Bug 2130236

Summary: containers config.json gets empty after sudden power loss [rhel-8.7.0.z]
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: RHEL Program Management Team <pgm-rhel-tools>
Component: podmanAssignee: Jindrich Novy <jnovy>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Alex Jia <ajia>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 8.6CC: arajendr, bbaude, ddarrah, dornelas, dwalsh, jligon, jnovy, lsm5, mheon, pthomas, tsweeney, umohnani, ypu
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Triaged, ZStream
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Fixed In Version: podman-4.2.0-1.el8 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Clone Of: 2126697
: 2136278 (view as bug list) Environment:
Last Closed: 2022-11-08 11:30:44 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 2126697, 2136270    
Bug Blocks: 2136278    

Comment 5 Alex Jia 2022-10-19 10:25:29 UTC 
This bug has been verified on podman-4.2.0-2.module+el8.7.0+16894+3f997fa3.

[root@test-8-7-0-bz2130236 ~]# podman inspect foo | grep -iA2 args
WARN[0000] Error unmarshalling container dda2a8b2d269180250e32220f3ce645c15f271478b7d6f96846cd2aab40d6c43 config: readObjectStart: expect { or n, but found , error found in #0 byte of ...||..., bigger context ...||... 
          "Args": [
               "infinity"
          ],

[root@test-8-7-0-bz2130236 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.7 (Ootpa)

[root@test-8-7-0-bz2130236 ~]# rpm -q podman runc systemd kernel
podman-4.2.0-2.module+el8.7.0+16894+3f997fa3.x86_64
runc-1.1.4-1.module+el8.7.0+16894+3f997fa3.x86_64
systemd-239-68.el8.x86_64
kernel-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.x86_64
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-08 11:30:44 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (Low: container-tools:rhel8 security, bug fix, and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7822