adamant-kite-43734
02/24/2026, 8:43 AMlimited-jordan-77149
02/24/2026, 8:43 AMRancher Desktop Error
Rancher Desktop 1.22.0 - darwin (aarch64)
Error Starting Rancher Desktop
FetchError: request to <https://127.0.0.1:6443/api/v1/nodes> failed, reason: unable to verify the first certificate
Context:
Waiting for nodes
Some recent logfile lines:
at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (node:_http_client:574:5)
at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:519:28)
at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:170:8)
at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:129:3)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:90:21) {
type: 'system',
errno: 'UNABLE_TO_VERIFY_LEAF_SIGNATURE',
code: 'UNABLE_TO_VERIFY_LEAF_SIGNATURE'
}
[1:59 PM]
Also when I go to containers I see the loading message and it hangs there.
[2:00 PM]
I tried to resintall the app but it didn't solve the issuefast-garage-66093
02/26/2026, 9:28 PMfast-garage-66093
02/26/2026, 9:31 PMkubectl config delete-context rancher-desktop && kubectl config delete-cluster rancher-desktop && kubectl config delete-user rancher-desktop
And then restart Rancher Desktopfast-garage-66093
02/26/2026, 9:31 PM