minikube unable to enable registry / `gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase:v0.0.44` suddenly missing about minikube HOT 9 CLOSED

$ minikube start --driver=podman --container-runtime=cri-o --insecure-registry="192.168.49.2:5000" --addons=registry --memory="8192" --cpus=8 
😄  minikube v1.33.1 on Ubuntu 24.04
✨  Using the podman driver based on user configuration
📌  Using Podman driver with root privileges
👍  Starting "minikube" primary control-plane node in "minikube" cluster
🚜  Pulling base image v0.0.44 ...
E0829 10:23:58.768164   70159 cache.go:189] Error downloading kic artifacts:  not yet implemented, see issue #8426
🔥  Creating podman container (CPUs=8, Memory=8192MB) ...
🤦  StartHost failed, but will try again: creating host: create: creating: setting up container node: preparing volume for minikube container: sudo -n podman run --rm --name minikube-preload-sidecar --label created_by.minikube.sigs.k8s.io=true --label name.minikube.sigs.k8s.io=minikube --entrypoint /usr/bin/test -v minikube:/var gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase:v0.0.44 -d /var/lib: exit status 125
stdout:

stderr:
Trying to pull gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase:v0.0.44...
Error: initializing source docker://gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase:v0.0.44: reading manifest v0.0.44 in gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase: unauthorized: You don't have the needed permissions to perform this operation, and you may have invalid credentials. To authenticate your request, follow the steps in: https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/advanced-authentication

🔄  Restarting existing podman container for "minikube" ...
😿  Failed to start podman container. Running "minikube delete" may fix it: driver start: start: sudo -n podman start --cgroup-manager cgroupfs minikube: exit status 125
stdout:

stderr:
Error: no container with name or ID "minikube" found: no such container


❌  Exiting due to GUEST_PROVISION: error provisioning guest: Failed to start host: driver start: start: sudo -n podman start --cgroup-manager cgroupfs minikube: exit status 125
stdout:

stderr:
Error: no container with name or ID "minikube" found: no such container


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