Error: Unsupported Image-Specific Operation on Artifact in DevPods with Podman

[gerbernoah]

When attempting to create a new workspace from an image using DevPod with Podman, I encountered the following error:

Error: parsing image configuration: unsupported image-specific operation on artifact with type "application/vnd.devcontainers"

It appears that DevPod fails to process an image configuration due to an unsupported artifact type. This prevents the workspace from being created successfully.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Set up DevPods with Podman.
2. Attempt to create a workspace from image ghcr.io/jmuchovej/templates/typst.
3. Observe the error message.

Expected Behavior:
DevPod should successfully parse the image configuration and create the workspace without errors.

Actual Behavior:
The process fails with the error message mentioned above.

Environment:

• DevPod version: v0.6.8
• Podman version: 5.3.2
• OS/Arch: Linux-bluefin/amd64

Additional Context:

• The image in question may be using a devcontainer artifact type that Podman does not fully support.
• If there are any workarounds, such as modifying the image or adjusting Podman configurations, please advise.

Any guidance on resolving this issue would be greatly appreciated!

[jmuchovej]

👋 @gerbernoah – thanks for reporting, and sorry for the slow reply! 😅

i don't typically use podman, so it wasn't part of my testing to evaluate the initial version of this image. 😕 i might have some time to test this further over the next few weeks, but i don't actively use devcontainers anymore, so i'm not certain when i'll be able to get to this. 😔

i'm linking this here, mostly for myself, but it's possible you might be able to use it to sort out any issues. if so, please feel free to open a PR with those changes. 🙂
podman-container-tools/podman#22738