July 2026 - Podman - Podman List Archives

Podman candidate v6.1.0-rc1 Released
by container.tools.ci＠gmail.com 01 Aug '26

01 Aug '26

Hi all, Podman candidate v6.1.0-rc1 is now available. You may view the full details at https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/releases/tag/v6.1.0-rc1 Release candidate Notes: -------------- ### Features - A new command has been added, `podman volume rename`, to allow renaming volumes. Volumes created using volume drivers and volumes that are currently used by a container cannot be renamed ([#28189](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/28189)). - A new command has been added, `podman machine restart`, to allow easy restart of VMs managed by `podman machine` ([#28366](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/28366)). - The `podman network rm` command now includes a new option, `--ignore`, which suppresses errors when attempting to remove networks that do not exist ([#28363](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/28363)). - The `podman manifest push` command now includes two new options, `--retry` and `--retry-delay`, which allow pushes to be automatically retried on failure ([#28590](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/28590)). - Quadlet `.container` units now support a new key, `ImageVolume=`, to configure how volumes from images are handled ([#28875](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/28875)). - The `podman generate kube` command now includes support for generating container healthchecks as a `livenessProbe` ([#22095](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/22095)). ### Changes - The `podman info` command now includes free memory available on the host (in addition to used memory and total memory) ([#29116](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/29116)). - The Pesto rootless port forwarding tool now supports IPv6 port forwarding with source IP preservation. ### Bugfixes - Fixed a bug where the remote Podman client could hang on some operations when connecting to a remote Podman service over SSH ([#28453](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/28453)). - Fixed a bug where the `podman image scp` command could not be used with usernames containing an `@` character ([#27655](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/27655)). - Fixed a bug where the `podman kube play` command did not properly validate requested `hostPort` bindings, allowing the creation of containers with duplicated host ports which would never be able to start at the same time ([#26622](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/26622)). - Fixed a bug where `podman machine` VMs on Windows created using the `hyperv` provider would sometimes not properly start due to a race conditioning setting up volume mounts. - Fixed a bug where `podman machine` VMs on Mac where machines could be left in an inconsistent state if the `podman machine start` command was interrupted by a signal. - Fixed a bug where creating a container on a `podman machine` VM on Mac that attempted to bind to a port number number 1024 would return a nonsensical error message; a clear error explaining that privileged ports cannot be bound is now returned. - Fixed a bug where the `podman quadlet list` and `podman quadlet rm` commands did not function properly with uninstantiated template Quadlets. - Fixed a bug where the `podman quadlet install` command would occasionally fail to install a Quadlet if non-quadlet files were specified. - Fixed a bug where the `podman quadlet install` command would not refuse to install Quadlets including non-quadlet files if the `--application` option was not specified. - Fixed a bug where healthcheck logs could be corrupted, preventing proper healthcheck operation, if a healthcheck was killed midway through writing the file. - Fixed a bug where the `podman volume prune --all` command incorrectly discarded label filters, causing `podman volume prune --all --filter label=foo` to prune all volumes, not just those with the `foo` label. - Fixed a bug where the `podman events --format=json` command would print `null` instead of an error when the server sent an event that could not be decoded. - Fixed a bug where a race condition could cause Quadlet to generate corrupt systemd units ([#29004](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/29004)). - Fixed a bug where the `podman inspect` command on a container with a single-element command (e.g. `podman run fedora bash`) would include the command in both `Path` and `Args`, when it should only have been included in `Path` ([#29155](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/29155)). - Fixed a bug where the `--format` option to `podman inspect` on containers did not properly support some format specifiers supported by Docker (e.g. `{{.HostIp}}` did not work, but `{{.HostIP}}` did) ([#29164](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/29164)). - Fixed a bug where the Quadlet generator would not write error messages to `STDERR` but only to `/dev/kmsg`, meaning that errors were not visible from `systemd-analyze --generators verify` and other tooling invoking the systemd generator directly. - Fixed a bug where containers which failed to start would, in some circumstances, not properly clean up, resulting in improper behavior ([#26143](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/26143)). - Fixed a bug where the `podman kube generate` command would improperly generate warning messages only applicable when running as a rootless user on an SELinux enabled system when not running in that configuration ([#17743](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/17743)). ### API - Fixed a bug where the Compat and Libpod Create endpoint for Exec Sessions (`/containers/$CID/exec`) did not honor the `ConsoleSize` parameter in the exec config. - The Compat API has seen further changes to improve support for the Docker v1.44 API, including the deprecation of several fields removed in that release. - Preparations have begun to implement support for the v1.45 API. ### Misc - Updated Buildah to v1.45.0 - Updated the image library to v5.41.0 - Updated the storage library to v1.64.0 - Updated the common library to v0.69.0

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Podman v6.0.2 Released
by container.tools.ci＠gmail.com 22 Jul '26

22 Jul '26

Hi all, Podman v6.0.2 is now available. You may view the full details at https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/releases/tag/v6.0.2 Release Notes: -------------- ### Bugfixes - Fixed a bug where `podman machine` VMs created by the WSL provider on Windows were not properly cleaned up if the `podman machine init` command failed ([#27036](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/27036)). - Fixed a bug where the Windows installer for Podman would, when installing for all users, incorrectly modify the path of only the user installing Podman ([#29160](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/29160)). - Fixed a bug where the remote Podman client would throw errors when run on a Linux system that was not using Cgroups v2 ([#29241](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/29241)). ### Misc - Updated Buildah to v1.44.1

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root-less containers look for root-full paths?
by lejeczek 11 Jul '26

11 Jul '26

Hi gays. I've recently updated rpm packages on my c10 and there were, amongst many more, these: crun-1.28-1.el10.x86_64 Wed 01 Jul 2026 08:24:45 CEST containers-common-6.0-2.el10.noarch Wed 08 Jul 2026 09:58:33 CEST containers-common-extra-6.0-2.el10.noarch Wed 08 Jul 2026 09:58:33 CEST systemd-container-257-28.el10.x86_64 Wed 08 Jul 2026 09:58:35 CEST podman-6.0.0-1.el10.x86_64 I mention it for I cannot think of any other reason why on all my systems, (suddenly) rootless users (via IPA backend) now when I do: -> $ ssh appownia@localhost Last login: Thu Jul 9 19:07:24 2026 from ::1 WARN[0000] RunRoot is pointing to a path (/run/containers/storage) which is not writable. Most likely podman will fail.: permission denied Error: cannot evaluate symlinks on DB run root path "/run/containers/storage": lstat /run/containers/storage: permission denied Nothing of _podman_ toolbox cmd seems to work, eg.: -> $ podman system reset -f fails Anybody sees this/similar issue, even if not on Centos? many thanks, L.

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Podman v6.0.1 Released
by container.tools.ci＠gmail.com 09 Jul '26

09 Jul '26

Hi all, Podman v6.0.1 is now available. You may view the full details at https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/releases/tag/v6.0.1 Release Notes: -------------- ### Bugfixes - Fixed a bug where Podman Machine VMs on Mac using the `libkrun` provider could be regularly turned off by a port-scanning process on the host unintentionally commanding the VM to shut down. - Fixed a bug where the `podman machine init` command would fail on Windows hosts when using the `hyperv` provider when WSL was not installed ([#29053](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/29053)). - Fixed a bug where the `podman machine init` command would fail on Windows hosts when using the `wsl` provider when the user was a Hyper-V admin but Hyper-V is disabled ([#29138](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/29138)). - Fixed a bug where error messages from the OCI runtime were sometimes not displayed when `--log-level=debug` was passed to Podman. - Fixed a bug where the `podman machine os upgrade` command did not function properly ([#29085](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/29085)). - Fixed a bug where the default image used by `podman machine` was not being properly cached ([#29090](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/29090)). - Fixed a bug where rootful Podman Machine VMs on Windows using the `wsl` provider would fail to start ([#29003](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/29003)). - Fixed a bug where commands that did not support the `--replace` option would incorrectly suggest using that option in error messages ([#24537](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/24537)). - Fixed a bug where the Pesto rootless port forwarding tool (enabled by `rootless_port_forwarder=pasta`) did not properly clean up rules on container restart and network reload, causing failures to forward traffic ([#29032](https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/29032)).

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Podman v5.8.5 Released
by container.tools.ci＠gmail.com 09 Jul '26

09 Jul '26

Hi all, Podman v5.8.5 is now available. You may view the full details at https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/releases/tag/v5.8.5 Release Notes: -------------- ### Bugfixes - Fixed a bug where Podman Machine VMs on Mac using the libkrun provider could be regularly turned off by a port-scanning process on the host unintentionally commanding the VM to shut down.

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