almalinux gets stuck during `🕐 SSH connection (essential)` [no longer reproducible after restarting the host] · Issue #5628 · lima-vm/lima · GitHub
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almalinux gets stuck during 🕐 SSH connection (essential) [no longer reproducible after restarting the host]#5628
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@AkihiroSuda
AkihiroSuda
opened on Oct 15, 2026

https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/10.2/cloud/aarch64/images/AlmaLinux-10-GenericCloud-10.2-20260817.0.aarch64.qcow2 and https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/10.2/cloud/aarch64/images/AlmaLinux-10-GenericCloud-10.2-20261012.0.aarch64.qcow2 gets stuck during booting:

$ limactl start --name alma-20260817 https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/10.2/cloud/aarch64/images/AlmaLinux-10-GenericCloud-10.2-20260817.0.aarch64.qcow2
? Creating an instance `alma-20260817` Proceed with the current configuration
INFO[0000] Starting the instance `alma-20260817` with internal VM driver `vz` 
INFO[0000] Attempting to download the image              arch=aarch64 digest= location="https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/10.2/cloud/aarch64/images/AlmaLinux-10-GenericCloud-10.2-20260817.0.aarch64.qcow2"
INFO[0000] Using cache `/Users/suda/Library/Caches/lima/download/by-url-sha256/87af649469b682f380e0d57e00c049d961ee712e1d5985546e0055e8dbbc64f5/imgconv/raw` 
INFO[0000] Resize instance alma-20260817's disk from 10GiB to 100GiB 
INFO[0000] [hostagent] hostagent socket created at /Users/suda/.lima/alma-20260817/ha.sock 
INFO[0000] [hostagent] Starting VZ (hint: to watch the boot progress, see `/Users/suda/.lima/alma-20260817/serial*.log`) 
INFO[0000] [hostagent] [VZ] - vm state change: running  
INFO[0007] [hostagent] Started vsock forwarder: 127.0.0.1:60809 -> vsock:22 on VM 
INFO[0007] [hostagent] Detected SSH server is listening on the vsock port; changed 127.0.0.1:60809 to proxy for the vsock port 
INFO[0008] SSH Local Port: 60809                        
( 1/7) 🕐 SSH connection (essential)

https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/10.2/cloud/aarch64/images/AlmaLinux-10-GenericCloud-10.2-20260526.0.aarch64.qcow2 boots but gets stuck during 🕐 Containerd binaries to be installed

$ limactl start --name alma-20260526 https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/10.2/cloud/aarch64/images/AlmaLinux-10-GenericCloud-10.2-20260526.0.aarch64.qcow2
? Creating an instance `alma-20260526` Proceed with the current configuration
INFO[0000] Starting the instance `alma-20260526` with internal VM driver `vz` 
INFO[0000] Attempting to download the image              arch=aarch64 digest= location="https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/10.2/cloud/aarch64/images/AlmaLinux-10-GenericCloud-10.2-20260526.0.aarch64.qcow2"
INFO[0000] Using cache `/Users/suda/Library/Caches/lima/download/by-url-sha256/d644a3de408106502ce4934ee3aafb68f1cb530d1098b43bc3df0c778530ad3b/imgconv/raw` 
INFO[0000] Resize instance alma-20260526's disk from 10GiB to 100GiB 
INFO[0001] [hostagent] hostagent socket created at /Users/suda/.lima/alma-20260526/ha.sock 
INFO[0001] [hostagent] Starting VZ (hint: to watch the boot progress, see `/Users/suda/.lima/alma-20260526/serial*.log`) 
INFO[0001] [hostagent] [VZ] - vm state change: running  
INFO[0007] [hostagent] Started vsock forwarder: 127.0.0.1:60793 -> vsock:22 on VM 
INFO[0007] [hostagent] Detected SSH server is listening on the vsock port; changed 127.0.0.1:60793 to proxy for the vsock port 
INFO[0008] SSH Local Port: 60793                        
( 1/7) ✅ SSH connection
( 2/7) ✅ User session to be ready for SSH
( 3/7) ✅ Persistent SSH ControlMaster
( 4/7) 🕐 Systemd to be availableINFO[0008] [hostagent] Guest agent is running           
INFO[0008] [hostagent] Time sync: guest agent is alive, starting time synchronization 
INFO[0008] [hostagent] Not forwarding TCP 0.0.0.0:22    
INFO[0008] [hostagent] Not forwarding TCP [::]:22       
INFO[0008] [hostagent] Forwarding UDP from 127.0.0.1:323 to 127.0.0.1:323 
INFO[0008] [hostagent] Forwarding UDP from [::1]:323 to 127.0.0.1:323 
INFO[0008] [hostagent] Not forwarding UDP 0.0.0.0:323   
INFO[0008] [hostagent] Not forwarding UDP 127.0.0.1:323 
( 4/7) ✅ Systemd to be available
( 5/7) 🕐 Containerd binaries to be installed

[root@lima-alma-20260526 ~]# tail -f  /var/log/cloud-init-output.log 
+ '[' -n ' iptables fuse3' ']'
+ dnf_install_flags='-y --setopt=install_weak_deps=False'
+ epel_install_flags=
+ grep -q 'Oracle Linux Server release 8' /etc/system-release
+ grep -q 'release 8' /etc/system-release
+ grep -q 'Oracle Linux Server release 9' /etc/system-release
+ grep -q 'Oracle Linux Server release 10' /etc/system-release
+ grep -q -E 'release (9|10)' /etc/system-release
+ dnf install -y --setopt=install_weak_deps=False epel-release
AlmaLinux 10 - AppStream                         18 kB/s | 2.7 MB     02:37

Tested with the current master f6158fe (vz mode) on macOS 27.0.1.

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  1. AkihiroSuda
    added
    bugSomething isn't working
    priority/high
    guest/el10
    on Oct 15, 2026
  2. AkihiroSuda
    changed the title [-]almalinux template gets stuck during `🕐 SSH connection (essential)`[/-] [+]almalinux gets stuck during `🕐 SSH connection (essential)`[/+] on Oct 15, 2026
  3. AkihiroSuda
    added this to the v2.3.0 milestone on Oct 16, 2026

  4. AkihiroSuda commented on Oct 16, 2026

    @AkihiroSuda
    AkihiroSuda
    on Oct 16, 2026
    MemberAuthor

    It works after restarting the host 🤷

  5. AkihiroSuda
    changed the title [-]almalinux gets stuck during `🕐 SSH connection (essential)`[/-] [+]almalinux gets stuck during `🕐 SSH connection (essential)` [no longer reproducible after restarting the host][/+] on Oct 16, 2026

  6. unsuman commented on Oct 22, 2026

    @unsuman
    unsuman
    on Oct 22, 2026
    Member

    Failed to repro this (current master, macOS 27.0.1):

    ➜  lima git:(blockdevice-sudoers-digest) ✗ limactl start --name alma-20260817 https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/10.2/cloud/aarch64/images/AlmaLinux-10-GenericCloud-10.2-20260817.0.aarch64.qcow2
? Creating an instance `alma-20260817` Proceed with the current configuration
INFO[0001] Starting the instance `alma-20260817` with internal VM driver `vz` 
INFO[0001] Attempting to download the image              arch=aarch64 digest= location="https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/10.2/cloud/aarch64/images/AlmaLinux-10-GenericCloud-10.2-20260817.0.aarch64.qcow2"
INFO[0002] Using cache `/Users/ansumansahoo/Library/Caches/lima/download/by-url-sha256/87af649469b682f380e0d57e00c049d961ee712e1d5985546e0055e8dbbc64f5/imgconv/raw` 
INFO[0002] Resize instance alma-20260817's disk from 10GiB to 100GiB 
INFO[0004] [hostagent] hostagent socket created at /Users/ansumansahoo/.lima/alma-20260817/ha.sock 
INFO[0004] [hostagent] Starting VZ (hint: to watch the boot progress, see `/Users/ansumansahoo/.lima/alma-20260817/serial*.log`) 
INFO[0004] [hostagent] [VZ] - vm state change: running  
INFO[0005] [hostagent] gvproxy API request               component=services-api endpoint=/services/dhcp/leases method=GET outcome=success source=
INFO[0013] [hostagent] Started vsock forwarder: 127.0.0.1:57980 -> vsock:22 on VM 
INFO[0013] [hostagent] Detected SSH server is listening on the vsock port; changed 127.0.0.1:57980 to proxy for the vsock port 
INFO[0013] [hostagent] gvproxy API request               component=services-api endpoint=/services/dhcp/leases method=GET outcome=success source=
INFO[0013] [hostagent] gvproxy API request               component=services-api endpoint=/services/dns/add method=POST outcome=success source= zone=internal.
INFO[0014] SSH Local Port: 57980                        
( 1/7) ✅ SSH connection
( 2/7) ✅ User session to be ready for SSH
( 3/7) ✅ Persistent SSH ControlMaster
( 4/7) ✅ Systemd to be available
( 5/7) 🕐 Containerd binaries to be installedINFO[0054] [hostagent] Guest agent is running           
INFO[0054] [hostagent] Time sync: guest agent is alive, starting time synchronization 
INFO[0054] [hostagent] Forwarding TCP from 127.0.0.1:37005 to 127.0.0.1:37005 
INFO[0054] [hostagent] Not forwarding TCP 0.0.0.0:22    
INFO[0054] [hostagent] Not forwarding TCP [::]:22       
INFO[0054] [hostagent] Forwarding UDP from 127.0.0.1:323 to 127.0.0.1:323 
INFO[0054] [hostagent] Forwarding UDP from [::1]:323 to 127.0.0.1:323 
INFO[0054] [hostagent] Not forwarding UDP 0.0.0.0:323   
INFO[0054] [hostagent] Not forwarding UDP 127.0.0.1:323 
INFO[0054] [hostagent] Not forwarding UDP 0.0.0.0:323   
INFO[0054] [hostagent] Not forwarding UDP 127.0.0.1:323 
( 5/7) ✅ Containerd binaries to be installed
( 6/7) ✅ Guest agent to be running
( 7/7) ✅ Boot scripts to be finished
INFO[0061] READY. Run `limactl shell alma-20260817` to open the shell. 

➜  lima git:(blockdevice-sudoers-digest) ✗ limactl start --name alma-20260526 https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/10.2/cloud/aarch64/images/AlmaLinux-10-GenericCloud-10.2-20260526.0.aarch64.qcow2
? Creating an instance `alma-20260526` Proceed with the current configuration
INFO[0001] Starting the instance `alma-20260526` with internal VM driver `vz` 
INFO[0001] Attempting to download the image              arch=aarch64 digest= location="https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/10.2/cloud/aarch64/images/AlmaLinux-10-GenericCloud-10.2-20260526.0.aarch64.qcow2"
INFO[0002] Using cache `/Users/ansumansahoo/Library/Caches/lima/download/by-url-sha256/d644a3de408106502ce4934ee3aafb68f1cb530d1098b43bc3df0c778530ad3b/imgconv/raw` 
INFO[0002] Resize instance alma-20260526's disk from 10GiB to 100GiB 
INFO[0004] [hostagent] hostagent socket created at /Users/ansumansahoo/.lima/alma-20260526/ha.sock 
INFO[0004] [hostagent] Starting VZ (hint: to watch the boot progress, see `/Users/ansumansahoo/.lima/alma-20260526/serial*.log`) 
INFO[0004] [hostagent] [VZ] - vm state change: running  
INFO[0004] [hostagent] gvproxy API request               component=services-api endpoint=/services/dhcp/leases method=GET outcome=success source=
INFO[0013] [hostagent] Started vsock forwarder: 127.0.0.1:58059 -> vsock:22 on VM 
INFO[0013] [hostagent] Detected SSH server is listening on the vsock port; changed 127.0.0.1:58059 to proxy for the vsock port 
INFO[0013] [hostagent] gvproxy API request               component=services-api endpoint=/services/dhcp/leases method=GET outcome=success source=
INFO[0013] [hostagent] gvproxy API request               component=services-api endpoint=/services/dns/add method=POST outcome=success source= zone=internal.
INFO[0014] SSH Local Port: 58059                        
( 1/7) ✅ SSH connection
( 2/7) ✅ User session to be ready for SSH
( 3/7) ✅ Persistent SSH ControlMaster
( 4/7) 🕐 Systemd to be availableINFO[0014] [hostagent] Guest agent is running           
INFO[0014] [hostagent] Time sync: guest agent is alive, starting time synchronization 
INFO[0014] [hostagent] Not forwarding TCP 0.0.0.0:22    
INFO[0014] [hostagent] Not forwarding TCP [::]:22       
INFO[0014] [hostagent] Forwarding UDP from 127.0.0.1:323 to 127.0.0.1:323 
INFO[0014] [hostagent] Forwarding UDP from [::1]:323 to 127.0.0.1:323 
INFO[0014] [hostagent] Not forwarding UDP 0.0.0.0:323   
INFO[0014] [hostagent] Not forwarding UDP 127.0.0.1:323 
INFO[0014] [hostagent] Not forwarding UDP 0.0.0.0:323   
INFO[0014] [hostagent] Not forwarding UDP 127.0.0.1:323 
( 4/7) ✅ Systemd to be available
( 5/7) ✅ Containerd binaries to be installed
( 6/7) ✅ Guest agent to be running
( 7/7) 🕐 Boot scripts to be finishedINFO[0046] [hostagent] Forwarding TCP from 127.0.0.1:46347 to 127.0.0.1:46347 
( 7/7) ✅ Boot scripts to be finished
INFO[0055] READY. Run `limactl shell alma-20260526` to open the shell.
  7. AkihiroSuda
    removed this from the v2.3.0 milestone on Oct 23, 2026
  8. AkihiroSuda
    removed
    priority/high
    on Oct 23, 2026
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