#4231·kind

kind get clusters command error 125

Author: NoobzikCreated Aug 5, 2026Updated Sep 3, 2026

Labelskind/bug

What happened: Running the command kind get clusters throw the following error log

using podman due to KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_PROVIDER
enabling experimental podman provider
ERROR: failed to list clusters: command "podman ps -a --filter label=io.x-k8s.kind.cluster --format '{{index .Labels "io.x-k8s.kind.cluster"}}'" failed with error: exit status 125
Command Output: Error: template: ps:1:13: executing "ps" at <index .Labels "io.x-k8s.kind.cluster">: error calling index: cannot index slice/array with type string

What you expected to happen: Following the quickstart documentation : https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/quick-start/ expected similar results (kind)

How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible):

Install podman desktop + cli with rootless configuration
install podman remote linux in wsl
create a podman machine
link the socket to rootless podman system connection add --default podman-machine-default unix:///mnt/wsl/podman-sockets/podman-machine-default/podman-user.sock
from podman desktop, install kind extension
create a kind cluster from podman desktop
install kind in wsl
try the command kind get clusters
notice the error

Anything else we need to know?:

LLM suggest to use the following command instead

podman ps -a --filter label=io.x-k8s.kind.cluster --format '{{.Names}} {{.Labels}}'

which provides the following results :

kind-cluster-control-plane io.x-k8s.kind.cluster=kind-cluster,io.x-k8s.kind.role=control-plane

Other closed issue that is related :

Environment:

kind version: (use kind version): kind v0.32.0 go1.26.3 linux/amd64
Runtime info: (use docker info, podman info or nerdctl info):

Client:
  APIVersion: 6.0.2
  Built: 1784689140
  BuiltTime: Wed Jul 22 05:59:00 2026
  GitCommit: b28edb9ad70ce4317dc762ee9ce0a6d081d154e9
  GoVersion: go1.26.5
  Os: linux
  OsArch: linux/amd64
  Version: 6.0.2
host:
  arch: amd64
  buildahVersion: 1.44.1
  cdiSpecDirs:
  - /etc/cdi
  - /var/run/cdi
  cgroupControllers:
  - cpu
  - io
  - memory
  - pids
  cgroupManager: systemd
  cgroupVersion: v2
  conmon:
    package: conmon-2.2.1-2.fc44.x86_64
    path: /usr/bin/conmon
    version: 'conmon version 2.2.1, commit: '
  cpuUtilization:
    idlePercent: 98.85
    systemPercent: 0.7
    userPercent: 0.46
  cpus: 16
  databaseBackend: sqlite
  distribution:
    distribution: fedora
    variant: podman-machine-os
    version: "44"
  eventLogger: journald
  freeLocks: 2046
  hostname: NoobZik-PC
  idMappings:
    gidmap:
    - container_id: 0
      host_id: 1000
      size: 1
    - container_id: 1
      host_id: 524288
      size: 1000000
    uidmap:
    - container_id: 0
      host_id: 1000
      size: 1
    - container_id: 1
      host_id: 524288
      size: 1000000
  kernel: 6.18.33.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2
  linkmode: dynamic
  logDriver: journald
  memFree: 12754108416
  memTotal: 16728616960
  networkBackend: netavark
  networkBackendInfo:
    backend: netavark
    defaultNetwork: podman
    dns:
      package: aardvark-dns-2.0.0-1.fc44.x86_64
      path: /usr/libexec/podman/aardvark-dns
      version: aardvark-dns 2.0.0
    package: netavark-2.0.0-2.fc44.x86_64
    path: /usr/libexec/podman/netavark
    version: netavark 2.0.0
  ociRuntime:
    name: crun
    package: crun-1.28-1.fc44.x86_64
    path: /usr/bin/crun
    version: |-
      crun version 1.28
      commit: 54f16ffbefcd022bf032af768b5c5ce075c18bfc
      rundir: /run/user/1000/crun
      spec: 1.0.0
      +SYSTEMD +SELINUX +APPARMOR +CAP +SECCOMP +EBPF +CRIU +LIBKRUN +WASM:wasmedge +JSON_C
  os: linux
  pasta:
    executable: /usr/bin/pasta
    package: passt-0^20260716.g090d739-2.fc44.x86_64
    version: |
      pasta 0^20260716.g090d739-2.fc44.x86_64
      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: unix:///run/user/1000/podman/podman.sock
  rootlessNetworkCmd: pasta
  rootlessPortForwarder: rootlessport
  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: false
  serviceIsRemote: true
  swapFree: 4294967296
  swapTotal: 4294967296
  uptime: 1h 33m 9.00s (Approximately 0.04 days)
  variant: ""
plugins:
  authorization: null
  log:
  - k8s-file
  - none
  - passthrough
  - journald
  network:
  - bridge
  - macvlan
  - ipvlan
  volume:
  - local
registries:
  search:
  - docker.io
store:
  containerStore:
    number: 1
    paused: 0
    running: 1
    stopped: 0
  graphDriverName: overlay
  graphOptions:
    overlay.mountopt: nodev
  graphRoot: /home/user/.local/share/containers/storage
  graphRootAllocated: 1081101176832
  graphRootUsed: 3340308480
  graphStatus:
    Backing Filesystem: extfs
    Native Overlay Diff: "true"
    Supports d_type: "true"
    Supports shifting: "false"
    Supports volatile: "true"
    Using metacopy: "false"
  imageCopyTmpDir: /var/tmp
  imageStore:
    number: 2
  runRoot: /run/user/1000/containers
  transientStore: false
  volumePath: /home/user/.local/share/containers/storage/volumes
version:
  APIVersion: 6.0.2
  BuildOrigin: 'Copr: packit/podman-container-tools-podman-29249'
  Built: 1784592000
  BuiltTime: Tue Jul 21 03:00:00 2026
  GitCommit: b28edb9ad70ce4317dc762ee9ce0a6d081d154e9
  GoVersion: go1.26.5-X:nodwarf5
  Os: linux
  OsArch: linux/amd64
  Version: 6.0.2

OS (e.g. from /etc/os-release): Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS (WSL)
Kubernetes version: (use kubectl version): v1.36.3
Any proxies or other special environment settings?: Podman Windows + WSL, kind command ran from podman wsl (remote) configured as rootless

Source: kubernetes-sigs/kind

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