canonical/multipass

Error "launch failed: Remote "release" is unknown or unreachable. If image mirror is enabled, please confirm it is valid." when launching image too quickly after installing Multipass

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#3,723 opened on Oct 10, 2024

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Description

Describe the bug I am encountering the following error when trying to launch an image too quickly after installing Multipass.

launch failed: Remote "release" is unknown or unreachable. If image mirror is enabled, please confirm it is valid.

This is occurring on a self-hosted Github runner that supports nested virtualisation.

To Reproduce How, and what happened?

  1. sudo snap install multipass``multipass ...
  2. multipass launch 16.04 --name test

When adding a 10s delay between steps 1 and 2 the issue does not occur.

Expected behavior For the image to be able to launch after the snap install was completed.

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Research direction
Investigate the timing issue between snap install completion and remote availability. Consider adding a retry mechanism or checking the remote status before launching.
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