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[Package Issue]: RedHat.Podman-Desktop

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Description

### Please confirm these before moving forward

- [x] I have searched for my issue and not found a work-in-progress/duplicate/resolved issue.
- [x] I have not been informed if the issue is resolved in a preview version of the winget client.

### Category of the issue

No applicable update found.

### Brief description of your issue

I have Podman Desktop installed in the user scope (this is actually the default).

Winget (correctly) reports that a new version is available:
```
❯ winget upgrade
Name Id Version Available Source
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Podman Desktop 1.24.2 RedHat.Podman-Desktop 1.28.3 1.29.1 winget
```

but the package is scoped to machine only in the manifest, so fails to find the matching installer...

### Steps to reproduce

1. Install an [old release of Podman Desktop](https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/releases) and install "only for me" (user scope, selected by default in the interactive install).
2. Run `winget upgrade` and check that `RedHat.Podman-Desktop` is listed.
3. Run `winget upgrade --id RedHat.Podman-Desktop --scope user`
4. Run `winget upgrade --id RedHat.Podman-Desktop --scope machine`

### Actual behavior

For user scope (incorrect):
```
❯ winget upgrade --id RedHat.Podman-Desktop --scope user
No applicable upgrade found.
A newer package version is available in a configured source, but it does not apply to your system or requirements.
```

For machine scope (correct):
```
❯ winget upgrade --id RedHat.Podman-Desktop --scope machine
No installed package found matching input criteria.
```

### Expected behavior

The user scope upgrade should download and upgrade the user-scoped install of Podman Desktop.

### Environment

```raw
❯ winget --info
Windows Package Manager v1.29.280
© 2026 Microsoft. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.26200.8737
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.29.280.0

WinGet Directories
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Logs %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir
User Settings %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json
Portable Links Directory (User) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links
Portable Links Directory (Machine) C:\Program Files\WinGet\Links
Portable Package Root (User) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root C:\Program Files\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root (x86) C:\Program Files (x86)\WinGet\Packages
Installer Downloads %USERPROFILE%\Downloads
Configuration Modules %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Configuration\Modules

Links
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Privacy Statement https://aka.ms/winget-privacy
License Agreement https://aka.ms/winget-license
Third Party Notices https://aka.ms/winget-3rdPartyNotice
Homepage https://aka.ms/winget
Windows Store Terms https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/storedocs/terms-of-sale

Admin Setting State
--------------------------------------------------
LocalManifestFiles Disabled
BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Disabled
InstallerHashOverride Disabled
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride Disabled
ProxyCommandLineOptions Disabled
ConfigurationProcessorPath Disabled
DefaultProxy Disabled
```

### Screenshots and Logs

[WinGet-2026-08-13-23-37-34.090.log](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/31047635/WinGet-2026-08-13-23-37-34.090.log)
[WinGet-2026-08-13-23-37-53.904.log](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/31047636/WinGet-2026-08-13-23-37-53.904.log)

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Locate the manifest for RedHat.Podman-Desktop and inspect its installer scope settings against the user-scope installation described here. Reproduce the upgrade commands with an older Podman Desktop release, then verify that the user-scoped command finds and upgrades the package.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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