Kubernetes not starting with message "vz driver is running but host agent is not"

[royteeuwen]

Actual Behavior

When starting Rancher Desktop, the following exception is thrown:

   '--tty=false',
    '0'
  ],
  stdout: '',
  stderr: 'time="2024-11-12T14:16:16+01:00" level=info msg="Using the existing instance \\"0\\""\n' +
    'time="2024-11-12T14:16:16+01:00" level=fatal msg="errors inspecting instance: [vz driver is running but host agent is not]"\n',
  code: 1,
  [Symbol(child-process.command)]: '/Applications/Rancher Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/resources/darwin/lima/bin/limactl.ventura start --tty=false 0'
}

Steps to Reproduce

Issue noticed since upgrading macOS Sequioa. Since upgrading, it immediately had this issue from the start. I factory reset the Rancher Desktop and this solved the issue, but it came back after a while

Result

No working kubernetes cluster

Expected Behavior

Kubernetes should start up

Additional Information

No response

Rancher Desktop Version

1.16.0

Rancher Desktop K8s Version

1.25.11

Which container engine are you using?

moby (docker cli)

What operating system are you using?

macOS

Operating System / Build Version

Sequoia 15.1

What CPU architecture are you using?

arm64 (Apple Silicon)

Linux only: what package format did you use to install Rancher Desktop?

None

Windows User Only

No response