Packer proxmox not turning on vm after install

[jasonhillva]

Overview of the Issue

Using proxmox 8.3.0 - latest stable. Using proxmox-plugin

I have a kali VM that I'm trying to setup on proxmox with this plugin. When I run the packer build command it connects, i see the VM start to be created. I can see the installation run and then when it is finished the VM goes to shutdown and restart and then doesn't. Then sometimes it successfully restarts. I'd say it fails 7/10 times.

I watch journalctl and it looks like when it works there are a few tasks that get created and then end, but when it fails it looks like there may be some missing.

The funny thing, is that when I detach the console of the VM build process and watch it complete, it seems to work more.

Reproduction Steps

I just run my packer command. I don't change from run to run. I just rerun the last command.

Plugin and Packer version

Packer Version v1.12.0
I use the plugin that is installed via packer plugin install.
I also add the following to the top of my template file:
required_plugins {
proxmox = {
version = ">= 1.2.2"
source = "github.com/hashicorp/proxmox"
}

Simplified Packer Buildfile

packer buildfile:
https://gist.github.com/jasonhillva/9b715e3ccf56c7cebaf5f31ed568009d

Operating system and Environment details

proxmox 8.3.0 running on a minisforum HM90
ryzen 9 4900H
32gb ram

Log Fragments and crash.log files

025/03/11 15:57:03 ui: ==> proxmox-iso.kali: Starting HTTP server on port 8069
2025/03/11 15:57:03 ui: ==> proxmox-iso.kali: Waiting 10s for boot
2025/03/11 15:57:13 ui: ==> proxmox-iso.kali: Typing the boot command
2025/03/11 15:57:13 packer-plugin-proxmox_v1.2.2_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2025/03/11 15:57:13 [INFO] Waiting 1s
2025/03/11 15:57:14 packer-plugin-proxmox_v1.2.2_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2025/03/11 15:57:14 [INFO] Waiting 1s
2025/03/11 15:57:24 packer-plugin-proxmox_v1.2.2_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2025/03/11 15:57:24 [DEBUG] Unable to get address during connection step: 500 QEMU guest agent is not running
2025/03/11 15:57:24 packer-plugin-proxmox_v1.2.2_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2025/03/11 15:57:24 [INFO] Waiting for SSH, up to timeout: 20m0s
2025/03/11 15:57:24 ui: ==> proxmox-iso.kali: Waiting for SSH to become available...
2025/03/11 15:57:27 packer-plugin-proxmox_v1.2.2_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2025/03/11 15:57:27 [DEBUG] Error getting SSH address: 500 QEMU guest agent is not running
2025/03/11 15:57:35 packer-plugin-proxmox_v1.2.2_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2025/03/11 15:57:35 [DEBUG] Error getting SSH address: 500 QEMU guest agent is not running
2025/03/11 15:57:44 packer-plugin-proxmox_v1.2.2_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2025/03/11 15:57:44 [DEBUG] Error getting SSH address: 500 QEMU guest agent is not running
2025/03/11 15:57:52 packer-plugin-proxmox_v1.2.2_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2025/03/11 15:57:52 [DEBUG] Error getting SSH address: 500 QEMU guest agent is not running
2025/03/11 15:57:57 packer-plugin-proxmox_v1.2.2_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2025/03/11 15:57:57 [DEBUG] Error getting SSH address: 500 VM 101 is not running
2025/03/11 15:58:02 packer-plugin-proxmox_v1.2.2_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2025/03/11 15:58:02 [DEBUG] Error getting SSH address: 500 VM 101 is not running
2025/03/11 15:58:07 packer-plugin-proxmox_v1.2.2_x5.0_linux_amd64 plugin: 2025/03/11 15:58:07 [DEBUG] Error getting SSH address: 500 VM 101 is not running