{"record":{"id":"41880c131dd99cc1","repo":"hashicorp/vagrant","slug":"the-provider-for-this-vagrant-managed-machine-is-r","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"The provider for this Vagrant-managed machine is reporting that it\nis not yet ready for SSH. Depending on your provider this can carry\ndifferent meanings. Make sure your machine is created and running and\ntry again. Additionally, check the output of `vagrant status` to verify\nthat the machine is in the state that you expect. If you continue to\nget this error message, please view the documentation for the provider\nyou're using.","messagePattern":"The provider for this Vagrant-managed machine is reporting that it\nis not yet ready for SSH\\. Depending on your provider this can carry\ndifferent meanings\\. Make sure your machine is created and running and\ntry again\\. Additionally, check the output of `vagrant status` to verify\nthat the machine is in the state that you expect\\. If you continue to\nget this error message, please view the documentation for the provider\nyou're using\\.","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Vagrant::Errors::SSHNotReady","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"lib/vagrant/action/builtin/ssh_exec.rb","lineNumber":33,"sourceCode":"      #\n      # Note: If there are any middleware after `SSHExec`, they will **not**\n      # run, since exec replaces the currently running process.\n      class SSHExec\n        # For quick access to the `SSH` class.\n        include Vagrant::Util\n\n        def initialize(app, env)\n          @app = app\n        end\n\n        def call(env)\n          # Grab the SSH info from the machine or the environment\n          info = env[:ssh_info]\n          info ||= env[:machine].ssh_info\n\n          # If the result is nil, then the machine is telling us that it is\n          # not yet ready for SSH, so we raise this exception.\n          raise Errors::SSHNotReady if info.nil?\n\n          info[:private_key_path] ||= []\n\n          if info[:private_key_path].empty? && info[:password]\n            env[:ui].warn(I18n.t(\"vagrant.ssh_exec_password\"))\n          end\n\n          # Exec!\n          SSH.exec(info, env[:ssh_opts])\n        end\n      end\n    end\n  end\nend\n","sourceCodeStart":15,"sourceCodeEnd":48,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/blob/35f3160f4ad6edc3a9f3aa9570adfc1a4d73aaa5/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/ssh_exec.rb#L15-L48","documentation":"The ssh_exec middleware (`vagrant ssh`) reads ssh_info from the action env or from `machine.ssh_info`; a nil result is the provider's way of saying the machine cannot do SSH right now (not created, not running, or otherwise unavailable). Vagrant translates that nil into SSHNotReady instead of attempting a connection.","triggerScenarios":"Running `vagrant ssh` when the machine is not created or not running (`vagrant status` shows 'not created'/'poweroff'/'aborted'), during early boot before the provider reports the VM up, or when a provider like Docker has no running container (lib/vagrant/action/builtin/ssh_exec.rb:24-35).","commonSituations":"SSH-ing after `vagrant halt` or a failed/crashed up; scripts that ssh immediately after launching up in the background; suspended machines whose provider lost track; container stopped underneath Vagrant.","solutions":["Run `vagrant status` and confirm the machine is 'running'; if not, `vagrant up` first.","If the state looks stuck or inconsistent, `vagrant reload` (or `vagrant destroy && vagrant up`) to get a clean running state.","In scripts, gate ssh on readiness: `vagrant up && vagrant ssh -c 'echo ready'`."],"exampleFix":"# before\nvagrant halt\nvagrant ssh          # => SSHNotReady\n\n# after\nvagrant up\nvagrant ssh","handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":"# Shell: only ssh when the machine reports a running state\nstate=$(vagrant status --machine-readable | awk -F, '$3==\"state-id\"{print $4}')\n[ \"$state\" = \"running\" ] && vagrant ssh || echo \"machine state: $state (run vagrant up)\"","typeGuard":"# Ruby: narrow on ssh readiness before using ssh_info\ndef ssh_ready?(machine)\n  !machine.ssh_info.nil?\nend\n\nraise \"not ready\" unless ssh_ready?(machine)","tryCatchPattern":"# Ruby: rescue and report rather than crashing automation\nbegin\n  machine.action(\"ssh\")\nrescue Vagrant::Errors::SSHNotReady => e\n  warn \"#{machine.name} not ready for SSH (#{machine.state.id}); running vagrant up\"\n  machine.action(\"up\")\n  retry\nend","preventionTips":["Chain commands (`vagrant up && vagrant ssh`) instead of racing an async up.","Check `vagrant status` (state-id 'running') before ssh in scripts.","Treat repeated SSHNotReady on a supposedly-running VM as a provider-level problem: inspect `vagrant status` and reload."],"tags":["vagrant","ssh","machine-state","communicator"],"backgroundTag":"machine-not-running","analyzedSha":"35f3160f4ad6edc3a9f3aa9570adfc1a4d73aaa5","analyzedAt":"2026-08-21T13:34:32.514Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-21T18:17:14.833Z"}