Podman remoteSocket not existing

[elgohr]

Description

In contrast to ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-24.04 comes with a non-existing Podman remote socket.

Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions - Standard Runners
• GitHub Actions - Larger Runners

Runner images affected

• Ubuntu 20.04
• Ubuntu 22.04
• Ubuntu 24.04
• macOS 12
• macOS 13
• macOS 13 Arm64
• macOS 14
• macOS 14 Arm64
• macOS 15
• macOS 15 Arm64
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2025

Image version and build link

2.321.0

Is it regression?

https://github.com/elgohr/runner-podman/actions/runs/12746956270

Expected behavior

The socket should be enabled by default (like in ubuntu-22.04)

Actual behavior

remoteSocket does not exist.

Repro steps

name: Show
on: push
jobs:
  show:
    strategy:
      matrix:
        os: [ ubuntu-latest, ubuntu-22.04 ]
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    timeout-minutes: 1
    steps:
      - run: podman system info

Take a look at remoteSocket.exists

[Prabhatkumar59]

Hi @elgohr - Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. We will look into this issue and will update you after investigating.