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## Title

    Proposed fix: [docker:dind-rootless] Container exits: 'error: attempting to run rootless dockerd but missing necessary entries in /etc/subuid and/or /etc/subgid' / 'need writable HOME … and XDG_RUNTIM

## Body

    Recommended action: Use docker:dind-rootless unmodified (UID 1000) with --privileged, or rebuild it with the new UID in /etc/passwd, /etc/group, subuid/subgid and chown the home; enable user namespaces on the host (sysctl kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=1, user.max_user_namespaces large).
    
    Option: Use docker:dind-rootless unmodified (UID 1000) with --privileged, or rebuild it with the new UID in /etc/passwd, /etc/group, subuid/subgid and chown the home; enable user namespaces on the host (sysctl kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=1, user.max_user_namespaces large). [evidence: official_recommended_action]
    Applies when: Running docker:dind-rootless (or dockerd as non-root in the dind image) in CI, Kubernetes or agent sandboxes
    Steps:
    1. docker run -d --privileged docker:dind-rootless
    2. For a custom UID: sed /etc/passwd and /etc/group, add subuid/subgid, chown -R rootless ~rootless.
    3. On the host: sysctl -w user.max_user_namespaces=28633
    Expected: The error no longer appears.
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.

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