{
  "title": "Podman",
  "version": "5.8.9",
  "environment": "Windows AMD64; Docker Desktop 4.95.0, Docker Engine 29.8.2, Linux containers; synthetic local data; Podman nested inside an unprivileged Docker container",
  "scenario": "Probe the CLI and runtime initialization inside an ordinary Docker container",
  "result": "podman --version returned 5.8.9. podman info then exited 125 with cannot clone: Operation not permitted and cannot re-exec process. A Podman-managed container was not started.",
  "gotcha": "The outer container permissions blocked nested runtime initialization. No privileged mode, native Windows installation or additional virtual machine was introduced to bypass this boundary.",
  "limits": "This is a limited compatibility probe, not a successful container-runtime test or a full Podman review. Native Linux, Podman Machine and rootless host usage were not tested.",
  "sources": [
    "https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/podman-inside-container",
    "https://quay.io/repository/podman/stable"
  ],
  "screenshotAlt": "Recorded, verbatim Podman CLI transcript showing version success and nested runtime permission failure",
  "kind": "Automated compatibility check",
  "testedAt": "2026-11-01T03:36:17.133017+00:00",
  "screenshot": "/research/tool-tests/2026-11-01/podman.png",
  "evidenceUrl": "/research/tool-tests/2026-11-01/podman.json",
  "screenshotWidth": 1440,
  "screenshotHeight": 1000,
  "outcome": "limited",
  "image": {
    "tag": "quay.io/podman/stable:v5.8.9",
    "pinnedImage": "quay.io/podman/stable@sha256:940f7a96a8f7ee2ac512e09cb4069d1bd14a139ff7f90f0353b880e17e2b45ff"
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "startedAt": "2026-11-01T03:36:14.130609+00:00",
      "finishedAt": "2026-11-01T03:36:15.690239+00:00",
      "command": [
        "docker",
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "--name",
        "ithub-evidence-20261101-podman",
        "--network",
        "ithub-evidence-20261101",
        "quay.io/podman/stable@sha256:940f7a96a8f7ee2ac512e09cb4069d1bd14a139ff7f90f0353b880e17e2b45ff",
        "podman",
        "--version"
      ],
      "exitCode": 0,
      "stdout": "podman version 5.8.9\n",
      "stderr": ""
    },
    {
      "startedAt": "2026-11-01T03:36:15.693237+00:00",
      "finishedAt": "2026-11-01T03:36:17.133017+00:00",
      "command": [
        "docker",
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "--name",
        "ithub-evidence-20261101-podman",
        "--network",
        "ithub-evidence-20261101",
        "quay.io/podman/stable@sha256:940f7a96a8f7ee2ac512e09cb4069d1bd14a139ff7f90f0353b880e17e2b45ff",
        "podman",
        "info"
      ],
      "exitCode": 125,
      "stdout": "",
      "stderr": "cannot clone: Operation not permitted\nError: cannot re-exec process\n"
    }
  ]
}