Multipass not working with macOS Big Sur

Multipass
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I tried to start multipass on macOS Big Sur, but it won’t start.

multipass start shin-instance
start failed: The following errors occurred:
Instance stopped while starting
2

Ok, I found the problem.

I had multipass version 1.4.0, then after installing 1.5.0, it worked.

multipass --version
multipass  1.4.0+mac
multipassd 1.4.0+mac

multipass --version
multipass  1.5.0+mac
multipassd 1.5.0+mac
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Updating to 1.5.0 didn’t work for me. Just upgraded to the new MacBook Air with Big Sur but can’t get Multipass to run. More specifically, I’m running Craft Nitro on Multipass. But even trying the first command under Multipass’s Getting Started section gives me the same error:

multipass launch --name ubuntu-lts
launch failed: The following errors occurred:
Instance stopped while starting
4

By “the new MacBook Air” you mean the M1? There’s no virtualization solution supported on these CPUs at the moment. It will get there with time, but just not there yet.

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I’m having a similar problem, but with Mojave:

studio:~ jay$ sw_vers
ProductName:	Mac OS X
ProductVersion:	10.14.6
BuildVersion:	18G6032

studio:~ jay$ multipass --version
multipass  1.5.0+mac
multipassd 1.5.0+mac

studio:~ jay$ multipass list
Name                    State             IPv4             Image
microk8s-vm             Stopped           --               Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
microstack-vm           Starting          --               Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
soothed-burbot          Running           192.168.64.4     Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

studio:~ jay$ multipass restart microstack-vm
restart failed: instance "microstack-vm" is not running                         

studio:~ jay$ multipass start microstack-vm                                     
start failed: The following errors occurred:                                    
Instance stopped while starting
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@itsbroken can you please file an issue with the info requested there?