Nsight Systems 2026.1.1 on Mac fails to profile remote Linux target

Developer Tools Nsight Systems Profiling Linux Targets
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Hello! I have been using Nsight Systems on Windows and Mac hosts for quite some time. Unfortunately, I can’t get the most recent version (2026.1.1) to work on my IT-managed Mac computer (with Intel silicon). I get the following error:

Full error information:
RuntimeError (120) {
    RuntimeError (120) {
        OriginalExceptionClass: N5boost10wrapexceptIN11QuadDCommon16RuntimeExceptionEEE
        OriginalFile: /System/Volumes/Data/dvs/p4/build/sw/devtools/Agora/Rel/QuadD_Main/QuadD/Host/Analysis/Clients/AnalysisHelper/AnalysisStatus.cpp
        OriginalLine: 84
        OriginalFunction: static AnalysisStatus::StatusInfo QuadDAnalysis::AnalysisHelper::AnalysisStatus::MakeFromErrorString(StatusType, ErrorType, const std::string &, const QuadDSessionState::DevicePtr &)
        ErrorText: Root permissions are required.
    }
}

Profiling options:
DeviceId: "SSH-0x0x7fd988a1c180"
EventTypes {
}
HowToStart: Immediate
HowToStop: Manual
DeviceType: Unix
DeviceDisplayName: "REDACTED"
Processes {
  HowToAttach: LaunchAnother
  Command: "REDACTED/bin/python"
  Arguments: "src/train.py"
  WorkingDirectory: "REDACTED"
  UserName: "REDACTED"
  EnvironmentVariables {
    Name: "CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES"
    Value: "1"
  }
  EnvironmentVariables {
    Name: "LD_PRELOAD"
    Value: ":{}"
  }
  EnvironmentVariables {
    Name: "XAUTHORITY"
    Value: "N/A"
  }
}
IncludeChildren: true
NetworkProfilingOptions {
  ShouldCollectNicMetrics: false
}
DiscardEnvVars: true

On a Windows machine, however, I can profile the same application, on the same target, without any issues. I think the issue is somehow with the host machine. I tried launching Nsight Systems with root privileges, this does not help either. What works however is downgrading to Nsight Systems 2025.1.1. I tried newer versions but none of them work for me. What could be the issue?

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@mhallock is this a known issue.