podman can not start after reboot

[hqch0708]

Issue Description

when Mac M1 was reboot, podman can not be used anymore. I think the root cause that is when reboot, podman did not update the status of machine.

The workaround is to update your starting to false in "/Users/{User}/.config/containers/podman/machine/qemu/podman-machine-default.json", and then podman can be worked as expection

Steps to reproduce the issue

Steps to reproduce the issue

1. reboot
2. podman machine start
   cannot start VM podman-machine-default: VM already running or starting
3. podman machine stop
   Machine "podman-machine-default" stopped successfully
4. podman machine list
   podman-machine-default* qemu 2 days ago Currently starting 1 2.147GB 107.4GB

Describe the results you received

cannot start VM podman-machine-default: VM already running or starting

Describe the results you expected

podman can work

podman info output

Host:
  Arch: arm64
  CurrentMachine: podman-machine-default
  DefaultMachine: podman-machine-default
  EventsDir: /var/folders/_c/w5h26y1x6ksc3ndly5027d7h0000gn/T/podman-run--1/podman
  MachineConfigDir: /Users/{User}/.config/containers/podman/machine/qemu
  MachineImageDir: /Users/{User}/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/qemu
  MachineState: Starting
  NumberOfMachines: 1
  OS: darwin
  VMType: qemu
Version:
  APIVersion: 4.5.1
  Built: 1685113812
  BuiltTime: Fri May 26 23:10:12 2023
  GitCommit: 9eef30051c83f62816a1772a743e5f1271b196d7
  GoVersion: go1.20.4
  Os: darwin
  OsArch: darwin/arm64
  Version: 4.5.1

Podman in a container

No

Privileged Or Rootless

None

Upstream Latest Release

Yes

Additional environment details

Additional environment details

Additional information

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

[hqch0708]

BYW, I did not install podman-mac-helper at that moment

[Luap99]

If you remove the machine and then init a new one it should work again.

@vrothberg @baude @ashley-cui PTAL, seems like you can get the machine stucked in starting start even after a reboot.

[hqch0708]

@Luap99 yes, remove and init a new one is an easy way, but in this way, the existing containers and even images will be removed, so I think this way is not anyone wants to use.

[ashley-cui]

This should be fixed in Podman v4.6: #18328