Failed to install airbyte. "pod airbyte-abctl-bootloader failed"

### What happened?

Hi, I'm trying to install the Airbyte using "abctl local install"

The installation failed and I got the msg "pod airbyte-abctl-bootloader failed"

Below is the log.
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[root@localhost ~]# abctl local install -v
INFO Using Kubernetes provider:
Provider: kind
Kubeconfig: /root/.airbyte/abctl/abctl.kubeconfig
Context: kind-airbyte-abctl
SUCCESS Found Docker installation: version 29.3.1
SUCCESS Existing cluster 'airbyte-abctl' found
SUCCESS Cluster 'airbyte-abctl' validation complete
INFO Patching image airbyte/db:1.7.0-17
DEBUG helm: release installed successfully: airbyte-2-1774604970/airbyte-2.0.19
INFO Pulling image airbyte/async-profiler:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image airbyte/bootloader:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image airbyte/connector-builder-server:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image airbyte/connector-sidecar:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image airbyte/container-orchestrator:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image airbyte/cron:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image airbyte/db:1.7.0-17
INFO Pulling image airbyte/server:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image airbyte/utils:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image airbyte/worker:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image airbyte/workload-api-server:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image airbyte/workload-init-container:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image airbyte/workload-launcher:2.0.1
INFO Pulling image temporalio/auto-setup:1.27.2
DEBUG error pulling image Error response from daemon: failed to resolve reference "docker.io/airbyte/utils:2.0.1": docker.io/airbyte/utils:2.0.1: not found
DEBUG error pulling image Error response from daemon: failed to resolve reference "docker.io/airbyte/async-profiler:2.0.1": docker.io/airbyte/async-profiler:2.0.1: not found
DEBUG found existing image with ref docker.io/kindest/kindnetd:v20250214-acbabc1a
DEBUG found existing image with ref docker.io/kindest/local-path-helper:v20241212-8ac705d0
DEBUG found existing image with ref docker.io/kindest/local-path-provisioner:v20250214-acbabc1a
DEBUG found existing image with ref registry.k8s.io/coredns/coredns:v1.11.3
DEBUG found existing image with ref registry.k8s.io/etcd:3.5.16-0
DEBUG found existing image with ref registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver-amd64:v1.32.2
DEBUG found existing image with ref registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.32.2
DEBUG found existing image with ref registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager-amd64:v1.32.2
DEBUG found existing image with ref registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.32.2
DEBUG found existing image with ref registry.k8s.io/kube-proxy-amd64:v1.32.2
DEBUG found existing image with ref registry.k8s.io/kube-proxy:v1.32.2
DEBUG found existing image with ref registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler-amd64:v1.32.2
DEBUG found existing image with ref registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.32.2
DEBUG found existing image with ref registry.k8s.io/pause:3.10
DEBUG found existing image with ref sha256:85b7a174738baecbc53029b7913cd430a2060e0cbdb5f56c7957d32ff7f241ef
DEBUG found existing image with ref sha256:873ed75102791e5b0b8a7fcd41606c92fcec98d56d05ead4ac5131650004c136
DEBUG found existing image with ref sha256:a9e7e6b294baf1695fccb862d956c5d3ad8510e1e4ca1535f35dc09f247abbfc
DEBUG found existing image with ref sha256:b6a454c5a800d201daacead6ff195ec6049fe6dc086621b0670bca912efaf389
DEBUG found existing image with ref sha256:baa0d31514ee559c8962d6469a23315bcc8342cbbc1eccc49fa803dcd9653cb7
DEBUG found existing image with ref sha256:bbb6209cc873b9b4095bd014b4687512eea2bd7b246f9ec06f4f6f0be14d9fb6
DEBUG found existing image with ref sha256:c69fa2e9cbf5f42dc48af631e956d3f95724c13f91596bc567591790e5e36db6
DEBUG found existing image with ref sha256:d8e673e7c9983f1f53569a9d2ba786c8abb42e3f744f77dc97a595f3caf9435d
DEBUG found existing image with ref sha256:df3849d954c98a7162c7bee7313ece357606e313d98ebd68b7aac5e961b1156f
DEBUG found existing image with ref sha256:f1332858868e1c6a905123b21e2e322ab45a5b99a3532e68ff49a87c2266ebc5
DEBUG image does not exist: sha256:17f66ad845e0489179ab15614b2bbed37d4b82dcf67b1e132ff4371c9cecd4c5 [airbyte/connector-builder-server:2.0.1]
DEBUG image does not exist: sha256:c18e273c668f18120fcd15cdf68e2a95e9a2f6f70be1c2af1d44e0ab80b0bfc2 [airbyte/cron:2.0.1]
DEBUG image does not exist: sha256:a05e9b3c9e585e75502e0d7aa60bed49110773c4df6ec237c6c5b6769990c18c [airbyte/server:2.0.1]
DEBUG image does not exist: sha256:12ff1628d3fa52db4f2ac7bd50aeb04dda90a8fe77c0ee8a43965e7791e5130a [airbyte/workload-launcher:2.0.1]
DEBUG image does not exist: sha256:63a816a7db50451fc24a15311134119e51d5c095efe5492e7c650a56246e566a [airbyte/bootloader:2.0.1]
DEBUG image does not exist: sha256:ab971de9fd9b17ba9ab96338094b58b1bd2bd71872aafabf845f87b12bf627f9 [airbyte/workload-api-server:2.0.1]
DEBUG image does not exist: sha256:5196d3a6f26c183f8c0f6210b3e76ca9bc7e72f500c6518d38890881fa09d3d7 [airbyte/connector-sidecar:2.0.1]
DEBUG image does not exist: sha256:0ad1d1ed218561a120d971ab51e96d7d747e18473bd17f3f389000852e5d393e [airbyte/container-orchestrator:2.0.1]
DEBUG image does not exist: sha256:63441e1741aeb34acfd2471084eaed9b57974c4e152cd6cecc1b9da1fc147b0a [airbyte/worker:2.0.1]
DEBUG image does not exist: sha256:3a2f7788c1f046780f7b84a19522c9f91be27ebea981982f49292a62460af7d6 [airbyte/workload-init-container:2.0.1]
DEBUG image does not exist: sha256:627a8b880e52f180149d6b36a85b82e8bfba8ada092b63960e83c0566ad25d89 [airbyte/db:1.7.0-17]
DEBUG image does not exist: sha256:b44cbfeb43dbeae42db113b44fb8414c3452f05643b3d6b1592f955277d73526 [temporalio/auto-setup:1.27.2]
DEBUG saving image archive to /tmp/images-tar-1452318646/images.tar
DEBUG loading image archive into kind node airbyte-abctl-control-plane
DEBUG failed to load image: command "docker exec --privileged -i airbyte-abctl-control-plane ctr --namespace=k8s.io images import --all-platforms --digests --snapshotter=overlayfs -" failed with error: exit status 1
DEBUG Event watcher started.
INFO Namespace 'airbyte-abctl' already exists
DEBUG Pulling image "airbyte/bootloader:2.0.1"
DEBUG Successfully pulled image "airbyte/bootloader:2.0.1" in 20.34s (27.493s including waiting). Image size: 475325262 bytes.
DEBUG Created container: airbyte-bootloader-container
DEBUG Started container airbyte-bootloader-container
DEBUG Creating directory '/root/.airbyte/abctl/data/airbyte-local-pv'
DEBUG Successfully pulled image "airbyte/db:1.7.0-17" in 13.153s (13.153s including waiting). Image size: 110796972 bytes.
DEBUG Created container: airbyte-db-container
DEBUG Started container airbyte-db-container
DEBUG Updating permissions for '/root/.airbyte/abctl/data/airbyte-local-pv'
INFO Persistent volume 'airbyte-local-pv' created
INFO Persistent volume claim 'airbyte-storage-pvc' created
DEBUG Creating directory '/root/.airbyte/abctl/data/airbyte-volume-db'
DEBUG Updating permissions for '/root/.airbyte/abctl/data/airbyte-volume-db'
INFO Persistent volume 'airbyte-volume-db' created
INFO Persistent volume claim 'airbyte-volume-db-airbyte-db-0' already exists
DEBUG helm: WARNING: repository name "airbyte" already exists
INFO Starting Helm Chart installation of 'airbyte/airbyte' (version: 2.0.19)
DEBUG helm: preparing upgrade for airbyte-abctl
DEBUG helm: performing update for airbyte-abctl
DEBUG helm: creating upgraded release for airbyte-abctl
DEBUG helm: Starting delete for "airbyte-abctl-airbyte-env" ConfigMap
DEBUG helm: beginning wait for 1 resources to be deleted with timeout of 1h0m0s
DEBUG helm: creating 1 resource(s)
DEBUG helm: Starting delete for "airbyte-abctl-airbyte-secrets" Secret
DEBUG helm: beginning wait for 1 resources to be deleted with timeout of 1h0m0s
DEBUG helm: creating 1 resource(s)
DEBUG helm: Starting delete for "airbyte-abctl-bootloader" Pod
DEBUG helm: beginning wait for 1 resources to be deleted with timeout of 1h0m0s
DEBUG helm: creating 1 resource(s)
DEBUG helm: Watching for changes to Pod airbyte-abctl-bootloader with timeout of 1h0m0s
DEBUG Successfully assigned airbyte-abctl/airbyte-abctl-bootloader to airbyte-abctl-control-plane
DEBUG helm: Add/Modify event for airbyte-abctl-bootloader: ADDED
DEBUG helm: Pod airbyte-abctl-bootloader pending
DEBUG helm: Add/Modify event for airbyte-abctl-bootloader: MODIFIED
DEBUG helm: Pod airbyte-abctl-bootloader pending
DEBUG helm: Add/Modify event for airbyte-abctl-bootloader: MODIFIED
DEBUG helm: Pod airbyte-abctl-bootloader pending
DEBUG Container image "airbyte/bootloader:2.0.1" already present on machine
DEBUG Created container: airbyte-bootloader-container
DEBUG Started container airbyte-bootloader-container
DEBUG helm: Add/Modify event for airbyte-abctl-bootloader: MODIFIED
DEBUG helm: Pod airbyte-abctl-bootloader running
DEBUG helm: Add/Modify event for airbyte-abctl-bootloader: MODIFIED
DEBUG helm: Pod airbyte-abctl-bootloader running
DEBUG helm: Add/Modify event for airbyte-abctl-bootloader: MODIFIED
DEBUG helm: warning: Upgrade "airbyte-abctl" failed: pre-upgrade hooks failed: 1 error occurred:
* pod airbyte-abctl-bootloader failed
DEBUG helm: release upgrade failed: pre-upgrade hooks failed: 1 error occurred:
* pod airbyte-abctl-bootloader failed
ERROR Failed to install airbyte/airbyte Helm Chart
DEBUG looking at airbyte-abctl-bootloader
Failed()
DEBUG found logs: Unsetting empty environment variable 'AB_INSTANCE_
DEBUG looking at airbyte-db-0
Running()
DEBUG found logs: The files belonging to this database system will b
ERROR Unable to install Airbyte locally
DEBUG Event watcher completed.
ERROR unable to install airbyte chart: unable to install helm: pre-upgrade hooks failed: 1 error occurred:
* pod airbyte-abctl-bootloader failed

### What did you expect to happen?

Successfully installed

### Abctl Version

[root@localhost ~]# abctl version
version: v0.30.4

### Docker Version

[root@localhost ~]# docker version
Client: Docker Engine - Community
Version: 29.3.1
API version: 1.54
Go version: go1.25.8
Git commit: c2be9cc
Built: Wed Mar 25 16:17:36 2026
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Context: default

Server: Docker Engine - Community
Engine:
Version: 29.3.1
API version: 1.54 (minimum version 1.40)
Go version: go1.25.8
Git commit: f78c987
Built: Wed Mar 25 16:13:42 2026
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Experimental: false
containerd:
Version: v2.2.2
GitCommit: 301b2dac98f15c27117da5c8af12118a041a31d9
runc:
Version: 1.3.4
GitCommit: v1.3.4-0-gd6d73eb8
docker-init:
Version: 0.19.0
GitCommit: de40ad0

### OS Version

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="CentOS Stream"
VERSION="9"
ID="centos"
ID_LIKE="rhel fedora"
VERSION_ID="9"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9"
PRETTY_NAME="CentOS Stream 9"
ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
LOGO="fedora-logo-icon"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:centos:centos:9"
HOME_URL="https://centos.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="CentOS Stream"

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**Internal Tracking:** https://github.com/airbytehq/oncall/issues/11565