diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 3ede535a21f..f82f22bf51d 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ env:
     ####
     #### Cache-image names to test with (double-quotes around names are critical)
     ####
-    FEDORA_NAME: "fedora-42"
+    FEDORA_NAME: "fedora-43"
     FEDORA_AARCH64_NAME: "${FEDORA_NAME}-aarch64"
-    PRIOR_FEDORA_NAME: "fedora-41"
+    PRIOR_FEDORA_NAME: "fedora-42"
     RAWHIDE_NAME: "rawhide"
     DEBIAN_NAME: "debian-14"
 
     # Image identifiers
-    IMAGE_SUFFIX: "c20251120t131229z-f42f41d14"
+    IMAGE_SUFFIX: "c20251121t131714z-f43f42d14"
 
     # EC2 images
     FEDORA_AMI: "fedora-aws-${IMAGE_SUFFIX}"
diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh b/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
index 3aaa065e751..07de50c3b07 100755
--- a/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
+++ b/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
@@ -418,6 +418,9 @@ dotest() {
         die "The CI test TMPDIR is not on a tmpfs mount, we need tmpfs to make the tests faster"
     fi
 
+    echo "----------"
+    printenv NOTIFY_SOCKET
+
     showrun make ${localremote}${testsuite} PODMAN_SERVER_LOG=$PODMAN_SERVER_LOG EXTRA_BUILDTAGS="$TEST_BUILD_TAGS" \
         |& logformatter
 
diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/setup_environment.sh b/contrib/cirrus/setup_environment.sh
index 9d67774da8c..e58588e0632 100755
--- a/contrib/cirrus/setup_environment.sh
+++ b/contrib/cirrus/setup_environment.sh
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ echo -e "\n# Begin single-use VM global variables (${BASH_SOURCE[0]})" \
     done <<<"$(passthrough_envars)"
 ) >> "/etc/ci_environment"
 
+echo "NOTIFY_SOCKET ---------"
+printenv NOTIFY_SOCKET || true
+echo "-------------"
+# Unset NOTIFY_SOCKET based on: https://github.com/containers/podman/pull/27514#issuecomment-3529125596
+unset NOTIFY_SOCKET
 # This is a possible manual maintenance gaff, i.e. forgetting to update a
 # *_NAME variable in .cirrus.yml.  check to be sure at least one comparison
 # matches the actual OS being run.  Ignore details, such as debian point-release
diff --git a/test/apiv2/python/rest_api/test_v2_0_0_image.py b/test/apiv2/python/rest_api/test_v2_0_0_image.py
index e62b210ebc9..bd37d7a61fd 100644
--- a/test/apiv2/python/rest_api/test_v2_0_0_image.py
+++ b/test/apiv2/python/rest_api/test_v2_0_0_image.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import json
 import unittest
-from multiprocessing import Process
+import multiprocessing as mp
 
 import requests
 from dateutil.parser import parse
@@ -168,9 +168,12 @@ def do_search5():
             self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 400, f"#5: {r.text}")
 
         i = 1
+        # Need to explicitly set start method
+        # # https://docs.python.org/dev/library/multiprocessing.html#contexts-and-start-methods
+        mp.set_start_method('fork')
         for fn in [do_search1, do_search2, do_search3, do_search4, do_search5]:
             with self.subTest(i=i):
-                search = Process(target=fn)
+                search = mp.Process(target=fn)
                 search.start()
                 search.join(timeout=10)
                 self.assertFalse(search.is_alive(), f"#{i} /images/search took too long")
diff --git a/test/system/140-diff.bats b/test/system/140-diff.bats
index ccb2a8c1bba..0a19e367890 100644
--- a/test/system/140-diff.bats
+++ b/test/system/140-diff.bats
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ load helpers
 }
 
 @test "podman diff with buildah container " {
+    printenv NOTIFY_SOCKET
+
     rand_file=$(random_string 10)
+
     buildah from --name buildahctr $IMAGE
     buildah run buildahctr sh -c "touch /$rand_file;rm /etc/services"
 
diff --git a/test/system/161-volume-quotas.bats b/test/system/161-volume-quotas.bats
index fb49d21cd22..3994bc2b0f2 100644
--- a/test/system/161-volume-quotas.bats
+++ b/test/system/161-volume-quotas.bats
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ function teardown() {
     # make the function aware of the custom --root.
     _PODMAN_TEST_OPTS="$safe_opts --storage-driver $(podman_storage_driver)" _prefetch $IMAGE
 
+    ls -lZ --recursive ${PODMAN_TMPDIR}/root
+
     ctrname="testctr"
     # pull never to ensure the prefetch works correctly
     run_podman $safe_opts run -d --pull=never --name=$ctrname -i -v $vol_one:/one -v $vol_two:/two $IMAGE top
diff --git a/test/system/setup_suite.bash b/test/system/setup_suite.bash
index 5e17aca2f17..7b8177f5965 100644
--- a/test/system/setup_suite.bash
+++ b/test/system/setup_suite.bash
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ function setup_suite() {
     IFS="
  	"
 
+    printenv NOTIFY_SOCKET >&3
+
     # These are set/generated even for non-remote tests because some local tests still create their
     # own system service.
     export REMOTESYSTEM_UNIX_SOCK=$(mktemp ${BATS_SUITE_TMPDIR}/remotesystem.podman.XXXXXX.sock)