Cannot start because of > errors inspecting instance: [vz driver is running but host agent is not]

[vip9]

Description

macos 26.5.1 (25F80)
colima version 0.10.1
git commit: ed90520

$ colima start                                                                                                                                                                                 [14:40:59]
INFO[0001] starting colima
INFO[0001] runtime: docker
INFO[0002] starting ...                                  context=vm
> Using the existing instance `colima`
> errors inspecting instance: [vz driver is running but host agent is not]
FATA[0002] error starting vm: error at 'starting': exit status 1

Version

colima version 0.10.1
git commit: ed905203afdbc6fd4eae6cc301918099ff31e86e
limactl version 2.1.2
qemu-img version 11.0.1
Copyright (c) 2003-2026 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers

Operating System

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

Output of colima status

FATA[0000] colima is not running

Reproduction Steps

1. colima start

Expected behaviour

starts

Additional context

No response

[andreavaghi-motork]

@vip9 I had the same issue after updating macOS to Tahoe 26.5.1

Solved it with
colima delete
colima start