#1583·colima

krunkit vm data lost on restart

Author: acelinkioCreated Jun 5, 2026Updated Sep 15, 2026

Description

On colima restart or a literal system restart, colima looses state when using krunkit type.

Version

had this issue in both 0.10.1 0.10.3

Operating System

macOS Intel <= 13 (Ventura)
macOS Intel >= 14 (Sonoma)
Apple Silicon <= 13 (Ventura)
Apple Silicon >= 14 (Sonoma)
Linux

Output of `colima status`

bash

 ❯ ./colima-Darwin-arm64 status -p localdev
INFO[0000] colima [profile=localdev] is running using Krunkit 
INFO[0000] arch: aarch64                                
INFO[0000] runtime: containerd                          
INFO[0000] mountType: sshfs                             
INFO[0000] address: 192.168.106.2                       
INFO[0000] containerd socket: unix:///Users/ep/.colima/localdev/containerd.sock 
INFO[0000] buildkitd socket: unix:///Users/ep/.colima/localdev/buildkitd.sock 
INFO[0000] kubernetes: enabled

Reproduction Steps

colima start -p localdev
colima restart -p localdev
kubectl get nodes -A Unable to connect to the server: tls: failed to verify certificate: x509: certificate signed by unknown authority

bash

 ❯ ./colima start -p localdev

 ❯ kubectl get pods -A
No resources found

 ❯ kubectl get nodes -A  
NAME              STATUS   ROLES           AGE    VERSION
colima-localdev   Ready    control-plane   3m1s   v1.35.3+k3s1

 ❯ ./colima restart -p localdev
INFO[0000] stopping colima [profile=localdev]           
INFO[0000] stopping ...                                  context=kubernetes
INFO[0002] stopping ...                                  context=containerd
INFO[0003] stopping ...                                  context=vm
INFO[0005] done                                         
INFO[0008] starting colima [profile=localdev]           
INFO[0008] runtime: containerd+k3s                      
INFO[0008] preparing network ...                         context=vm
INFO[0010] starting ...                                  context=vm
INFO[0016] provisioning ...                              context=containerd
INFO[0016] starting ...                                  context=containerd
INFO[0016] provisioning ...                              context=kubernetes
INFO[0017] starting ...                                  context=kubernetes
INFO[0022] done                                         

 ❯ kubectl get nodes -A                     
Unable to connect to the server: tls: failed to verify certificate: x509: certificate signed by unknown authority

 ❯ ./colima ssh -p localdev    
ep@colima-localdev:~$ kubectl get nodes -A
NAME              STATUS   ROLES           AGE   VERSION
colima-localdev   Ready    control-plane   43s   v1.35.3+k3s1

colima.yaml

yaml

cpu: 4
disk: 80
kubernetes:
  enabled: true
  k3sArgs:
  - --disable=coredns,flannel,local-storage,metrics-server,servicelb,traefik
  - --flannel-backend='none'
  - --disable-network-policy
  - --disable-cloud-controller
  - --disable-kube-proxy
  - --node-ip=192.168.106.2
  port: 6443
  version: v1.35.3+k3s1
memory: 12
network:
  address: true
  mode: shared
runtime: containerd
vmType: krunkit

Expected behaviour

Colima does not lose state

Additional context

No response

Source: abiosoft/colima

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