Description:
I encountered a critical issue where a duplicate "ghost" entry of a running VM appears in the sidebar shortly after starting it. The list shows two identical VMs.
Thinking it was a UI glitch or a duplicate copy, I deleted one of them. However, this action deleted the actual .utm config/disk file from the file system. As a result, the remaining entry in the sidebar became unusable (cannot start or edit) because the source file was gone.
Configuration:
UTM Version: 4.7.4
macOS Version: macOS 26.2
Mac Chip: Apple Silicon M4
Crash Log:
No crash log, but the issue is reproducible in the UI.
Additional context:
The VM is an Ubuntu 24.04 ARM64 server.
The issue seems to stem from a state synchronization mismatch between the UI list and the actual running process/file.
Screenshot attached below showing the duplicate entries.
Description:
I encountered a critical issue where a duplicate "ghost" entry of a running VM appears in the sidebar shortly after starting it. The list shows two identical VMs.
Thinking it was a UI glitch or a duplicate copy, I deleted one of them. However, this action deleted the actual .utm config/disk file from the file system. As a result, the remaining entry in the sidebar became unusable (cannot start or edit) because the source file was gone.
Configuration:
UTM Version: 4.7.4
macOS Version: macOS 26.2
Mac Chip: Apple Silicon M4
Crash Log:
No crash log, but the issue is reproducible in the UI.
Additional context:
The VM is an Ubuntu 24.04 ARM64 server.
The issue seems to stem from a state synchronization mismatch between the UI list and the actual running process/file.
Screenshot attached below showing the duplicate entries.