fix: Podman error handling while connection

podman/client.py

@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs) -> None:
             path = str(Path(get_runtime_dir()) / "podman" / "podman.sock")
             api_kwargs["base_url"] = "http+unix://" + path
         self.api = APIClient(**api_kwargs)
+        self.system = SystemManager(client=self.api)
+
+        # Check connection to Podman service
+        try:
+            self.system.ping()
+        except Exception as e:
+            error_msg = "Failed to connect to Podman service"
+            raise PodmanConnectionError(message=error_msg, original_error=e)
 
     def __enter__(self) -> "PodmanClient":
         return self

podman/tests/integration/utils.py

@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ def consume_lines(pipe, consume_fn):
         def consume(line: str):
             logger.debug(line.strip("\n") + f" refid={self.reference_id}")
 
-        self.proc = subprocess.Popen(self.cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)  # pylint: disable=consider-using-with
+        self.proc = subprocess.Popen(
+            self.cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT
+        )  # pylint: disable=consider-using-with
         threading.Thread(target=consume_lines, args=[self.proc.stdout, consume]).start()
 
         if not check_socket: