Hello 👋 I have had issues running docker compose on my machine, and due to memory issues, so restarted my mac, only to get a similar error log when starting Rancher again:

'time="2025-09-02T09:47:44+01:00" level=info msg="[hostagent] Not forwarding TCP 0.0.0.0:22"\n' + 
  'time="2025-09-02T09:47:44+01:00" level=info msg="[hostagent] Not forwarding TCP [::]:22"\n' + 
  'time="2025-09-02T09:47:44+01:00" level=info msg="[hostagent] The final requirement 1 of 1 is satisfied"\n' + 
  `time="2025-09-02T09:47:44+01:00" level=error msg="[failed to prepare reverse sshfs for \\"/tmp/rancher-desktop\\" on \\"/tmp/rancher-desktop\\": failed to mkdir \\"/tmp/rancher-desktop\\" (remote): \\"mkdir: can't create directory '/tmp/rancher-desktop': No space left on device\\\\n\\": exit status 1]"\n` + 
  'time="2025-09-02T09:47:44+01:00" level=warning msg="DEGRADED. The VM seems running, but file sharing and port forwarding may not work. (hint: see \\"/Users/zainab.ottun/Library/Application Support/rancher-desktop/lima/0/ha.stderr.log\\")"\n' + 
  `time="2025-09-02T09:47:44+01:00" level=fatal msg="degraded, status={Running:true Degraded:true Exiting:false Errors:[failed to prepare reverse sshfs for \\"/tmp/rancher-desktop\\" on \\"/tmp/rancher-desktop\\": failed to mkdir \\"/tmp/rancher-desktop\\" (remote): \\"mkdir: can't create directory '/tmp/rancher-desktop': No space left on device\\\\n\\": exit status 1] SSHLocalPort:49194}"\n`, 
 code: 1, 
 [Symbol(child-process.command)]: '/Applications/Rancher <http://Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/resources/darwin/lima/bin/limactl|Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/resources/darwin/lima/bin/limactl> start --tty=false 0' 
}

I did a factory reset of Rancher, deleted it from my machine, and reinstalled, and now, after setting things up again, with admin access, trying to pull results in these issues

zainab.ottun@K1QJ22CR7P ~ % docker pull postgres
Using default tag: latest
latest: Pulling from library/postgres
9a6263cdeaa5: Retrying in 1 second 
c7098fadfc72: Retrying in 1 second 
c5dffe450d75: Retrying in 1 second 
5b4db2875216: Waiting 
bc89b2d2c7eb: Waiting 
94585c28ed89: Waiting 
237ff033285b: Waiting 
2bd40904509c: Waiting 
e7eac9296143: Waiting 
42acada82f9e: Waiting 
9b85f77888b0: Waiting 
2c2dc2c5cbec: Waiting 
d902a23b5be4: Waiting 
9428761563b8: Waiting 
error pulling image configuration: download failed after attempts=6: EOF
docker compose up postgres 
[+] Running 1/1 
 ✘ postgres Error Head "<https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/library/postgres/manifests/16.2>": Get "<https://auth.docker.io/token?scope=repository%3Alibrary%2Fpostgres%3Apull&service=registry.docker.io>": dial...        18.6s 
Error response from daemon: Head "<https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/library/postgres/manifests/16.2>": Get "<https://auth.docker.io/token?scope=repository%3Alibrary%2Fpostgres%3Apull&service=registry.docker.io>": dial tcp: lookup <http://auth.docker.io|auth.docker.io> on 192.168.5.3:53: read udp 192.168.5.15:49451->192.168.5.3:53: i/o timeout

I have been using Rancher Desktop for about a year, but this is the first time I've experienced this. Is there something anyone knows to resolve this? thanks

The important part of the error is

No space left on device

. Assuming this is inside the VM, you could try to run

docker system prune

and then restart Rancher Desktop