[Bug]: CI Failure: XPC Timeout During `install-kernel` Make Target
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Description
### I have done the following
- [x] I have searched the existing issues
- [ ] If possible, I've reproduced the issue using the 'main' branch of this project
### Steps to reproduce
The failure is **intermittent** - re-running the same failing CI workflow often succeeds on the second attempt.
### Current behavior
```
Warning! Running debug build. Performance may be degraded.
2026-02-05T00:24:13+0000 info com.apple.container.cli: [ContainerCommands] checking if APIServer is alive
2026-02-05T00:24:13+0000 info com.apple.container.cli: [ContainerCommands] APIServer health check failed, skipping bootout
Warning! Running debug build. Performance may be degraded.
Error: internalError: "failed to get a response from apiserver: internalError: "XPC timeout for request to com.apple.container.apiserver/ping""
Verifying apiserver is running...
make: *** [install-kernel] Error 1
```
### Expected behavior
The `install-kernel` target should complete successfully without XPC timeout errors when verifying the apiserver is running.
### Environment
```markdown
OS: macOS 26.0 (25A354)
Xcode: Version 26.0 (17A324)
Container: Container CLI version 0.1.0
```
### Relevant log output
```shell
N/A
```
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the CI workflow and the install-kernel Make target, then inspect the apiserver health-check step that verifies the service is running. Re-run the failing workflow or target to characterize the intermittent XPC timeout. Done means install-kernel completes successfully without the apiserver ping timeout.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, swift
- Domain
- build-system, ci-cd
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100