From e87cc87857d3d4c8f925211324f81f8979be1402 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "CanbiZ (MickLesk)" <47820557+MickLesk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:10:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] podman: pull portainer images before systemd unit start to
 avoid start timeout (#16831)

---
 ct/podman.sh              | 4 +++-
 install/podman-install.sh | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ct/podman.sh b/ct/podman.sh
index 217600192..cd35e63c0 100644
--- a/ct/podman.sh
+++ b/ct/podman.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-source <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/misc/build.func)
+_CS_DEFAULT_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main"
+_cs_boot="${COMMUNITY_SCRIPTS_CORE_DIR:-$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../../core}/core/build.func"
+source "$_cs_boot" 2>/dev/null || source <(curl -fsSL "${COMMUNITY_SCRIPTS_CORE_URL:-https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/core/main}/core/build.func")
 # Copyright (c) 2021-2026 tteck
 # Author: tteck (tteckster)
 # License: MIT | https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/raw/main/LICENSE
diff --git a/install/podman-install.sh b/install/podman-install.sh
index 9cad8662c..6e1cd58c2 100644
--- a/install/podman-install.sh
+++ b/install/podman-install.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add Portainer? <y/N> " prompt
 if [[ ${prompt,,} =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
   msg_info "Installing Portainer $PORTAINER_LATEST_VERSION"
   podman volume create portainer_data >/dev/null
+  $STD podman pull docker.io/portainer/portainer-ce:latest
   cat <<EOF >/etc/containers/systemd/portainer.container
 [Unit]
 Description=Portainer Container
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ else
   read -r -p "${TAB3}Would you like to add the Portainer Agent? <y/N> " prompt
   if [[ ${prompt,,} =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
     msg_info "Installing Portainer agent $PORTAINER_AGENT_LATEST_VERSION"
+    $STD podman pull docker.io/portainer/agent:latest
     cat <<EOF >/etc/containers/systemd/portainer-agent.container
 [Unit]
 Description=Portainer Agent Container