Can't launch dashboard

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What Happened?

Launching minikube dashboard --alsologtostderr fails with:

W0407 14:33:36.798622  266174 main.go:164] Unable to get username to add to log filename hash: user: unknown userid 1318201129
I0407 14:33:36.799161  266174 out.go:360] Setting OutFile to fd 1 ...
I0407 14:33:36.799187  266174 out.go:413] isatty.IsTerminal(1) = true
I0407 14:33:36.799196  266174 out.go:374] Setting ErrFile to fd 2...
I0407 14:33:36.799204  266174 out.go:413] isatty.IsTerminal(2) = true
I0407 14:33:36.799359  266174 root.go:338] Updating PATH: /home/user@domain.local/.minikube/bin
I0407 14:33:36.800460  266174 mustload.go:66] Loading cluster: minikube
I0407 14:33:36.800732  266174 config.go:183] Loaded profile config "minikube": Driver=podman, ContainerRuntime=docker, KubernetesVersion=v1.35.1
I0407 14:33:36.801038  266174 cli_runner.go:164] Run: podman container inspect minikube --format={{.State.Status}}
I0407 14:33:36.838714  266174 host.go:67] Checking if "minikube" exists ...
I0407 14:33:36.838932  266174 cli_runner.go:164] Run: podman system info --format json
I0407 14:33:37.582819  266174 info.go:288] podman info: {Host:{BuildahVersion:1.43.0 CgroupVersion:v2 Conmon:{Package:Unknown Path:/nix/store/392aivzaw88c7dfa9ljp49ym5bq27y9i-podman-helper-binary-wrapper/bin/conmon Version:conmon version 2.2.1, commit: c8cc2c4db27531bd4e084ce7857f73cd21ee639d} Distribution:{Distribution:ubuntu Version:24.04} MemFree:8866136064 MemTotal:33454870528 OCIRuntime:{Name:crun Package:Unknown Path:/nix/store/392aivzaw88c7dfa9ljp49ym5bq27y9i-podman-helper-binary-wrapper/bin/crun Version:crun version 1.27
commit: a718a92cc9a94955a5a550b6fdec1378c247ec50
rundir: /run/user/1318201129/crun
spec: 1.0.0
+SYSTEMD +SELINUX +APPARMOR +CAP +SECCOMP +EBPF +CRIU +LIBKRUN +YAJL} SwapFree:8589930496 SwapTotal:8589930496 Arch:amd64 Cpus:8 Eventlogger:journald Hostname:fibra-Latitude-5500 Kernel:6.17.0-20-generic Os:linux Security:{Rootless:true} Uptime:2h 50m 27.00s (Approximately 0.08 days)} Registries:{Search:[docker.io]} Store:{ConfigFile:/home/user@domain.local/.config/containers/storage.conf ContainerStore:{Number:8} GraphDriverName:overlay GraphOptions:{} GraphRoot:/home/user@domain.local/.local/share/containers/storage GraphStatus:{BackingFilesystem:extfs NativeOverlayDiff:true SupportsDType:true UsingMetacopy:false} ImageStore:{Number:130} RunRoot:/run/user/1318201129/containers VolumePath:/home/user@domain.local/.local/share/containers/storage/volumes}}
I0407 14:33:37.582913  266174 cli_runner.go:164] Run: podman version --format {{.Version}}
I0407 14:33:37.598587  266174 cli_runner.go:164] Run: podman container inspect -f "'{{(index (index .NetworkSettings.Ports "8443/tcp") 0).HostPort}}'" minikube
I0407 14:33:37.637841  266174 api_server.go:165] Checking apiserver status ...
I0407 14:33:37.637900  266174 ssh_runner.go:194] Run: sudo pgrep -xnf kube-apiserver.*minikube.*
I0407 14:33:37.637934  266174 cli_runner.go:164] Run: podman version --format {{.Version}}
I0407 14:33:37.654010  266174 cli_runner.go:164] Run: podman container inspect -f "'{{(index (index .NetworkSettings.Ports "22/tcp") 0).HostPort}}'" minikube
I0407 14:33:37.688399  266174 sshutil.go:53] new ssh client: &{IP:127.0.0.1 Port:40515 SSHKeyPath:/home/user@domain.local/.minikube/machines/minikube/id_rsa Username:docker}
I0407 14:33:37.796834  266174 ssh_runner.go:194] Run: sudo egrep ^[0-9]+:freezer: /proc/1868/cgroup
I0407 14:33:37.809410  266174 ssh_runner.go:194] Run: sudo grep ^0:: /proc/1868/cgroup
I0407 14:33:37.822056  266174 ssh_runner.go:194] Run: sudo cat /sys/fs/cgroup/kubepods.slice/kubepods-burstable.slice/kubepods-burstable-pod913d542a19c4306b81e06eff20fe61ef.slice/docker-de0fa048c302866e3f7835ae8b218503e30ab554f0da84c0741e4f3436dbbba1.scope/cgroup.freeze
I0407 14:33:37.833854  266174 api_server.go:298] Checking apiserver healthz at https://127.0.0.1:41235/healthz ...
I0407 14:33:37.838544  266174 api_server.go:324] https://127.0.0.1:41235/healthz returned 200:
ok
W0407 14:33:37.838581  266174 out.go:285] 🤔  Verifying dashboard health ...
🤔  Verifying dashboard health ...
I0407 14:33:37.847717  266174 service.go:216] Found service: &Service{ObjectMeta:{kubernetes-dashboard  kubernetes-dashboard  dcfd2df4-f71a-4a67-8202-9e30b0712737 1153 0 2026-04-07 12:23:55 +0200 CEST <nil> <nil> map[addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode:Reconcile k8s-app:kubernetes-dashboard kubernetes.io/minikube-addons:dashboard] map[kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration:{"apiVersion":"v1","kind":"Service","metadata":{"annotations":{},"labels":{"addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode":"Reconcile","k8s-app":"kubernetes-dashboard","kubernetes.io/minikube-addons":"dashboard"},"name":"kubernetes-dashboard","namespace":"kubernetes-dashboard"},"spec":{"ports":[{"port":80,"targetPort":9090}],"selector":{"k8s-app":"kubernetes-dashboard"}}}
] [] [] [{kubectl-client-side-apply Update v1 2026-04-07 12:23:55 +0200 CEST FieldsV1 {"f:metadata":{"f:annotations":{".":{},"f:kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration":{}},"f:labels":{".":{},"f:addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode":{},"f:k8s-app":{},"f:kubernetes.io/minikube-addons":{}}},"f:spec":{"f:internalTrafficPolicy":{},"f:ports":{".":{},"k:{\"port\":80,\"protocol\":\"TCP\"}":{".":{},"f:port":{},"f:protocol":{},"f:targetPort":{}}},"f:selector":{},"f:sessionAffinity":{},"f:type":{}}} }]},Spec:ServiceSpec{Ports:[]ServicePort{ServicePort{Name:,Protocol:TCP,Port:80,TargetPort:{0 9090 },NodePort:0,AppProtocol:nil,},},Selector:map[string]string{k8s-app: kubernetes-dashboard,},ClusterIP:10.108.245.41,Type:ClusterIP,ExternalIPs:[],SessionAffinity:None,LoadBalancerIP:,LoadBalancerSourceRanges:[],ExternalName:,ExternalTrafficPolicy:,HealthCheckNodePort:0,PublishNotReadyAddresses:false,SessionAffinityConfig:nil,IPFamilyPolicy:*SingleStack,ClusterIPs:[10.108.245.41],IPFamilies:[IPv4],AllocateLoadBalancerNodePorts:nil,LoadBalancerClass:nil,InternalTrafficPolicy:*Cluster,TrafficDistribution:nil,},Status:ServiceStatus{LoadBalancer:LoadBalancerStatus{Ingress:[]LoadBalancerIngress{},},Conditions:[]Condition{},},}
W0407 14:33:37.847874  266174 out.go:285] 🚀  Launching proxy ...
🚀  Launching proxy ...
I0407 14:33:37.848050  266174 binary.go:79] Not caching binary, using https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.35.1/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl?checksum=file:https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.35.1/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl.sha256
I0407 14:33:37.848094  266174 dashboard.go:153] Executing: /home/user@domain.local/.minikube/cache/linux/amd64/v1.35.1/kubectl [/home/user@domain.local/.minikube/cache/linux/amd64/v1.35.1/kubectl --context minikube proxy --port 0]
I0407 14:33:37.848446  266174 dashboard.go:158] Waiting for kubectl to output host:port ...
I0407 14:33:37.891263  266174 dashboard.go:176] proxy stdout: Starting to serve on 127.0.0.1:35369
W0407 14:33:37.891303  266174 out.go:285] 🤔  Verifying proxy health ...
🤔  Verifying proxy health ...
I0407 14:33:37.906012  266174 out.go:203] 

W0407 14:33:37.908487  266174 out.go:285] ❌  Exiting due to HOST_CURRENT_USER: Unable to get current user: user: unknown userid 1318201129
❌  Exiting due to HOST_CURRENT_USER: Unable to get current user: user: unknown userid 1318201129
W0407 14:33:37.908498  266174 out.go:285] 

W0407 14:33:37.908777  266174 out.go:308] ╭───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
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I0407 14:33:37.911265  266174 out.go:203]

This is the output of id:

uid=1318201129(user@domainlocal) gid=1318200513(domain users@domain.local) groups=1318200513(domain users@domain.local),999(systemd-journal),1318201112(vpn-users@domain.local),1318201185(company employees@domain.local),1318201196(wifi-name@domain.local)

minikube version: v1.38.1

^{Usernames and other irrelevant details redacted in all outputs}

Attach the log file

logs-redacted.txt

Operating System

Ubuntu

Driver

Podman