Problem:pulp-worker CrashLoopBackOff
Expected outcome: That the containers run without constantly restarting
Foreman and Proxy versions: Foremanctl Version 1.1.0 with Foreman 3.17
Foreman and Proxy plugin versions:
Distribution and version: Rocky Linux 9.7
Other relevant data: Rocky Linux 9.7 runs on a Proxmox
Hello everyone,
In addition to my RPM-based Foreman/Katello, I am running foremanctl version 1.1.0 to check out the container-based solution.
I used the official repo “@theforeman/foremanctl rhel-9-x86_64” to install foremanctl.
Everything worked fine and is running without any problems, although I wondered why there is no “foreman-proxy” container, but that’s another topic. 
And at this point, many thanks for developing foremanctl, which I find makes the container-based solution much easier. 
But I have an effect that I can’t explain.
After I restart the VM and the containers, the pulp-worker containers go into a CrashLoopBackoff and I don’t know why.
In the logs, I can only see that the containers are in the DB, but I have no idea why they keep restarting. Maybe I’m overlooking something.
The only thing that helps is a new installation. But then the problem comes back, and so on.
Does anyone have any idea what the problem is and how I can fix it?
Best regards,
Dirk
Feb 22 19:34:17 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er candlepin\[2131\]: 22-Feb-2026 18:34:17.491 WARNING \[main\] com.google.inject.internal.ProxyFactory. Method \[public void org.candlepin.model.EntitlementCurator.delete(org.candlepin.model.Persisted)\] is synthetic and is being intercepted by \[com.google.inject.persist.jpa.JpaLocalTxnInterceptor@58d18c09\]. This could indicate a bug. The method may be intercepted twice, or may not be intercepted at all.
Feb 22 19:34:17 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er pulp-worker-3\[2637\]: pulp \[None\]: pulpcore.tasking.entrypoint:INFO: Starting distributed type worker
Feb 22 19:34:17 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er pulp-worker-5\[2699\]: pulp \[None\]: pulpcore.tasking.entrypoint:INFO: Starting distributed type worker
Feb 22 19:34:17 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er candlepin\[2131\]: 22-Feb-2026 18:34:17.608 WARNING \[main\] com.google.inject.internal.ProxyFactory. Method \[public void org.candlepin.model.EntitlementCertificateCurator.delete(org.candlepin.model.Persisted)\] is synthetic and is being intercepted by \[com.google.inject.persist.jpa.JpaLocalTxnInterceptor@58d18c09\]. This could indicate a bug. The method may be intercepted twice, or may not be intercepted at all.
Feb 22 19:34:17 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er candlepin\[2131\]: 22-Feb-2026 18:34:17.620 WARNING \[main\] com.google.inject.internal.ProxyFactory. Method \[public org.candlepin.model.Persisted org.candlepin.model.OwnerCurator.create(org.candlepin.model.Persisted)\] is synthetic and is being intercepted by \[com.google.inject.persist.jpa.JpaLocalTxnInterceptor@58d18c09\]. This could indicate a bug. The method may be intercepted twice, or may not be intercepted at all.
Feb 22 19:34:17 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er pulp-worker-3\[2637\]: pulp \[None\]: pulpcore.tasking.worker:ERROR: A worker with name 1@pulp-worker-3.foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er already exists in the database.
Feb 22 19:34:17 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er candlepin\[2131\]: 22-Feb-2026 18:34:17.740 WARNING \[main\] com.google.inject.internal.ProxyFactory. Method \[public org.candlepin.model.Persisted org.candlepin.model.ProductCurator.create(org.candlepin.model.Persisted)\] is synthetic and is being intercepted by \[com.google.inject.persist.jpa.JpaLocalTxnInterceptor@58d18c09\]. This could indicate a bug. The method may be intercepted twice, or may not be intercepted at all.
Feb 22 19:34:17 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er candlepin\[2131\]: 22-Feb-2026 18:34:17.741 WARNING \[main\] com.google.inject.internal.ProxyFactory. Method \[public void org.candlepin.model.ProductCurator.delete(org.candlepin.model.Persisted)\] is synthetic and is being intercepted by \[com.google.inject.persist.jpa.JpaLocalTxnInterceptor@58d18c09\]. This could indicate a bug. The method may be intercepted twice, or may not be intercepted at all.
Feb 22 19:34:17 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er candlepin\[2131\]: 22-Feb-2026 18:34:17.746 WARNING \[main\] com.google.inject.internal.ProxyFactory. Method \[public org.candlepin.model.Persisted org.candlepin.model.ProductCurator.merge(org.candlepin.model.Persisted)\] is synthetic and is being intercepted by \[com.google.inject.persist.jpa.JpaLocalTxnInterceptor@58d18c09\]. This could indicate a bug. The method may be intercepted twice, or may not be intercepted at all.
Feb 22 19:34:17 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er pulp-worker-5\[2699\]: pulp \[None\]: pulpcore.tasking.worker:ERROR: A worker with name 1@pulp-worker-5.foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er already exists in the database.
Feb 22 19:34:17 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er candlepin\[2131\]: 22-Feb-2026 18:34:17.814 WARNING \[main\] com.google.inject.internal.ProxyFactory. Method \[public org.candlepin.model.Persisted org.candlepin.model.ConsumerCurator.create(org.candlepin.model.Persisted,boolean)\] is synthetic and is being intercepted by \[com.google.inject.persist.jpa.JpaLocalTxnInterceptor@58d18c09\]. This could indicate a bug. The method may be intercepted twice, or may not be intercepted at all.
Feb 22 19:34:17 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er candlepin\[2131\]: 22-Feb-2026 18:34:17.815 WARNING \[main\] com.google.inject.internal.ProxyFactory. Method \[public void org.candlepin.model.ConsumerCurator.delete(org.candlepin.model.Persisted)\] is synthetic and is being intercepted by \[com.google.inject.persist.jpa.JpaLocalTxnInterceptor@58d18c09\]. This could indicate a bug. The method may be intercepted twice, or may not be intercepted at all.
Feb 22 19:34:17 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er candlepin\[2131\]: 22-Feb-2026 18:34:17.909 WARNING \[main\] com.google.inject.internal.ProxyFactory. Method \[public void org.candlepin.model.PoolCurator.delete(org.candlepin.model.Persisted)\] is synthetic and is being intercepted by \[com.google.inject.persist.jpa.JpaLocalTxnInterceptor@58d18c09\]. This could indicate a bug. The method may be intercepted twice, or may not be intercepted at all.
Feb 22 19:34:17 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er pulp-worker-2\[2718\]: pulp \[None\]: pulpcore.tasking.entrypoint:INFO: Starting distributed type worker
Feb 22 19:34:18 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er pulp-worker-2\[2718\]: pulp \[None\]: pulpcore.tasking.worker:ERROR: A worker with name 1@pulp-worker-2.foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er already exists in the database.
Feb 22 19:34:18 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er candlepin\[2131\]: 22-Feb-2026 18:34:18.154 WARNING \[main\] com.google.inject.internal.ProxyFactory. Method \[public org.candlepin.model.Persisted org.candlepin.model.RulesCurator.create(org.candlepin.model.Persisted)\] is synthetic and is being intercepted by \[com.google.inject.persist.jpa.JpaLocalTxnInterceptor@58d18c09\]. This could indicate a bug. The method may be intercepted twice, or may not be intercepted at all.
Feb 22 19:34:18 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er candlepin\[2131\]: 22-Feb-2026 18:34:18.155 WARNING \[main\] com.google.inject.internal.ProxyFactory. Method \[public void org.candlepin.model.RulesCurator.delete(org.candlepin.model.Persisted)\] is synthetic and is being intercepted by \[com.google.inject.persist.jpa.JpaLocalTxnInterceptor@58d18c09\]. This could indicate a bug. The method may be intercepted twice, or may not be intercepted at all.
Feb 22 19:34:18 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er pulp-worker-1\[2671\]: pulp \[None\]: pulpcore.tasking.entrypoint:INFO: Starting distributed type worker
Feb 22 19:34:18 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er pulp-worker-1\[2671\]: pulp \[None\]: pulpcore.tasking.worker:ERROR: A worker with name 1@pulp-worker-1.foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er already exists in the database.
Feb 22 19:34:18 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er pulp-worker-8\[2724\]: pulp \[None\]: pulpcore.tasking.entrypoint:INFO: Starting distributed type worker
Feb 22 19:34:18 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er podman\[2821\]: 2026-02-22 19:34:18.75366536 +0100 CET m=+0.381092036 container died 77c30dd3b8364ab52af81cfff769ad3f34699c604bff91619d469cb8aac9a11e (image=quay.io/foreman/pulp:foreman-3.17, name=pulp-worker-7, io.buildah.version=1.42.2, org.label-schema.build-date=20251118, org.label-schema.license=GPLv2, org.label-schema.name=CentOS Stream 9 Base Image, org.label-schema.schema-version=1.0, org.label-schema.vendor=CentOS, PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT=pulp-worker@7.service)
Feb 22 19:34:18 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er pulp-worker-8\[2724\]: pulp \[None\]: pulpcore.tasking.worker:ERROR: A worker with name 1@pulp-worker-8.foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er already exists in the database.
Feb 22 19:34:18 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er systemd\[1\]: var-lib-containers-storage-overlay\\x2dcontainers-77c30dd3b8364ab52af81cfff769ad3f34699c604bff91619d469cb8aac9a11e-userdata-shm.mount: Deactivated successfully.
Feb 22 19:34:18 foremancontainer.linux.schnell.er systemd\[1\]: var-lib-containers-storage-overlay-b76164e6eb0ef63dba977ef0cf1bef9dc5b6e3cf1dc893155c8690cc5c6c3d4b-merged.mount: Deactivated successfully.
