diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
index 8468271..55c9a3e 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -31,14 +31,16 @@ jobs:
 
     container:
       image: git.gcdo.org/devteam/sharenet/ci-node-podman@sha256:eb0d942bd9a8cc69c63eb9ccf3877703898d676d0268cf379defdcda7e55f37f
-      options: >-
-        -v /run/user/999/podman:/run/user/999/podman:rw
-        -e XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/999
+      # options: >-
+      #   -v /run/user/999/podman:/run/user/999/podman:rw
+      #   -e XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/999
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - run: |
           node -v
           podman --version
+          podman info --log-level=error >/dev/null
+          podman ps >/dev/null
           test -S /run/user/999/podman/podman.sock
 
       - name: Network/DNS sanity from job container
@@ -138,14 +140,16 @@ jobs:
 
     container:
       image: git.gcdo.org/devteam/sharenet/ci-node-podman@sha256:eb0d942bd9a8cc69c63eb9ccf3877703898d676d0268cf379defdcda7e55f37f
-      options: >-
-        -v /run/user/999/podman:/run/user/999/podman:rw
-        -e XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/999
+      # options: >-
+      #   -v /run/user/999/podman:/run/user/999/podman:rw
+      #   -e XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/999
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - run: |
           node -v
           podman --version
+          podman info --log-level=error >/dev/null
+          podman ps >/dev/null
           test -S /run/user/999/podman/podman.sock
 
       - name: Verify pinned digests provided
@@ -197,14 +201,16 @@ jobs:
 
     container:
       image: git.gcdo.org/devteam/sharenet/ci-node-podman@sha256:eb0d942bd9a8cc69c63eb9ccf3877703898d676d0268cf379defdcda7e55f37f
-      options: >-
-        -v /run/user/999/podman:/run/user/999/podman:rw
-        -e XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/999
+      # options: >-
+      #   -v /run/user/999/podman:/run/user/999/podman:rw
+      #   -e XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/999
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - run: |
           node -v
           podman --version
+          podman info --log-level=error >/dev/null
+          podman ps >/dev/null
           test -S /run/user/999/podman/podman.sock
 
       - name: Setup ephemeral PiP container
@@ -265,14 +271,16 @@ jobs:
 
     container:
       image: git.gcdo.org/devteam/sharenet/ci-node-podman@sha256:eb0d942bd9a8cc69c63eb9ccf3877703898d676d0268cf379defdcda7e55f37f
-      options: >-
-        -v /run/user/999/podman:/run/user/999/podman:rw
-        -e XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/999
+      # options: >-
+      #   -v /run/user/999/podman:/run/user/999/podman:rw
+      #   -e XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/999
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - run: |
           node -v
           podman --version
+          podman info --log-level=error >/dev/null
+          podman ps >/dev/null
           test -S /run/user/999/podman/podman.sock
 
       - name: Setup ephemeral PiP container
@@ -334,14 +342,16 @@ jobs:
 
     container:
       image: git.gcdo.org/devteam/sharenet/ci-node-podman@sha256:eb0d942bd9a8cc69c63eb9ccf3877703898d676d0268cf379defdcda7e55f37f
-      options: >-
-        -v /run/user/999/podman:/run/user/999/podman:rw
-        -e XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/999
+      # options: >-
+      #   -v /run/user/999/podman:/run/user/999/podman:rw
+      #   -e XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/999
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - run: |
           node -v
           podman --version
+          podman info --log-level=error >/dev/null
+          podman ps >/dev/null
           test -S /run/user/999/podman/podman.sock
 
       # Your prod-pod.yml uses ${REGISTRY_HOST}, but the workflow defines REGISTRY.