"ERROR: Error response from daemon: Bad response from Docker engine" (Docker appears to have stopped running)

[phoenix-oes]

• I have tried with the latest version of Docker Desktop
• I have tried disabling enabled experimental features
• I have uploaded Diagnostics
• Diagnostics ID: 03f84bfe-fba8-48ba-9743-317355122474/20230315073455

Expected behavior

Docker continues to run

Actual behavior

Initially, everything works fine. Docker runs, Desktop works, I can open devcontainers in VS Code, it's wonderful. But.

Eventually, Docker will just stop on its own, and all Docker commands will return "ERROR: Error response from daemon: Bad response from Docker engine"

Information

• Linux distro: Ubuntu
• Distro version: 20.04
• Docker Desktop Version: v4.17.0

Fresh installs of both Ubuntu and Docker Desktop. This behavior has occurred since the beginning.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. Install Docker desktop
2. Wait

[tomunger]

Same on

• Ubuntu 22.04.01 "Pro" with live patch
• docker desktop v4.17.0

I have no containers created or running. After several days, the docker command returns "error response from daemon" and the desktop application becomes unresponsive. I must reboot to fix the problem.

[pmcclure07]

I have the same issue
Ubuntu 20.04.5
Docker Desktop 4.17.0
The desktop and daemon processes are still running, but all docker commands get the error.
I can kill the desktop processes and restart the desktop. Then the container shows as exited, and I am able to restart it...

[cheack]

Same problem here. Linux Mint 21.1 Vera. Killing all Docker-related processes helps.

[kyanitedu]

Same here, I had the Desktop running for 2 days and it is giving me the same error. I was running postgres:11.18-alpine
Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Docker Desktop v4.17.0

[pvlvld]

Same:
OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Kernel: 6.2.6-zen1-1-zen
Uptime: 3 days, 4 hours, 54 mins
Docker version 23.0.1, build a5ee5b1dfc
Docker Desktop 4.17.0 (99724)

[marioheber]

Same here. I had the Desktop running:
Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Docker version 23.0.1, build a5ee5b1
Docker Desktop v4.17.0

[marioheber]

The workaround is to restart.

[marcello-dev]

Same here. Interestingly, the command "systemctl --user status docker-desktop" shows the service as active, but the Docker Desktop icon disappears and whenever I try to launch it, the UI appears and immediately crashes.

The only workaround for me seems "systemctl --user restart docker-desktop" or to restart the whole machine.

Ubuntu 22.04.1
Docker version 23.0.1, build a5ee5b1
Docker Desktop v4.17.0

[aiordache]

I had a look at the diagnostics bundle provided by @phoenix-oes but it mostly contains queries/pings issued from the host components after the engine/VM has stopped responding. There are no logs from the VM after the crash and without them it is difficult to understand what it happening.
Anybody willing to upload a bundle created shortly after the engine stopped responding to see if any error is being logged? I will try to reproduce this.

Would also help to check if the qemu-system-x86_64 process is still running after the engine stops responding.

[pmcclure07]

My docker-desktop exited today, and qemu-system-x86_64 is still running;

Error response from daemon: Bad response from Docker engine
$ ps -ef | grep qemu-system-x86_64
xxx 99474 99400 5 Mar21 ? 01:24:50 qemu-system-x86_64 -accel kvm -cpu host -machine q35 -m 7954 -smp 6 -kernel /opt/docker-desktop/linuxkit/kernel -append page_poison=1 vsyscall=emulate...

[aiordache]

We have fixed a networking bug since last release that may be related. Below you can find a dev build, if anyone wants to try it and confirm the issue is fixed 🙏 Thank you!

https://desktop-stage.docker.com/linux/main/amd64/102631/docker-desktop-4.18.0-amd64.deb
https://desktop-stage.docker.com/linux/main/amd64/102631/docker-desktop-4.18.0-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

[MrSaiclops]

Updated to the latest dev build, still having the issue where I check on Docker Desktop it has reverted to a blank containers screen, as if nothing has ever been run on it before. Killing the processes and restarting Docker Desktop returns my preexisting containers to normal.

[rocco-muscaritolo]

Same issues here. This continues to interrupt my work every other day or so. Happy to help with active troubleshooting.

Linux Mint 21.1 "Vera" x86_64
Kernel: 5.15.0-67-generic

❯ docker version
Client: Docker Engine - Community
 Cloud integration: v1.0.31
 Version:           23.0.1
 API version:       1.41 (downgraded from 1.42)
 Go version:        go1.19.5
 Git commit:        a5ee5b1
 Built:             Thu Feb  9 19:47:01 2023
 OS/Arch:           linux/amd64
 Context:           desktop-linux

Server: Docker Desktop 4.17.0 (99724)
 Engine:
  Version:          20.10.23
  API version:      1.41 (minimum version 1.12)
  Go version:       go1.18.10
  Git commit:       6051f14
  Built:            Thu Jan 19 17:32:04 2023
  OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          1.6.18
  GitCommit:        2456e983eb9e37e47538f59ea18f2043c9a73640
 runc:
  Version:          1.1.4
  GitCommit:        v1.1.4-0-g5fd4c4d
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0

❯ docker info
Client:
 Context:    desktop-linux
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.10.3
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v2.15.1
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
  dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.1.0
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-dev
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.18
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-extension
  sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc.)
    Version:  0.6.0
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-sbom
  scan: Docker Scan (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.25.0
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-scan
  scout: Command line tool for Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.6.0
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-scout

Server:
 Containers: 0
  Running: 0
  Paused: 0
  Stopped: 0
 Images: 36
 Server Version: 20.10.23
 Storage Driver: overlay2
  Backing Filesystem: extfs
  Supports d_type: true
  Native Overlay Diff: true
  userxattr: false
 Logging Driver: json-file
 Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
 Cgroup Version: 2
 Plugins:
  Volume: local
  Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
  Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local logentries splunk syslog
 Swarm: inactive
 Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 io.containerd.runtime.v1.linux runc
 Default Runtime: runc
 Init Binary: docker-init
 containerd version: 2456e983eb9e37e47538f59ea18f2043c9a73640
 runc version: v1.1.4-0-g5fd4c4d
 init version: de40ad0
 Security Options:
  seccomp
   Profile: default
  cgroupns
 Kernel Version: 5.15.49-linuxkit
 Operating System: Docker Desktop
 OSType: linux
 Architecture: x86_64
 CPUs: 12
 Total Memory: 7.533GiB
 Name: docker-desktop
 ID: YP2V:ZF76:I4YU:6CVU:PH2A:KHP7:427Y:IRLC:QZIO:6BGW:FB6H:WSMR
 Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
 Debug Mode: false
 HTTP Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 HTTPS Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 No Proxy: hubproxy.docker.internal
 Registry: https://index.docker.io/v1/
 Experimental: false
 Insecure Registries:
  hubproxy.docker.internal:5000
  127.0.0.0/8
 Live Restore Enabled: false

[MrSaiclops]

And mine:

$ docker version
Error response from daemon: Bad response from Docker engine
Client: Docker Engine - Community
 Cloud integration: v1.0.31
 Version:           23.0.1
 API version:       1.42
 Go version:        go1.19.5
 Git commit:        a5ee5b1
 Built:             Thu Feb  9 19:47:01 2023
 OS/Arch:           linux/amd64
 Context:           desktop-linux

$ docker info 
Client:  
 Context:    desktop-linux  
 Debug Mode: false  
 Plugins:   
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)     
   Version:  v0.10.4     
   Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx   
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)     
   Version:  v2.17.0-rc.1     
   Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose   
  dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc.)     
   Version:  v0.1.0     
   Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-dev   
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)     
   Version:  v0.2.18     
   Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-extension   
  rollout: Rollout new Compose service version (Karol Musur)     
   Version:  v0.1     
   Path:     /home/theacademy/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-rollout   
  sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc.)     
   Version:  0.6.0     
   Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-sbom   
  scan: Docker Scan (Docker Inc.)     
   Version:  v0.25.0     
   Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-scan   
  scout: Command line tool for Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)     
   Version:  v0.6.0    
   Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-scout  
Server: 
ERROR: Error response from daemon: Bad response from Docker engine 
errors pretty printing info

qemu-system-x86_64 is still running Docker Desktop showing a blank containers screen.