Docker engine crash when building using a new builder (with docker-container driver)
Description
When I build a moderately complex Docker project (~2Gb), using a new builder, the build stops at the "sending tarball" step. After a while Docker Desktop shows that the Docker engine has stopped (crashed?).
This happened after I upgraded Docker Desktop from version 4.34.3-170107 to 4.38.0-181591 (the same project was working before just fine).
Reproduce
I have a custom builder created as follows:
docker buildx create --use --name kk
Then I try to build and load my project:
docker buildx build -t <my_tag> --load .
It builds and stops in "sending tarball". After a while the Docker Desktop program informs that the engine is stopped.
The error is stochastic in nature: it usually happens but there is a (very) small chance it won't. It also does not happen when using a simple project (e.g., one which just creates a couple files). It also won't happen with the default driver (as in that case one does not use --load).
Expected behavior
The build should run successfully.
docker version
Client: Docker Engine - Community
Version: 27.5.1
API version: 1.47
Go version: go1.22.11
Git commit: 9f9e405
Built: Wed Jan 22 13:41:31 2025
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Context: desktop-linux
Server: Docker Desktop 4.38.0 (181591)
Engine:
Version: 27.5.1
API version: 1.47 (minimum version 1.24)
Go version: go1.22.11
Git commit: 4c9b3b0
Built: Wed Jan 22 13:41:17 2025
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Experimental: false
containerd:
Version: 1.7.25
GitCommit: bcc810d6b9066471b0b6fa75f557a15a1cbf31bb
runc:
Version: 1.1.12
GitCommit: v1.1.12-0-g51d5e946
docker-init:
Version: 0.19.0
GitCommit: de40ad0
docker info
Client: Docker Engine - Community
Version: 27.5.1
Context: desktop-linux
Debug Mode: false
Plugins:
ai: Ask Gordon - Docker Agent (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.7.3
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-ai
buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.20.1-desktop.2
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
Version: v2.32.4-desktop.1
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
Version: 0.0.38
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-debug
desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Beta) (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.1.4
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-desktop
dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.1.2
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-dev
extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.2.27
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-extension
feedback: Provide feedback, right in your terminal! (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.0.5
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-feedback
init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.4.0
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-init
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
scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.16.1
Path: /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-scout
Server:
Containers: 2
Running: 2
Paused: 0
Stopped: 0
Images: 5
Server Version: 27.5.1
Storage Driver: overlay2
Backing Filesystem: extfs
Supports d_type: true
Using metacopy: false
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 splunk syslog
CDI spec directories:
/etc/cdi
/var/run/cdi
Swarm: inactive
Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 runc
Default Runtime: runc
Init Binary: docker-init
containerd version: bcc810d6b9066471b0b6fa75f557a15a1cbf31bb
runc version: v1.1.12-0-g51d5e946
init version: de40ad0
Security Options:
seccomp
Profile: unconfined
cgroupns
Kernel Version: 6.12.5-linuxkit
Operating System: Docker Desktop
OSType: linux
Architecture: x86_64
CPUs: 8
Total Memory: 7.519GiB
Name: docker-desktop
ID: 94535016-5030-4348-a319-85dd3a262fca
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
Labels:
com.docker.desktop.address=unix:///home/user/.docker/desktop/docker-cli.sock
Experimental: false
Insecure Registries:
hubproxy.docker.internal:5555
127.0.0.0/8
Live Restore Enabled: false
WARNING: daemon is not using the default seccomp profile
Diagnostics ID
418934C5-1E07-483B-850D-783C9C6CE7E4/20250219094900
Additional Info
Probably unrelated, but I have enabled IPv6 by default in the bridge network, as my project requires it.
It seems that version 4.37.1-178610 works, so this is a recent problem.