Timeout when starting instance
Author: ahmadhabibi14Created Mar 24, 2025Updated Sep 18, 2026
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Always got timeout when launch a new instance or start an instance
multipass launch --name luwesvpn --cpus 2 --disk 5G --memory 2G Error:
luwesvpn: timed out waiting for responseIngfo:
❯ multipass info luwesvpn
Name: luwesvpn
State: Unknown
Snapshots: 0
IPv4: --
Release: --
Image hash: eacac65efe9e (Ubuntu 24.04 LTS)
CPU(s): --
Load: --
Disk usage: --
Memory usage: --
Mounts: --
Here's the log by journalctl
❯ journalctl -xeu snap.multipass.multipassd.service
Mar 24 20:57:10 fedora multipassd[1689]: download_timeout is active
Mar 24 20:57:10 fedora multipassd[1689]: download_timeout is active
Mar 24 20:57:10 fedora multipassd[1689]: Failed to get https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/streams/v1/index.json: Host cloud-images.ubuntu.com not found - trying cache.
Mar 24 20:57:10 fedora multipassd[1689]: Cannot retrieve headers for https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/22/stable/current/ubuntu-core-22-amd64.img.xz: Host cdimage.ubuntu.>
Mar 24 20:57:10 fedora multipassd[1689]: Qt error HostNotFoundError: Host cdimage.ubuntu.com not found
Mar 24 20:57:10 fedora multipassd[1689]: download_timeout is active
Mar 24 20:57:10 fedora multipassd[1689]: Cannot retrieve headers for https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/24/stable/current/ubuntu-core-24-amd64.img.xz: Host cdimage.ubuntu.>
Mar 24 20:57:10 fedora multipassd[1689]: Qt error HostNotFoundError: Host cloud-images.ubuntu.com not found
Mar 24 20:57:10 fedora multipassd[1689]: Qt error HostNotFoundError: Host cloud-images.ubuntu.com not found
Mar 24 20:57:10 fedora multipassd[1689]: download_timeout is active
Mar 24 20:57:10 fedora multipassd[1689]: download_timeout is active
Mar 24 20:57:10 fedora multipassd[1689]: Failed to get https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/daily/streams/v1/com.ubuntu.cloud:daily:download.json: Host cloud-images.ubuntu.com not >
Mar 24 20:57:10 fedora multipassd[1689]: Failed to get https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/buildd/daily/streams/v1/com.ubuntu.cloud:daily:download.json: Host cloud-images.ubuntu.c>
Mar 24 20:57:10 fedora multipassd[1689]: QFutureWatcher caught DownloadException failed to download from 'https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/16/stable/current/ubuntu-core->
Mar 24 20:57:50 fedora multipassd[1689]: fetch manifest periodically
Mar 24 21:12:53 fedora multipassd[1689]: fetch manifest periodically
Mar 24 21:27:54 fedora multipassd[1689]: fetch manifest periodically
Mar 24 21:42:56 fedora multipassd[1689]: fetch manifest periodically
Mar 24 21:57:59 fedora multipassd[1689]: fetch manifest periodically
Mar 24 22:13:01 fedora multipassd[1689]: fetch manifest periodically
Mar 24 22:28:04 fedora multipassd[1689]: fetch manifest periodically
Mar 24 22:43:06 fedora multipassd[1689]: fetch manifest periodically
Mar 24 22:58:09 fedora multipassd[1689]: fetch manifest periodically
Mar 24 23:13:11 fedora multipassd[1689]: fetch manifest periodically
Mar 24 23:28:13 fedora multipassd[1689]: fetch manifest periodically
Mar 24 23:38:33 fedora multipassd[1689]: process working dir '/snap/multipass/14485/qemu'
Mar 24 23:38:33 fedora multipassd[1689]: process program 'qemu-system-x86_64'
Mar 24 23:38:33 fedora multipassd[1689]: process arguments '-bios, OVMF.fd, --enable-kvm, -cpu, host, -nic, tap,ifname=tap-a020585d6d8,script=no,downscript=no,model=virtio-net>
Mar 24 23:38:33 fedora multipassd[1689]: [210074] started: qemu-system-x86_64 -nographic -dump-vmstate /tmp/multipassd.vNSjtI
Mar 24 23:38:33 fedora multipassd[1689]: process state changed to Starting
Mar 24 23:38:33 fedora multipassd[1689]: process state changed to Running
Mar 24 23:38:33 fedora multipassd[1689]: [210099] started: qemu-system-x86_64 -bios OVMF.fd --enable-kvm -cpu host -nic tap,ifname=tap-a020585d6d8,script=no,downscript=no,mode>
Mar 24 23:38:33 fedora multipassd[1689]: process started
Mar 24 23:38:33 fedora multipassd[1689]: Waiting for SSH to be up
Mar 24 23:38:33 fedora multipassd[1689]: QMP: {"QMP": {"version": {"qemu": {"micro": 1, "minor": 2, "major": 8}, "package": ""}, "capabilities": ["oob"]}}
Mar 24 23:38:33 fedora multipassd[1689]: QMP: {"return": {}}
Mar 24 23:38:36 fedora multipassd[1689]: QMP: {"timestamp": {"seconds": 1742830716, "microseconds": 212130}, "event": "RTC_CHANGE", "data": {"offset": -1, "qom-path": "/machin>
Mar 24 23:38:37 fedora multipassd[1689]: QMP: {"timestamp": {"seconds": 1742830716, "microseconds": 264344}, "event": "RTC_CHANGE", "data": {"offset": -1, "qom-path": "/machin>
Mar 24 23:38:46 fedora multipassd[1689]: QMP: {"timestamp": {"seconds": 1742830726, "microseconds": 124192}, "event": "NIC_RX_FILTER_CHANGED", "data": {"path": "/machine/unatt>
Mar 24 23:43:14 fedora multipassd[1689]: fetch manifest periodicallySource: canonical/multipass