Every 5-7 days Docker throws the following error and the engine + container all become unresponsive: "running engine: engine linux/virtualization-framework failed to run: running VM: com.docker.virtualization: process terminated unexpectedly: accepting AF_VSOCK connection: AF_VSOCK listener closed"

[macstainless]

Description

Every 5-7 days Docker Desktop encounters an error wherein it becomes unresponsive along with all containers. I have restarted Docker Desktop, the host machine (Intel Mac Mini), and even done a complete reset of Docker. None of these methods has corrected the issue.

The error is:

running engine: engine linux/virtualization-framework failed to run: running VM: com.docker.virtualization: process terminated unexpectedly: accepting AF_VSOCK connection: AF_VSOCK listener closed

Reproduce

1. Run Docker Desktop with multiple containers.
2. Allow 5-7 days to elapse. The error & unresponsiveness triggers at a random point on its own.

Expected behavior

Docker should not become unresponsive.

docker version

Client:
 Version:           27.1.1
 API version:       1.46
 Go version:        go1.21.12
 Git commit:        6312585
 Built:             Tue Jul 23 19:54:12 2024
 OS/Arch:           darwin/amd64
 Context:           desktop-linux

Server: Docker Desktop 4.33.0 (160616)
 Engine:
  Version:          27.1.1
  API version:      1.46 (minimum version 1.24)
  Go version:       go1.21.12
  Git commit:       cc13f95
  Built:            Tue Jul 23 19:57:19 2024
  OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          1.7.19
  GitCommit:        2bf793ef6dc9a18e00cb12efb64355c2c9d5eb41
 runc:
  Version:          1.7.19
  GitCommit:        v1.1.13-0-g58aa920
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0

docker info

Client:
 Version:    27.1.1
 Context:    desktop-linux
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.16.1-desktop.1
    Path:     /Users/aaron/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v2.29.1-desktop.1
    Path:     /Users/aaron/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
  debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  0.0.34
    Path:     /Users/aaron/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-debug
  desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Alpha) (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.0.14
    Path:     /Users/aaron/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-desktop
  dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.1.2
    Path:     /Users/aaron/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-dev
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.25
    Path:     /Users/aaron/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-extension
  feedback: Provide feedback, right in your terminal! (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.0.5
    Path:     /Users/aaron/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-feedback
  init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.3.0
    Path:     /Users/aaron/.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:     /Users/aaron/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-sbom
  scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.11.0
    Path:     /Users/aaron/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-scout

Server:
 Containers: 19
  Running: 19
  Paused: 0
  Stopped: 0
 Images: 17
 Server Version: 27.1.1
 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
 Swarm: inactive
 Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 runc
 Default Runtime: runc
 Init Binary: docker-init
 containerd version: 2bf793ef6dc9a18e00cb12efb64355c2c9d5eb41
 runc version: v1.1.13-0-g58aa920
 init version: de40ad0
 Security Options:
  seccomp
   Profile: unconfined
  cgroupns
 Kernel Version: 6.10.0-linuxkit
 Operating System: Docker Desktop
 OSType: linux
 Architecture: x86_64
 CPUs: 6
 Total Memory: 7.656GiB
 Name: docker-desktop
 ID: b61710a0-94c8-4a3e-a1d8-10f571ce5343
 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:///Users/aaron/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/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

75C47FAE-FA34-4D49-8E5F-EB781AB630B0/20240812123725

Additional Info

Host machine: Intel i5 c-core 6ghz Mac Mini, 16gb of RAM, running macOS Sonoma 14.5.

[kandji-gregg]

Also having the same issue, diagnostics ID: 22EC91C3-5A96-4355-B237-969BF4C4FDFC/20240821192134 Running: Apple M3 Pro, Sonoma 14.6.1, 36 GB RAM Docker v4.33.0 (not limited to just latest version)

[Styopchik]

Same issue

[luisedelgado]

Has anyone found a workaround?? This is halting my dev workflow :(

[dkbhadeshiya]

Hi,

Same issue occurred with me as well. I tried docker buildx command to build an image for another platform architecture and it bricked whole installation.

It can be reproduced with version 4.34.3 (170107).

I tried reinstalling and again got bricked with docker buildx build --platform=linux/amd64

Information: Version: 4.34.3 (170107) Engine: 27.2.0 Compose: v2.29.2-desktop.2 Credential Helper: v0.8.2 Kubernetes: v1.30.2 MacOS: 15.0.1 (24A348)

[geraldstanje1]

any update?

[jpmc]

Having the same issue since around Docker Desktop 4.23.x or so, around when they added Resource Saver (see #6933)

Other similar issues: #7456 #7383 #7381

My own personal occurrence with this is also about weekly or so with one or two containers up and it'll throw the same error and critically fail with a popup. This can happen if I leave it alone or even while in the middle of active dev work, I have found no common through-line for when/why this would occur.

Platform: M1 Mac - 12.7.6 (Monterey) Docker Desktop: 4.34.3 as of now (been hoping updates would fix this issue, it has happened across multiple versions for the past few months) Diagnostic ID: 2CE3EB5E-7411-490A-97F9-7A9A20E14C06/20241030211925 I have submitted more data when I encounter this issue, but never kept their ID's on hand.