podman 5.8.4 is fundamentally unusable with containers-storage 1.62:

# Downgrade containers-storage (if you have newer version)
# and try to run a container, it fails, using system storage
# paths rather than user ones.
root@poetic-anemone:~# apt install ./c.deb
Note, selecting 'containers-storage' instead of './c.deb'
DOWNGRADING:
  containers-storage

Summary:
  Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Downgrading: 1, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
  Download size: 0 B / 2,581 kB
  Freed space: 188 kB

Continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 /root/c.deb containers-storage amd64 1.62.0-3 [2,581 kB]
dpkg: warning: downgrading containers-storage (1.63.0-1) to (1.62.0-3)
(Reading database… 23737 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack /root/c.deb…
Unpacking containers-storage (1.62.0-3) over (1.63.0-1)…
Setting up containers-storage (1.62.0-3)…
Notice: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/root/c.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
root@poetic-anemone:~# su - jak
jak@poetic-anemone:~$ podman run --rm -it ubuntu:focal
Error: creating runtime static files directory "/var/lib/containers/storage/libpod": mkdir /var/lib/containers: permission denied


# Let's upgrade it again, it works!

root@poetic-anemone:~# apt install containers-storage
Upgrading:
  containers-storage

Summary:
  Upgrading: 1, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
  Download size: 2,624 kB
  Space needed: 188 kB / 8,633 MB available

Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 containers-storage amd64 1.63.0-1 [2,624 kB]
Fetched 2,624 kB in 0s (11.4 MB/s)
(Reading database… 23738 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack …/containers-storage_1.63.0-1_amd64.deb…
Unpacking containers-storage (1.63.0-1) over (1.62.0-3)…
Setting up containers-storage (1.63.0-1)…
root@poetic-anemone:~# su - jak
jak@poetic-anemone:~$ podman run --rm -it ubuntu:focal
[... some unrelated warnings ... ]
root@51e81ffcb198:/# exit