Failed to start BlueOS.service (raspberry pi 5)

Blue Robotics Software BlueOS
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hi, Just got my raspberry pi 5 and been testing raspberryOS without issues, I then loaded the newest BlueOS version 1.5.0-beta.34, and it boots and I get to the login screen where I can see a red line “Failed to start BlueOS.service”, Im able to connect to it with ssh but nothing for the web interface (blueOS) works, also tried running cockpit to see if it would connect but nothing.
I then tried loading older versions like 1.5.0-beta.33 and 1.4.4-beta.4, and I get the same error on boot screen “Failed to start BlueOS.service”.
At this point I have also tried a different SD card, disconnected usb cam, its only the pi now connected to the monitor and ethernet. (also tested wifi and was able to ssh to it).
Couldnt find another post about this issue and I dont have a raspberry pi 4 to check if that works.
Any ideas?

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pi@blueos:~ $ sudo systemctl status blueos.service

× blueos.service - Start BlueOS on boot

 Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/blueos.service; **enabled**; preset: **enabled**)

 Active: **failed** (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2026-04-09 21:24:10 BST; 2min 38s ago

Process: 855 ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker start blueos-bootstrap **(code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)**

Main PID: 855 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

    CPU: 32ms

Apr 09 21:24:07 blueos systemd[1]: Starting blueos.service - Start BlueOS on boot…

Apr 09 21:24:10 blueos docker[855]: Error response from daemon: RWLayer of container 27474fd9bbba8748c327b5a04f61ef7a73>

Apr 09 21:24:10 blueos docker[855]: failed to start containers: blueos-bootstrap

Apr 09 21:24:10 blueos systemd[1]: blueos.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE

Apr 09 21:24:10 blueos systemd[1]: blueos.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.

Apr 09 21:24:10 blueos systemd[1]: Failed to start blueos.service - Start BlueOS on boot.

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Hi @AL3X -

It sounds like you’re trying to boot the wrong image. Flash your SD card with a stable version for pi5, and update in BlueOS if you feel using beta is necessary for you application. You can find the link to do that here, found in the docs.

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Very strange it worked! All though was using the v8 beta version for pi 5 only difference is I downloaded from github Releases · bluerobotics/BlueOS · GitHub

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Hi @AL3X -

Can you share where you downloaded the image originally? The link and location? Thanks!

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I downloaded these two
https://github.com/bluerobotics/BlueOS/releases/download/1.5.0-beta.34/BlueOS-raspberry-linux-arm64-v8-bookworm-pi5.zip

https://github.com/bluerobotics/BlueOS/releases/download/1.5.0-beta.34/BlueOS-raspberry-linux-arm64-v8-bookworm-pi5.z01

And used Keka on MacOS to unzip it, used etcher and also tried the RP-manager to flash image to SDcard both reported successfully and booted.