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Podman desktop stuck initializing on macOS

See original GitHub issue

Bug description

I have Podman 4.3.1 installed on my system (via the macOS install package here). When I download Podman Desktop and run it, it sits at the “Initializing” page and never seems to progress:

I can confirm that I’m able to use podman just fine via my terminal, and I have a podman machine presently running (podman machine info output is pasted below).

There also doesn’t seem to be any noticeable option to see what step(s) it may be stuck or hanging on.

Operating system

macOS Monterey 12.6.1 (Intel)

Version

0.10.0

Steps to reproduce

on macOS:

Install Podman 4.3.1
Install latest Podman Desktop
Start Podman Desktop

Relevant log output

I don't see any log output available from Podman Desktop

Additional context

johncollier@jcollier-mac ~ % podman machine info
Host:
  Arch: amd64
  CurrentMachine: podman-machine-default
  DefaultMachine: podman-machine-default
  EventsDir: /var/folders/bp/5pzqwrtj79xf5pstx7fk9ybc0000gn/T/podman-run--1/podman
  MachineConfigDir: /Users/johncollier/.config/containers/podman/machine/qemu
  MachineImageDir: /Users/johncollier/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/qemu
  MachineState: Running
  NumberOfMachines: 1
  OS: darwin
  VMType: qemu
Version:
  APIVersion: 4.3.1
  Built: 1668090415
  BuiltTime: Thu Nov 10 09:26:55 2022
  GitCommit: 814b7b003cc630bf6ab188274706c383f9fb9915
  GoVersion: go1.19
  Os: darwin
  OsArch: darwin/amd64
  Version: 4.3.1