with people poking around using file to see which it is.

[BKR-dev]

the logs is not from me but i took a look just in case
` file $(which podman)
/opt/homebrew/bin/podman: Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64

❯ podman machine init --now --image docker://quay.io/podman/machine-os:5.5 --log-level=trace
INFO[0000] podman filtering at log level trace
DEBU[0000] Using Podman machine with applehv virtualization provider
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users/bkr/.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 57
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 62
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/cache is 68
DEBU[0000] socket length for /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman is 55
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users/bkr/.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 57
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 62
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/cache is 68
DEBU[0000] socket length for /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman is 55
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users/bkr/.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default.json is 85
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-arm64.raw is 95`

im now trying to figure out if maybe im pulling the wrong image and thats causing it?

here is the full log:

podman machine init --now --image docker://quay.io/podman/machine-os:5.5 --log-level=trace
INFO[0000] podman filtering at log level trace
DEBU[0000] Using Podman machine with `applehv` virtualization provider
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users/bkr/.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 57
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 62
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/cache is 68
DEBU[0000] socket length for /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman is 55
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users/bkr/.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 57
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 62
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/cache is 68
DEBU[0000] socket length for /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman is 55
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users/bkr/.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default.json is 85
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-arm64.raw is 95
Looking up Podman Machine image at quay.io/podman/machine-os:5.5 to create VM
DEBU[0000] Using registries.d directory /etc/containers/registries.d
DEBU[0000] Loading registries configuration "/etc/containers/registries.conf"
DEBU[0000] Trying to access "quay.io/podman/machine-os:5.5"
DEBU[0000] No credentials matching quay.io/podman/machine-os found in /Users/bkr/.config/containers/auth.json
DEBU[0000] No credentials matching quay.io/podman/machine-os found in /Users/bkr/.config/containers/auth.json
DEBU[0000] No credentials matching quay.io/podman/machine-os found in /Users/bkr/.docker/config.json
DEBU[0000] No credentials matching quay.io/podman/machine-os found in /Users/bkr/.dockercfg
DEBU[0000] No credentials for quay.io/podman/machine-os found
DEBU[0000]  No signature storage configuration found for quay.io/podman/machine-os:5.5, using built-in default file:///Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/sigstore
DEBU[0000] Looking for TLS certificates and private keys in /etc/docker/certs.d/quay.io
DEBU[0000] GET https://quay.io/v2/
DEBU[0000] Ping https://quay.io/v2/ status 401
DEBU[0000] GET https://quay.io/v2/auth?scope=repository%3Apodman%2Fmachine-os%3Apull&service=quay.io
DEBU[0001] Increasing token expiration to: 60 seconds
DEBU[0001] GET https://quay.io/v2/podman/machine-os/manifests/5.5
DEBU[0002] Content-Type from manifest GET is "application/vnd.oci.image.index.v1+json"
DEBU[0002] found image in digest: "sha256:048657dad4ad835dd73a88fee493884c30a28e007d8cd14292faf1900f734e04"
DEBU[0002] GET https://quay.io/v2/podman/machine-os/manifests/sha256:048657dad4ad835dd73a88fee493884c30a28e007d8cd14292faf1900f734e04
DEBU[0003] Content-Type from manifest GET is "application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json"
DEBU[0003] original artifact file name: podman-machine.aarch64.applehv.raw.zst
DEBU[0003] GET https://quay.io/v2/podman/machine-os/manifests/sha256:048657dad4ad835dd73a88fee493884c30a28e007d8cd14292faf1900f734e04
DEBU[0003] Content-Type from manifest GET is "application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json"
DEBU[0003] original artifact file name: podman-machine.aarch64.applehv.raw.zst
DEBU[0003] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/cache/048657dad4ad835dd73a88fee493884c30a28e007d8cd14292faf1900f734e04.raw.zst is 141
DEBU[0003] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/cache/048657dad4ad835dd73a88fee493884c30a28e007d8cd14292faf1900f734e04 is 133
DEBU[0003] no signature policy file found: using default allow everything signature policy
DEBU[0003] Using registries.d directory /etc/containers/registries.d
DEBU[0003] Trying to access "quay.io/podman/machine-os@sha256:048657dad4ad835dd73a88fee493884c30a28e007d8cd14292faf1900f734e04"
DEBU[0003] No credentials matching quay.io/podman/machine-os found in /Users/bkr/.config/containers/auth.json
DEBU[0003] No credentials matching quay.io/podman/machine-os found in /Users/bkr/.config/containers/auth.json
DEBU[0003] No credentials matching quay.io/podman/machine-os found in /Users/bkr/.docker/config.json
DEBU[0003] No credentials matching quay.io/podman/machine-os found in /Users/bkr/.dockercfg
DEBU[0003] No credentials for quay.io/podman/machine-os found
DEBU[0003]  No signature storage configuration found for quay.io/podman/machine-os@sha256:048657dad4ad835dd73a88fee493884c30a28e007d8cd14292faf1900f734e04, using built-in default file:///Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/sigstore
DEBU[0003] Looking for TLS certificates and private keys in /etc/docker/certs.d/quay.io
DEBU[0003] GET https://quay.io/v2/
DEBU[0003] Ping https://quay.io/v2/ status 401
DEBU[0003] GET https://quay.io/v2/auth?scope=repository%3Apodman%2Fmachine-os%3Apull&service=quay.io
DEBU[0004] Increasing token expiration to: 60 seconds
DEBU[0004] GET https://quay.io/v2/podman/machine-os/manifests/sha256:048657dad4ad835dd73a88fee493884c30a28e007d8cd14292faf1900f734e04
DEBU[0005] Content-Type from manifest GET is "application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json"
DEBU[0005] Error creating a SQLite blob info cache at /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/cache/blob-info-cache-v1.sqlite, using a memory-only cache: beginning transaction: Binary was compiled with 'CGO_ENABLED=0', go-sqlite3 requires cgo to work. This is a stub
DEBU[0005] IsRunningImageAllowed for image docker:quay.io/podman/machine-os@sha256:048657dad4ad835dd73a88fee493884c30a28e007d8cd14292faf1900f734e04
DEBU[0005]  Using default policy section
DEBU[0005]  Requirement 0: allowed
DEBU[0005] Overall: allowed
Getting image source signatures
DEBU[0005] Reading /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/sigstore/podman/machine-os@sha256=048657dad4ad835dd73a88fee493884c30a28e007d8cd14292faf1900f734e04/signature-1
DEBU[0005] Not looking for sigstore attachments: disabled by configuration
DEBU[0005] Manifest has MIME type application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json, ordered candidate list [application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json, application/vnd.oci.image.index.v1+json]
DEBU[0005] ... will first try using the original manifest unmodified
DEBU[0005] Checking if we can reuse blob sha256:3f2d2b32431fe1ab9071babe5816f487bf2a26b5bf0df18aeb6151689da02b6a: general substitution = true, compression for MIME type "application/zstd" = false
DEBU[0005] Downloading /v2/podman/machine-os/blobs/sha256:3f2d2b32431fe1ab9071babe5816f487bf2a26b5bf0df18aeb6151689da02b6a
DEBU[0005] GET https://quay.io/v2/podman/machine-os/blobs/sha256:3f2d2b32431fe1ab9071babe5816f487bf2a26b5bf0df18aeb6151689da02b6a
Copying blob 3f2d2b32431f [--------------------------------------] 0.0b / 912.0MiB | 0.0 b/s
DEBU[0006] Detected compression format zstd
DEBU[0006] Compression change for blob sha256:3f2d2b32431fe1ab9071babe5816f487bf2a26b5bf0df18aeb6151689da02b6a ("application/zstd") not supported
Copying blob 3f2d2b32431f [============>-------------------------] 312.0MiB / 912.0MiB | 235.0 KiB/s
DEBU[0999] Reading blob body from https://quay.io/v2/podman/machine-os/blobs/sha256:3f2d2b32431fe1ab9071babe5816f487bf2a26b5bf0df18aeb6151689da02b6a failed (&errors.errorString{s:"unexpected EOF"}), decision inputs: total 327155712 @993085.782 ms, last retry -1 @NaN ms, last progress @0.264 ms
Copying blob 3f2d2b32431f [============>-------------------------] 312.0MiB / 912.0MiB | 266.7 KiB/s
Copying blob 3f2d2b32431f [============>-------------------------] 312.0MiB / 912.0MiB | 266.7 KiB/s
DEBU[1001] Increasing token expiration to: 60 seconds
Copying blob 3f2d2b32431f [============>-------------------------] 312.0MiB / 912.0MiB | 266.7 KiB/s
Copying blob 3f2d2b32431f done   |
DEBU[2941] Downloading /v2/podman/machine-os/blobs/sha256:44136fa355b3678a1146ad16f7e8649e94fb4fc21fe77e8310c060f61caaff8a
DEBU[2941] GET https://quay.io/v2/auth?scope=repository%3Apodman%2Fmachine-os%3Apull&service=quay.io
Copying config 44136fa355 [--------------------------------------] 0.0b / 2.0b | 0.0 b/s
DEBU[2942] Increasing token expiration to: 60 seconds
Copying config 44136fa355 [--------------------------------------] 0.0b / 2.0b | 0.0 b/s
DEBU[2943] No compression detected
Copying config 44136fa355 done   |
Copying config 44136fa355 done   |
Writing manifest to image destination
DEBU[2943] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/cache/048657dad4ad835dd73a88fee493884c30a28e007d8cd14292faf1900f734e04 is 133
DEBU[2943] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/cache/048657dad4ad835dd73a88fee493884c30a28e007d8cd14292faf1900f734e04.raw.zst is 141
3f2d2b32431fe1ab9071babe5816f487bf2a26b5bf0df18aeb6151689da02b6a
DEBU[2943] Detected compression format zstd
Extracting compressed file: podman-machine-default-arm64.raw: done
DEBU[2951] cleaning cache: /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/cache
DEBU[2951] --> imagePath is "/Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-arm64.raw"
DEBU[2951] socket length for /Users/bkr/.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default.ign is 84
DEBU[2951] Copying cert file from '/Library/Application Support/bpPrograms/cacert/cacert.pem' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/cacert.pem'.
DEBU[2951] Copying cert file from '/Library/Application Support/bpPrograms/cacert/cacert' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/cacert'.
DEBU[2951] Copying cert file from '/Library/Application Support/bpPrograms/cacert/cacert.jks' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/cacert.jks'.
DEBU[2951] Copying cert file from '/Library/Application Support/bpPrograms/cacert/cacert.pem' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/cacert.pem'.
DEBU[2951] resizing /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-arm64.raw to 107374182400 bytes
DEBU[2951] writing ignition file to "/Users/bkr/.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default.ign"
DEBU[2951] writing configuration file "/Users/bkr/.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default.json"
Machine init complete
DEBU[2951] socket length for /Users/bkr/.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 57
DEBU[2951] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 62
DEBU[2951] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/cache is 68
DEBU[2951] socket length for /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman is 55
DEBU[2951] socket length for /Users/bkr/.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default.json is 85
Starting machine "podman-machine-default"
DEBU[2951] socket length for /Users/bkr/.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 57
DEBU[2951] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 62
DEBU[2951] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/cache is 68
DEBU[2951] socket length for /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman is 55
DEBU[2951] socket length for /Users/bkr/.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default.json is 85
DEBU[2951] socket length for /Users/bkr/.config/containers/podman/machine/libkrun is 57
DEBU[2951] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/libkrun is 62
DEBU[2951] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/libkrun/cache is 68
DEBU[2951] socket length for /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman is 55
DEBU[2951] connection refused: http://localhost:58072/vm/state
DEBU[2951] writing configuration file "/Users/bkr/.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default.json"
DEBU[2951] socket length for /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/gvproxy.pid is 67
DEBU[2951] socket length for /Users/bkr/.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 57
DEBU[2951] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 62
DEBU[2951] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/cache is 68
DEBU[2951] socket length for /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman is 55
DEBU[2951] socket length for /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/podman-machine-default-api.sock is 87
DEBU[2951] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/podman.sock is 66
DEBU[2951] {true 1500 map[forward-dest:[/run/user/1870422623/podman/podman.sock] forward-identity:[/Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/machine] forward-sock:[/var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/podman-machine-default-api.sock] forward-user:[core]] [] [] map[] /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/gvproxy.log /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/gvproxy.pid 57531}
DEBU[2951] socket length for /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/podman-machine-default-gvproxy.sock is 91
DEBU[2951] gvproxy command-line: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/podman/5.5.1/libexec/podman/gvproxy -debug -mtu 1500 -ssh-port 57531 -listen-vfkit unixgram:///var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/podman-machine-default-gvproxy.sock -forward-sock /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/podman-machine-default-api.sock -forward-dest /run/user/1870422623/podman/podman.sock -forward-user core -forward-identity /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/machine -pid-file /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/gvproxy.pid -log-file /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/gvproxy.log
DEBU[2951] socket length for /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/podman-machine-default-gvproxy.sock is 91
DEBU[2951] checking that "gvproxy" socket is ready
DEBU[2953] socket length for /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/podman-machine-default.log is 82
DEBU[2953] socket length for /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/podman-machine-default.sock is 83
DEBU[2953] helper binary path is: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/podman/5.5.1/libexec/podman/vfkit
DEBU[2953] socket length for /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-ignition.sock is 99
DEBU[2953] first boot detected
DEBU[2953] serving ignition file over /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-ignition.sock
DEBU[2953] listening for ready on: /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/podman-machine-default.sock
DEBU[2953] socket length for /Users/bkr/.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default.ign is 84
DEBU[2953] reading ignition file: /Users/bkr/.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default.ign
DEBU[2953] waiting for ready notification
DEBU[2953] helper command-line: [/opt/homebrew/Cellar/podman/5.5.1/libexec/podman/vfkit --cpus 6 --memory 2048 --bootloader efi,variable-store=/Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/efi-bl-podman-machine-default,create --device virtio-blk,path=/Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-arm64.raw --device virtio-rng --device virtio-vsock,port=1025,socketURL=/var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/podman-machine-default.sock,listen --device virtio-serial,logFilePath=/var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/podman-machine-default.log --device rosetta,mountTag=rosetta,install --device virtio-net,unixSocketPath=/var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/podman-machine-default-gvproxy.sock,mac=5a:94:ef:e4:0c:ee --device virtio-fs,sharedDir=/Users,mountTag=a2a0ee2c717462feb1de2f5afd59de5fd2d8 --device virtio-fs,sharedDir=/private,mountTag=71708eb255bc230cd7c91dd26f7667a7b938 --device virtio-fs,sharedDir=/var/folders,mountTag=a0bb3a2c8b0b02ba5958b0576f0d6530e104 --restful-uri tcp://localhost:58072 --device virtio-gpu,width=800,height=600 --device virtio-input,pointing --device virtio-input,keyboard --gui --device virtio-vsock,port=1024,socketURL=/Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-ignition.sock,listen]
DEBU[2953] ignition socket device: /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-ignition.sock
INFO[0000] &{6 2048    {[efi variable-store=/Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/efi-bl-podman-machine-default create] true}  [virtio-blk,path=/Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-arm64.raw virtio-rng virtio-vsock,port=1025,socketURL=/var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/podman-machine-default.sock,listen virtio-serial,logFilePath=/var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/podman-machine-default.log rosetta,mountTag=rosetta,install virtio-net,unixSocketPath=/var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/podman-machine-default-gvproxy.sock,mac=5a:94:ef:e4:0c:ee virtio-fs,sharedDir=/Users,mountTag=a2a0ee2c717462feb1de2f5afd59de5fd2d8 virtio-fs,sharedDir=/private,mountTag=71708eb255bc230cd7c91dd26f7667a7b938 virtio-fs,sharedDir=/var/folders,mountTag=a0bb3a2c8b0b02ba5958b0576f0d6530e104 virtio-gpu,width=800,height=600 virtio-input,pointing virtio-input,keyboard virtio-vsock,port=1024,socketURL=/Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-ignition.sock,listen] tcp://localhost:58072  true  {[] false}}
INFO[0000] boot parameters: &{EFIVariableStorePath:/Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/efi-bl-podman-machine-default CreateVariableStore:true}
INFO[0000]
INFO[0000] virtual machine parameters:
INFO[0000] 	vCPUs: 6
INFO[0000] 	memory: 2048 MiB
INFO[0000]
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-blk device (imagePath: /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-arm64.raw)
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-rng device
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-vsock device
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-serial device (logFile: /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/podman-machine-default.log)
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-fs device
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-net device (nat: false macAddress: [5a:94:ef:e4:0c:ee])
INFO[0000] Using unix socket /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/podman-machine-default-gvproxy.sock
INFO[0000] local: /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/vfkit-161e7-950.sock remote: /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/podman-machine-default-gvproxy.sock
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-fs device
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-fs device
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-fs device
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-gpu device
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-input pointing device
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-input keyboard device
INFO[0000] virtual machine is running
INFO[0000] Exposing vsock port 1025 on /var/folders/xx/y64qynm57tj3z8_0zlnrfblsqqrrkz/T/podman/podman-machine-default.sock (listening)
INFO[0000] Exposing vsock port 1024 on /Users/bkr/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-ignition.sock (listening)
INFO[0000] waiting for VM to stop
^C2025/06/11 16:50:54 captured interrupt, calling exit handlers and exiting..

[erw444]

New Logs from second user running with 5.4.2 who is unable to spin up Podman machine:

DEBUG
Resetting podman...

Stopping podman...
...already stopped.
Removing old podman machine...
...already removed.
Removing /Users//.config/containers/... done.
Removing /Users//.local/share/containers/... done.
Removing /Users//.ssh/podman-machine-default and /Users//.ssh/podman-machine-default.pub... done.

Reset complete.

Running podman machine init...
INFO[0000] podman filtering at log level debug
DEBU[0000] Using Podman machine with applehv virtualization provider
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 56
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 61
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/cache is 67
DEBU[0000] socket length for /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman is 55
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 56
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 61
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/cache is 67
DEBU[0000] socket length for /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman is 55
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default.json is 84
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-arm64.raw is 94
Looking up Podman Machine image at quay.io/podman/machine-os:5.4 to create VM
DEBU[0000] Using registries.d directory /etc/containers/registries.d
DEBU[0000] Loading registries configuration "/etc/containers/registries.conf"
DEBU[0000] Trying to access "quay.io/podman/machine-os:5.4"
DEBU[0000] No credentials matching quay.io/podman/machine-os found in /Users//.config/containers/auth.json
DEBU[0000] No credentials matching quay.io/podman/machine-os found in /Users//.config/containers/auth.json
DEBU[0000] No credentials matching quay.io/podman/machine-os found in /Users//.docker/config.json
DEBU[0000] No credentials matching quay.io/podman/machine-os found in /Users//.dockercfg
DEBU[0000] No credentials for quay.io/podman/machine-os found
DEBU[0000] No signature storage configuration found for quay.io/podman/machine-os:5.4, using built-in default file:///Users//.local/share/containers/sigstore
DEBU[0000] Looking for TLS certificates and private keys in /etc/docker/certs.d/quay.io
DEBU[0000] GET https://quay.io/v2/
DEBU[0000] Ping https://quay.io/v2/ status 401
DEBU[0000] GET https://quay.io/v2/auth?scope=repository%3Apodman%2Fmachine-os%3Apull&service=quay.io
DEBU[0000] Increasing token expiration to: 60 seconds
DEBU[0000] GET https://quay.io/v2/podman/machine-os/manifests/5.4
DEBU[0000] Content-Type from manifest GET is "application/vnd.oci.image.index.v1+json"
DEBU[0000] found image in digest: "sha256:3b0a45f32c758f97e71c92c7d0a54ff01c9283e0dc5eb35677cdd47bf3725672"
DEBU[0000] GET https://quay.io/v2/podman/machine-os/manifests/sha256:3b0a45f32c758f97e71c92c7d0a54ff01c9283e0dc5eb35677cdd47bf3725672
DEBU[0000] Content-Type from manifest GET is "application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json"
DEBU[0000] original artifact file name: podman-machine.aarch64.applehv.raw.zst
DEBU[0000] GET https://quay.io/v2/podman/machine-os/manifests/sha256:3b0a45f32c758f97e71c92c7d0a54ff01c9283e0dc5eb35677cdd47bf3725672
DEBU[0001] Content-Type from manifest GET is "application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json"
DEBU[0001] original artifact file name: podman-machine.aarch64.applehv.raw.zst
DEBU[0001] socket length for /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/cache/3b0a45f32c758f97e71c92c7d0a54ff01c9283e0dc5eb35677cdd47bf3725672.raw.zst is 140
DEBU[0001] socket length for /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/cache/3b0a45f32c758f97e71c92c7d0a54ff01c9283e0dc5eb35677cdd47bf3725672 is 132
DEBU[0001] no signature policy file found: using default allow everything signature policy
DEBU[0001] Using registries.d directory /etc/containers/registries.d
DEBU[0001] Trying to access "quay.io/podman/machine-os@sha256:3b0a45f32c758f97e71c92c7d0a54ff01c9283e0dc5eb35677cdd47bf3725672"
DEBU[0001] No credentials matching quay.io/podman/machine-os found in /Users//.config/containers/auth.json
DEBU[0001] No credentials matching quay.io/podman/machine-os found in /Users//.config/containers/auth.json
DEBU[0001] No credentials matching quay.io/podman/machine-os found in /Users//.docker/config.json
DEBU[0001] No credentials matching quay.io/podman/machine-os found in /Users//.dockercfg
DEBU[0001] No credentials for quay.io/podman/machine-os found
DEBU[0001] No signature storage configuration found for quay.io/podman/machine-os@sha256:3b0a45f32c758f97e71c92c7d0a54ff01c9283e0dc5eb35677cdd47bf3725672, using built-in default file:///Users//.local/share/containers/sigstore
DEBU[0001] Looking for TLS certificates and private keys in /etc/docker/certs.d/quay.io
DEBU[0001] GET https://quay.io/v2/
DEBU[0001] Ping https://quay.io/v2/ status 401
DEBU[0001] GET https://quay.io/v2/auth?scope=repository%3Apodman%2Fmachine-os%3Apull&service=quay.io
DEBU[0001] Increasing token expiration to: 60 seconds
DEBU[0001] GET https://quay.io/v2/podman/machine-os/manifests/sha256:3b0a45f32c758f97e71c92c7d0a54ff01c9283e0dc5eb35677cdd47bf3725672
DEBU[0001] Content-Type from manifest GET is "application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json"
DEBU[0001] Error creating a SQLite blob info cache at /Users//.local/share/containers/cache/blob-info-cache-v1.sqlite, using a memory-only cache: beginning transaction: Binary was compiled with 'CGO_ENABLED=0', go-sqlite3 requires cgo to work. This is a stub
DEBU[0001] IsRunningImageAllowed for image docker:quay.io/podman/machine-os@sha256:3b0a45f32c758f97e71c92c7d0a54ff01c9283e0dc5eb35677cdd47bf3725672
DEBU[0001] Using default policy section
DEBU[0001] Requirement 0: allowed
DEBU[0001] Overall: allowed
Getting image source signatures
DEBU[0001] Reading /Users//.local/share/containers/sigstore/podman/machine-os@sha256=3b0a45f32c758f97e71c92c7d0a54ff01c9283e0dc5eb35677cdd47bf3725672/signature-1
DEBU[0001] Not looking for sigstore attachments: disabled by configuration
DEBU[0001] Manifest has MIME type application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json, ordered candidate list [application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json, application/vnd.oci.image.index.v1+json]
DEBU[0001] ... will first try using the original manifest unmodified
DEBU[0001] Checking if we can reuse blob sha256:49c3b3279cd1ac106e37700a5763f4ff6302d1153745b40d8cc14750f862afce: general substitution = true, compression for MIME type "application/zstd" = false
DEBU[0001] Downloading /v2/podman/machine-os/blobs/sha256:49c3b3279cd1ac106e37700a5763f4ff6302d1153745b40d8cc14750f862afce
DEBU[0001] GET https://quay.io/v2/podman/machine-os/blobs/sha256:49c3b3279cd1ac106e37700a5763f4ff6302d1153745b40d8cc14750f862afce
Copying blob 49c3b3279cd1 [--------------------------------------] 0.0b / 885.4MiB | 0.0 b/s
DEBU[0002] Detected compression format zstd
DEBU[0002] Compression change for blob sha256:49c3b3279cd1ac106e37700a5763f4ff6302d1153745b40d8cc14750f862afce ("application/zstd") not supported
Copying blob 49c3b3279cd1 done |
DEBU[0116] Downloading /v2/podman/machine-os/blobs/sha256:44136fa355b3678a1146ad16f7e8649e94fb4fc21fe77e8310c060f61caaff8a
DEBU[0116] GET https://quay.io/v2/auth?scope=repository%3Apodman%2Fmachine-os%3Apull&service=quay.io
Copying config 44136fa355 [--------------------------------------] 0.0b / 2.0b | 0.0 b/s
DEBU[0117] Increasing token expiration to: 60 seconds
Copying config 44136fa355 [--------------------------------------] 0.0b / 2.0b | 0.0 b/s
DEBU[0117] No compression detected
DEBU[0117] Compression change for blob sha256:44136fa355b3678a1146ad16f7e8649e94fb4fc21fe77e8310c060f61caaff8a ("application/vnd.oci.empty.v1+json") not supported
Copying config 44136fa355 done |
Writing manifest to image destination
DEBU[0117] socket length for /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/cache/3b0a45f32c758f97e71c92c7d0a54ff01c9283e0dc5eb35677cdd47bf3725672 is 132
DEBU[0117] socket length for /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/cache/3b0a45f32c758f97e71c92c7d0a54ff01c9283e0dc5eb35677cdd47bf3725672.raw.zst is 140
49c3b3279cd1ac106e37700a5763f4ff6302d1153745b40d8cc14750f862afce
DEBU[0117] Detected compression format zstd
Extracting compressed file: podman-machine-default-arm64.raw: done
DEBU[0125] --> imagePath is "/Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-arm64.raw"
DEBU[0125] socket length for /Users//.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default.ign is 83
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/docker-azure-alip-life.repo.usaa.com/docker-azure-alip-life.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/docker-azure-alip-life.repo.usaa.com/docker-azure-alip-life.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/docker-azure-alip.repo.usaa.com/docker-azure-alip.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/docker-azure-alip.repo.usaa.com/docker-azure-alip.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/docker-base-ci.repo.usaa.com/docker-base-ci.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/docker-base-ci.repo.usaa.com/docker-base-ci.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/docker-base-tp-restricted.repo.usaa.com/docker-base-tp-restricted.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/docker-base-tp-restricted.repo.usaa.com/docker-base-tp-restricted.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/docker-base-tp.repo.usaa.com/docker-base-tp.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/docker-base-tp.repo.usaa.com/docker-base-tp.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/docker-base-usaa.repo.usaa.com/docker-base-usaa.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/docker-base-usaa.repo.usaa.com/docker-base-usaa.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/docker-cccs.repo.usaa.com/docker-cccs.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/docker-cccs.repo.usaa.com/docker-cccs.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/docker-domino-quay.repo.usaa.com/docker-domino-quay.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/docker-domino-quay.repo.usaa.com/docker-domino-quay.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/docker-elastic-co.repo.usaa.com/docker-elastic-co.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/docker-elastic-co.repo.usaa.com/docker-elastic-co.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/docker-gitlab-remote.repo.usaa.com/docker-gitlab-remote.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/docker-gitlab-remote.repo.usaa.com/docker-gitlab-remote.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/docker-leanindustries.repo.usaa.com/docker-leanindustries.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/docker-leanindustries.repo.usaa.com/docker-leanindustries.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/docker-old.repo.usaa.com/docker-old.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/docker-old.repo.usaa.com/docker-old.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/docker-oss-onprem.repo.usaa.com/docker-oss-onprem.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/docker-oss-onprem.repo.usaa.com/docker-oss-onprem.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/docker-prod.repo.usaa.com/docker-prod.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/docker-prod.repo.usaa.com/docker-prod.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/docker-quay.repo.usaa.com/docker-quay.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/docker-quay.repo.usaa.com/docker-quay.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/docker-redhat-io.repo.usaa.com/docker-redhat-io.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/docker-redhat-io.repo.usaa.com/docker-redhat-io.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/docker-test.repo.usaa.com/docker-test.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/docker-test.repo.usaa.com/docker-test.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/docker.repo.usaa.com/docker.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/docker.repo.usaa.com/docker.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/gcr-io.repo.usaa.com/gcr-io.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/gcr-io.repo.usaa.com/gcr-io.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/lightbend-docker-remote-repo.repo.usaa.com/lightbend-docker-remote-repo.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/lightbend-docker-remote-repo.repo.usaa.com/lightbend-docker-remote-repo.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/redhat-docker.repo.usaa.com/redhat-docker.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/redhat-docker.repo.usaa.com/redhat-docker.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/registry-gitlab-com.repo.usaa.com/registry-gitlab-com.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/registry-gitlab-com.repo.usaa.com/registry-gitlab-com.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Users//.config/containers/certs.d/registry-opentext-com.repo.usaa.com/registry-opentext-com.repo.usaa.com.crt' to '/etc/containers/certs.d/registry-opentext-com.repo.usaa.com/registry-opentext-com.repo.usaa.com.crt'.
DEBU[0125] Copying cert file from '/Library/Application Support/USAA/Certificates/cacerts.pem' to '/etc/containers/certs.d'.
DEBU[0125] resizing /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-arm64.raw to 107374182400 bytes
DEBU[0125] writing ignition file to "/Users//.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default.ign"
DEBU[0125] writing configuration file "/Users//.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default.json"
Machine init complete
To start your machine run:

podman machine start

DEBU[0125] Called machine init.PersistentPostRunE(podman machine init --log-level=DEBUG)
DEBU[0125] Shutting down engines

Machine "podman-machine-default" stopped successfully
INFO[0000] podman filtering at log level debug
DEBU[0000] Using Podman machine with applehv virtualization provider
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 56
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 61
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/cache is 67
DEBU[0000] socket length for /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman is 55
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default.json is 84
Starting machine "podman-machine-default"
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 56
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 61
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/cache is 67
DEBU[0000] socket length for /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman is 55
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default.json is 84
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.config/containers/podman/machine/libkrun is 56
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/libkrun is 61
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/libkrun/cache is 67
DEBU[0000] socket length for /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman is 55
DEBU[0000] connection refused: http://localhost:52027/vm/state
DEBU[0000] writing configuration file "/Users//.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default.json"
DEBU[0000] socket length for /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/gvproxy.pid is 67
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 56
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv is 61
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/cache is 67
DEBU[0000] socket length for /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman is 55
DEBU[0000] socket length for /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/podman-machine-default-api.sock is 87
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/podman.sock is 65
DEBU[0000] {true 1500 map[forward-dest:[/run/podman/podman.sock] forward-identity:[/Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/machine] forward-sock:[/var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/podman-machine-default-api.sock] forward-user:[root]] [] [] map[] /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/gvproxy.log /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/gvproxy.pid 51990}
DEBU[0000] socket length for /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/podman-machine-default-gvproxy.sock is 91
DEBU[0000] gvproxy command-line: /opt/podman/bin/gvproxy -debug -mtu 1500 -ssh-port 51990 -listen-vfkit unixgram:///var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/podman-machine-default-gvproxy.sock -forward-sock /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/podman-machine-default-api.sock -forward-dest /run/podman/podman.sock -forward-user root -forward-identity /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/machine -pid-file /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/gvproxy.pid -log-file /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/gvproxy.log
DEBU[0000] socket length for /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/podman-machine-default-gvproxy.sock is 91
DEBU[0000] checking that "gvproxy" socket is ready
DEBU[0000] socket length for /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/podman-machine-default.log is 82
DEBU[0000] socket length for /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/podman-machine-default.sock is 83
DEBU[0000] helper binary path is: /opt/podman/bin/vfkit
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-ignition.sock is 98
DEBU[0000] first boot detected
DEBU[0000] serving ignition file over /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-ignition.sock
DEBU[0000] listening for ready on: /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/podman-machine-default.sock
DEBU[0000] socket length for /Users//.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default.ign is 83
DEBU[0000] reading ignition file: /Users//.config/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default.ign
DEBU[0000] waiting for ready notification
DEBU[0000] helper command-line: [/opt/podman/bin/vfkit --cpus 8 --memory 5000 --bootloader efi,variable-store=/Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/efi-bl-podman-machine-default,create --device virtio-blk,path=/Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-arm64.raw --device virtio-rng --device virtio-vsock,port=1025,socketURL=/var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/podman-machine-default.sock,listen --device virtio-serial,logFilePath=/var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/podman-machine-default.log --device rosetta,mountTag=rosetta,install --device virtio-net,unixSocketPath=/var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/podman-machine-default-gvproxy.sock,mac=5a:94:ef:e4:0c:ee --device virtio-fs,sharedDir=/Users,mountTag=a2a0ee2c717462feb1de2f5afd59de5fd2d8 --device virtio-fs,sharedDir=/private,mountTag=71708eb255bc230cd7c91dd26f7667a7b938 --device virtio-fs,sharedDir=/var/folders,mountTag=a0bb3a2c8b0b02ba5958b0576f0d6530e104 --restful-uri tcp://localhost:52027 --device virtio-gpu,width=800,height=600 --device virtio-input,pointing --device virtio-input,keyboard --gui --device virtio-vsock,port=1024,socketURL=/Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-ignition.sock,listen]
DEBU[0000] ignition socket device: /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-ignition.sock
INFO[0000] &{8 5000 {[efi variable-store=/Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/efi-bl-podman-machine-default create] true} [virtio-blk,path=/Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-arm64.raw virtio-rng virtio-vsock,port=1025,socketURL=/var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/podman-machine-default.sock,listen virtio-serial,logFilePath=/var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/podman-machine-default.log rosetta,mountTag=rosetta,install virtio-net,unixSocketPath=/var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/podman-machine-default-gvproxy.sock,mac=5a:94:ef:e4:0c:ee virtio-fs,sharedDir=/Users,mountTag=a2a0ee2c717462feb1de2f5afd59de5fd2d8 virtio-fs,sharedDir=/private,mountTag=71708eb255bc230cd7c91dd26f7667a7b938 virtio-fs,sharedDir=/var/folders,mountTag=a0bb3a2c8b0b02ba5958b0576f0d6530e104 virtio-gpu,width=800,height=600 virtio-input,pointing virtio-input,keyboard virtio-vsock,port=1024,socketURL=/Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-ignition.sock,listen] tcp://localhost:52027 true }
INFO[0000] boot parameters: &{EFIVariableStorePath:/Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/efi-bl-podman-machine-default CreateVariableStore:true}
INFO[0000]
INFO[0000] virtual machine parameters:
INFO[0000] vCPUs: 8
INFO[0000] memory: 5000 MiB
INFO[0000]
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-blk device (imagePath: /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-arm64.raw)
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-rng device
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-vsock device
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-serial device (logFile: /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/podman-machine-default.log)
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-fs device
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-net device (nat: false macAddress: [5a:94:ef:e4:0c:ee])
INFO[0000] Using unix socket /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/podman-machine-default-gvproxy.sock
INFO[0000] local: /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/vfkit-150d3-4e57.sock remote: /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/podman-machine-default-gvproxy.sock
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-fs device
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-fs device
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-fs device
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-gpu device
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-input pointing device
INFO[0000] Adding virtio-input keyboard device
INFO[0000] virtual machine is running
INFO[0000] Exposing vsock port 1025 on /var/folders/6_/c930v47j48s8xfkzt_mwlgb40000gp/T/podman/podman-machine-default.sock (listening)
INFO[0000] Exposing vsock port 1024 on /Users//.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-ignition.sock (listening)
INFO[0000] waiting for VM to stop

[baude]

when you run start with --log-level=debug are you seeing a console/gui window pop open? And in that, what do you see?

[erw444]

(Written by hand from a screenshot)
Booting Fedora CoreOs 41.20250115.3.0 (ostree:0)

EFI stub: Decompressing Linux Kernel
EFI stub: EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL unavailable

[BKR-dev]

this is the exact issue im having too, that the vm gets stuck at this step. with a different image version the FEdora CoreOs versino changes but the behaviour is the same

[Disservin]

I'm experiencing a similar issue on an intel macbook pro 2020, after podman machine start --log-level=trace

...
INFO[0000] Exposing vsock port 1025 on /var/folders/gp/1hc0qfjs3218ktx8dbdhjw0h0000gn/T/podman/podman-machine-default.sock (listening)
INFO[0000] Exposing vsock port 1024 on /Users/myname/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/applehv/podman-machine-default-ignition.sock (listening)
INFO[0000] waiting for VM to stop
2025-07-03 14:44:08.516 vfkit[41616:215168] +[IMKClient subclass]: chose IMKClient_Modern
2025-07-03 14:44:08.516 vfkit[41616:215168] +[IMKInputSession subclass]: chose IMKInputSession_Modern

the gui window just says Booting Fedora CoreOs 42.20250609.3.0 (ostree:0) and nothing happens..