Virtual Device (simulator) fails to launch

Vega Open Beta Bug Reports
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Attempting to launch the simulator from VSCode on a Macbook M5 (Tahoe 26.2) produces this error:

2025-12-18 14:56:09.735 [info] kepler device simulator start
2025-12-18 14:56:10.826 [warning] Kepler operation FAILED due to an irrecoverable error: Registering QEMU binary as identified to system failed.
Additional logs can be found at /Users/mikey/.kepler/logs

Unfortunately, there are no additional logs in the .kepler log dir.

Are there any manual / cli commands we can try to launch the device, and perhaps get more detailed log output?

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Hey @mikey,

Omar from the Simulator team here, we are in the process of getting our hands on some M5 macbooks to do some testing, I don’t have a clear timeline yet but wanted to know if this is blocking you?

Omar

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Hi Omar, no not currently blocking; we managed to get our app out the door with a physical device for testing. But it certainly would make the process easier. Thanks for investigating!

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