Unexpected Error in Docker Desktop
Description
I was working on a container. It just hung up. And docker commands stopped working. A docker ps returned this:
docker ps
docker statsrequest returned Internal Server Error for API route and version http://%2FUsers%2Fiarc13%2F.docker%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.47/containers/json, check if the server supports the requested API version
A popup(from where I generated diagnostics) said unexpected error occured:
running engine: waiting for the Docker API: engine linux/virtualization-framework failed to run: running VM: com.docker.virtualization: process terminated unexpectedly: Invalid virtual machine configuration. The storage device attachment is invalid.
Reproduce
Can't reproduce, happens intermittently. It happens like once in a month. My best guess is that it's a memory problem.
Expected behavior
No response
docker version
Client: Docker Engine - Community
Version: 27.4.1
API version: 1.47
Go version: go1.23.4
Git commit: b9d17eaebb
Built: Mon Dec 16 21:43:43 2024
OS/Arch: darwin/arm64
Context: desktop-linux
Server: Docker Desktop 4.37.1 (178610)
Engine:
Version: 27.4.0
API version: 1.47 (minimum version 1.24)
Go version: go1.22.10
Git commit: 92a8393
Built: Sat Dec 7 10:38:33 2024
OS/Arch: linux/arm64
Experimental: false
containerd:
Version: 1.7.21
GitCommit: 472731909fa34bd7bc9c087e4c27943f9835f111
runc:
Version: 1.1.13
GitCommit: v1.1.13-0-g58aa920
docker-init:
Version: 0.19.0
GitCommit: de40ad0
docker info
Client: Docker Engine - Community
Version: 27.4.1
Context: desktop-linux
Debug Mode: false
Plugins:
ai: Ask Gordon - Docker Agent (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.5.1
Path: /Users/iarc13/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-ai
buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.19.2-desktop.1
Path: /Users/iarc13/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
Version: v2.31.0-desktop.2
Path: /Users/iarc13/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
Version: 0.0.37
Path: /Users/iarc13/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-debug
desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Beta) (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.1.0
Path: /Users/iarc13/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-desktop
dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.1.2
Path: /Users/iarc13/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-dev
extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.2.27
Path: /Users/iarc13/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-extension
feedback: Provide feedback, right in your terminal! (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.0.5
Path: /Users/iarc13/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-feedback
init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.4.0
Path: /Users/iarc13/.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/iarc13/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-sbom
scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.15.1
Path: /Users/iarc13/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-scout
Server:
Containers: 0
Running: 0
Paused: 0
Stopped: 0
Images: 0
Server Version: 27.4.0
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: 472731909fa34bd7bc9c087e4c27943f9835f111
runc version: v1.1.13-0-g58aa920
init version: de40ad0
Security Options:
seccomp
Profile: unconfined
cgroupns
Kernel Version: 6.10.14-linuxkit
Operating System: Docker Desktop
OSType: linux
Architecture: aarch64
CPUs: 8
Total Memory: 3.827GiB
Name: docker-desktop
ID: a42ef3b5-48a5-4693-80e2-30feb9584250
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/iarc13/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
DC536B9A-8040-4344-9091-3AFFFA011E98/20250209132917
Additional Info
Started to happen from 2 weeks back.
Whenever it happens, resetting to default gets it to work.
happens to me after a hung-up push to ECR
docker push 11111111111111.dkr.ecr.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/repo:latest
The push refers to repository [11111111111111.dkr.ecr.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/repo]
4c1110416e19: Preparing
4be0aa8318ca: Pushing [==================================================>] 2.56kB
caa2d4c85d90: Pushing [==================================================>] 11.26kB
432d9e1430ce: Pushing [==================================================>] 80.9kB
9c4a8f8401bb: Pushing 1.536kB
046ecdb73140: Waiting
8e092a219aa9: Waiting
863fe8082669: Waiting
288a834fec15: Waiting
35393cf1138f: Waiting
66a307619b8c: Waiting
^Ccontext canceled
docker push 11111111111111.dkr.ecr.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/repo:latest
request returned Internal Server Error for API route and version http://%2FUsers%2Femalihin%2F.docker%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.47/images/11111111111111.dkr.ecr.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/repo/push?tag=latest, check if the server supports the requested API version
I appear to have gotten around this (🤞) by going to Docker Desktop Settings > General > Virtual Machine Options and switching Virtual Machine Manager from "Apple Virtualization framework" to "Docker VMM (beta)".
fwiw: this happened to me when I did any cross-platform docker build for linux on my ARM mac.