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dev-new: lab's podman needs /run/lab after reboot #442

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opened 2026-10-08 08:12:24 +02:00 by dominik.polakovics · 0 comments
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After a reboot of dev-new, /run/lab was missing and lab could not start containers until it was recreated by hand.

Cause: the lab service's podman db (/var/lib/lab/.local/share/containers/storage/db.sql, store created 2026-07-25) predates coding-lab ADR-0060 (2026-07-26) and still records runroot /run/lab/containers and tmpdir /run/lab/libpod/tmp. Podman keeps using those recorded paths. /run is tmpfs and root-owned, so after a boot the lab user cannot recreate the directory. Before this reboot, /run/lab was still left over from the old RuntimeDirectory=lab layout.

Short term: recreate /run/lab (owned by lab) at every boot via tmpfiles.
Real fix: run upstream's documented one-time migration podman system reset --force as the lab user (see coding-lab docs/ops.md). It wipes local containers and images, so do it while no container runs are live. After that the tmpfiles rule can be dropped.

After a reboot of dev-new, `/run/lab` was missing and lab could not start containers until it was recreated by hand. Cause: the lab service's podman db (`/var/lib/lab/.local/share/containers/storage/db.sql`, store created 2026-07-25) predates coding-lab ADR-0060 (2026-07-26) and still records runroot `/run/lab/containers` and tmpdir `/run/lab/libpod/tmp`. Podman keeps using those recorded paths. `/run` is tmpfs and root-owned, so after a boot the `lab` user cannot recreate the directory. Before this reboot, `/run/lab` was still left over from the old `RuntimeDirectory=lab` layout. Short term: recreate `/run/lab` (owned by lab) at every boot via tmpfiles. Real fix: run upstream's documented one-time migration `podman system reset --force` as the `lab` user (see coding-lab docs/ops.md). It wipes local containers and images, so do it while no container runs are live. After that the tmpfiles rule can be dropped.
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