diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ea71d1134..1a1b881eb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 # add extra information using --with-extra="..." which may be any
 # freeform string.
 m4_define([libguestfs_major],   [1])
-m4_define([libguestfs_minor],   [54])
-m4_define([libguestfs_release], [0])
-m4_define([release_date],       [2024-10-08])
+m4_define([libguestfs_minor],   [55])
+m4_define([libguestfs_release], [1])
+m4_define([release_date],       [2024-10-22])
 
 AC_INIT([libguestfs],libguestfs_major.libguestfs_minor.libguestfs_release)
 AC_SUBST([RELEASE_DATE],release_date)
diff --git a/po/libguestfs.pot b/po/libguestfs.pot
index 910024146..f9c2b327a 100644
--- a/po/libguestfs.pot
+++ b/po/libguestfs.pot
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 #, fuzzy
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.54.0\n"
+"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.55.1\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?"
 "component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-10-08 14:36+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-10-22 17:20+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -3852,39 +3852,35 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "setting not found"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/info.c:83
+#: lib/info.c:81
 msgid "qemu-img info: JSON output did not contain ‘format’ key"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/info.c:106
+#: lib/info.c:104
 msgid "qemu-img info: JSON output did not contain ‘virtual-size’ key"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/info.c:134
+#: lib/info.c:126
 msgid "qemu-img info: JSON output was not an object"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/info.c:180
+#: lib/info.c:172
 msgid ""
 "qemu-img info command produced no output, but didn't return an error status "
 "code"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/info.c:210
+#: lib/info.c:207
 #, c-format
 msgid "qemu-img info: JSON parse error: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/info.c:212
-msgid "qemu-img info: unknown JSON parse error"
-msgstr ""
-
 #: lib/inspect-icon.c:730
 #, c-format
 msgid "size of %s is unreasonably large (%<PRIi64> bytes)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-direct.c:151
+#: lib/launch-direct.c:150
 #, c-format
 msgid ""
 "current user is not a member of the KVM group (group ID %d). This user "
@@ -3893,31 +3889,31 @@ msgid ""
 "might need to log out and log in again)."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-direct.c:393
+#: lib/launch-direct.c:392
 #, c-format
 msgid "passt was killed with signal %d"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-direct.c:398
+#: lib/launch-direct.c:397
 #, c-format
 msgid "internal error: unexpected exit status from passt (%d)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-direct.c:405
+#: lib/launch-direct.c:404
 #, c-format
 msgid "passt exited with status %d"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-direct.c:426
+#: lib/launch-direct.c:425
 #, c-format
 msgid "failed to parse passt PID from '%s'"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-direct.c:475
+#: lib/launch-direct.c:474
 msgid "you must call guestfs_add_drive before guestfs_launch"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-direct.c:1042 lib/launch-libvirt.c:695
+#: lib/launch-direct.c:1037 lib/launch-libvirt.c:690
 msgid "qemu launched and contacted daemon, but state != READY"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -3926,56 +3922,56 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "%s:%d: error constructing libvirt XML near call to \"%s\""
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:219
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:214
 msgid ""
 "could not auto-detect the format.\n"
 "If the format is known, pass the format to libguestfs, eg. using the\n"
 "‘--format’ option, or via the optional ‘format’ argument to ‘add-drive’."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:230
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:225
 msgid ""
 "could not auto-detect the format when using a non-file protocol.\n"
 "If the format is known, pass the format to libguestfs, eg. using the\n"
 "‘--format’ option, or via the optional ‘format’ argument to ‘add-drive’."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:345
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:340
 msgid "direct mode flag is not supported yet for libvirt backend"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:383
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:378
 #, c-format
 msgid "could not connect to libvirt (URI = %s)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:412
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:407
 msgid "could not get libvirt capabilities"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:433
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:428
 msgid "could not get libvirt domain capabilities"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:628
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:623
 msgid "could not create appliance through libvirt. Original error from libvirt"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:760
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:755
 msgid "unable to parse capabilities XML returned by libvirt"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:766 lib/launch-libvirt.c:868 lib/libvirt-domain.c:397
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:761 lib/launch-libvirt.c:863 lib/libvirt-domain.c:397
 #: lib/libvirt-domain.c:481
 msgid "unable to create new XPath context"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:776 lib/launch-libvirt.c:876 lib/launch-libvirt.c:892
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:771 lib/launch-libvirt.c:871 lib/launch-libvirt.c:887
 #, c-format
 msgid "unable to evaluate XPath expression: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:815
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:810
 #, c-format
 msgid ""
 "libvirt hypervisor doesn’t support qemu or KVM,\n"
@@ -3990,47 +3986,47 @@ msgid ""
 "For further help, read the guestfs(3) man page and libguestfs FAQ."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:862
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:857
 msgid "unable to parse domain capabilities XML returned by libvirt"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1508 lib/launch-libvirt.c:1761 lib/qemu.c:816
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1503 lib/launch-libvirt.c:1756 lib/qemu.c:766
 #, c-format
 msgid "realpath: could not convert ‘%s’ to absolute path"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1586
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1581
 msgid ""
 "libvirt does not support the qemu curl driver protocols (ftp, http, etc.); "
 "try setting LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND=direct"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1976
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1971
 msgid "could not define libvirt secret"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1987
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1982
 msgid "rbd protocol secret must be base64 encoded"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1991
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1986
 #, c-format
 msgid "base64_decode_alloc: %m"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2009
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2004
 msgid "could not set libvirt secret value"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2022
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2017
 msgid "could not get UUID from libvirt secret"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2192
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2187
 msgid "could not destroy libvirt domain"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2213 lib/launch-libvirt.c:2246
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2208 lib/launch-libvirt.c:2241
 #, c-format
 msgid "%s: internal error forming error message"
 msgstr ""
@@ -4246,35 +4242,35 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "file receive cancelled by daemon"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/qemu.c:960
+#: lib/qemu.c:910
 msgid "discard cannot be enabled on this drive: qemu < 1.5"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/qemu.c:969
+#: lib/qemu.c:919
 msgid ""
 "discard cannot be enabled on this drive: the drive has a read-only overlay"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/qemu.c:976
+#: lib/qemu.c:926
 msgid ""
 "discard cannot be enabled on this drive: you have to specify the format of "
 "the file"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/qemu.c:984
+#: lib/qemu.c:934
 msgid ""
 "discard cannot be enabled on this drive: qemu < 1.6 cannot do discard on "
 "qcow2 files"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/qemu.c:992
+#: lib/qemu.c:942
 #, c-format
 msgid ""
 "discard cannot be enabled on this drive: qemu does not support discard for "
 "‘%s’ format files"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/qemu.c:1012
+#: lib/qemu.c:962
 #, c-format
 msgid ""
 "discard cannot be enabled on this drive: protocol ‘%s’ does not support "