Cannot connect to Podman after just a while, under macports

$ podman run -it ‐‐userns=keep‐id debian
Error: invalid reference format

$ podman version
Client:       Podman Engine
Version:      4.8.2
API Version:  4.8.2
Go Version:   go1.21.5
Built:        Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969
OS/Arch:      darwin/arm64

Server:       Podman Engine
Version:      4.8.2
API Version:  4.8.2
Go Version:   go1.21.4
Built:        Mon Dec 11 08:22:43 2023
OS/Arch:      linux/arm64

$ podman info
host:
  arch: arm64
  buildahVersion: 1.33.2
  cgroupControllers:
  - cpu
  - io
  - memory
  - pids
  cgroupManager: systemd
  cgroupVersion: v2
  conmon:
    package: conmon-2.1.8-2.fc39.aarch64
    path: /usr/bin/conmon
    version: 'conmon version 2.1.8, commit: '
  cpuUtilization:
    idlePercent: 99.49
    systemPercent: 0.25
    userPercent: 0.26
  cpus: 6
  databaseBackend: sqlite
  distribution:
    distribution: fedora
    variant: coreos
    version: "39"
  eventLogger: journald
  freeLocks: 2043
  hostname: localhost.localdomain
  idMappings:
    gidmap:
    - container_id: 0
      host_id: 1000
      size: 1
    - container_id: 1
      host_id: 100000
      size: 1000000
    uidmap:
    - container_id: 0
      host_id: 501
      size: 1
    - container_id: 1
      host_id: 100000
      size: 1000000
  kernel: 6.6.8-200.fc39.aarch64
  linkmode: dynamic
  logDriver: journald
  memFree: 430215168
  memTotal: 1979027456
  networkBackend: netavark
  networkBackendInfo:
    backend: netavark
    dns:
      package: aardvark-dns-1.9.0-1.fc39.aarch64
      path: /usr/libexec/podman/aardvark-dns
      version: aardvark-dns 1.9.0
    package: netavark-1.9.0-1.fc39.aarch64
    path: /usr/libexec/podman/netavark
    version: netavark 1.9.0
  ociRuntime:
    name: crun
    package: crun-1.12-1.fc39.aarch64
    path: /usr/bin/crun
    version: |-
      crun version 1.12
      commit: ce429cb2e277d001c2179df1ac66a470f00802ae
      rundir: /run/user/501/crun
      spec: 1.0.0
      +SYSTEMD +SELINUX +APPARMOR +CAP +SECCOMP +EBPF +CRIU +LIBKRUN +WASM:wasmedge +YAJL
  os: linux
  pasta:
    executable: /usr/bin/pasta
    package: passt-0^20231204.gb86afe3-1.fc39.aarch64
    version: |
      pasta 0^20231204.gb86afe3-1.fc39.aarch64-pasta
      Copyright Red Hat
      GNU General Public License, version 2 or later
        <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
      This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
      There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
  remoteSocket:
    exists: true
    path: /run/user/501/podman/podman.sock
  security:
    apparmorEnabled: false
    capabilities: CAP_CHOWN,CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE,CAP_FOWNER,CAP_FSETID,CAP_KILL,CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE,CAP_SETFCAP,CAP_SETGID,CAP_SETPCAP,CAP_SETUID,CAP_SYS_CHROOT
    rootless: true
    seccompEnabled: true
    seccompProfilePath: /usr/share/containers/seccomp.json
    selinuxEnabled: true
  serviceIsRemote: true
  slirp4netns:
    executable: /usr/bin/slirp4netns
    package: slirp4netns-1.2.2-1.fc39.aarch64
    version: |-
      slirp4netns version 1.2.2
      commit: 0ee2d87523e906518d34a6b423271e4826f71faf
      libslirp: 4.7.0
      SLIRP_CONFIG_VERSION_MAX: 4
      libseccomp: 2.5.3
  swapFree: 0
  swapTotal: 0
  uptime: 2h 12m 11.00s (Approximately 0.08 days)
  variant: v8
plugins:
  authorization: null
  log:
  - k8s-file
  - none
  - passthrough
  - journald
  network:
  - bridge
  - macvlan
  - ipvlan
  volume:
  - local
registries:
  search:
  - docker.io
store:
  configFile: /var/home/core/.config/containers/storage.conf
  containerStore:
    number: 5
    paused: 0
    running: 1
    stopped: 4
  graphDriverName: overlay
  graphOptions: {}
  graphRoot: /var/home/core/.local/share/containers/storage
  graphRootAllocated: 106769133568
  graphRootUsed: 5852426240
  graphStatus:
    Backing Filesystem: xfs
    Native Overlay Diff: "true"
    Supports d_type: "true"
    Supports shifting: "false"
    Supports volatile: "true"
    Using metacopy: "false"
  imageCopyTmpDir: /var/tmp
  imageStore:
    number: 14
  runRoot: /run/user/501/containers
  transientStore: false
  volumePath: /var/home/core/.local/share/containers/storage/volumes
version:
  APIVersion: 4.8.2
  Built: 1702300963
  BuiltTime: Mon Dec 11 08:22:43 2023
  GitCommit: ""
  GoVersion: go1.21.4
  Os: linux
  OsArch: linux/arm64

$ sw_vers
ProductName:        macOS
ProductVersion:     14.2.1
BuildVersion:       23C71

Originally posted by @AntonioSun in https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/21196#issuecomment-1881515392

About 2+ hours after I posted above, I cannot run any podman command any more:

$ podman ps
Cannot connect to Podman. Please verify your connection to the Linux system using `podman system connection list`, or try `podman machine init` and `podman machine start` to manage a new Linux VM
Error: unable to connect to Podman socket: failed to connect: ssh: handshake failed: read tcp 127.0.0.1:49410->127.0.0.1:62451: read: connection reset by peer

$ podman info
OS: darwin/arm64
provider: qemu
version: 4.8.2

Cannot connect to Podman. Please verify your connection to the Linux system using `podman system connection list`, or try `podman machine init` and `podman machine start` to manage a new Linux VM
Error: unable to connect to Podman socket: failed to connect: ssh: handshake failed: read tcp 127.0.0.1:49415->127.0.0.1:62451: read: connection reset by peer

This is not the first time I'm experiencing it. I got podman setup last night but this morning I got Cannot connect to Podman so I followed the advice and started from podman machine init again this morning.

Things are working fine, until I access podman again about 2 hours later. During this 2 hours, I didn't force the machine into sleep myself, at most just let it idle there.

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Cannot connect to Podman after just a while, under macports #21199