Database shuts down as requested by host

[Lanneer487]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• [x] I have checked the existing issues and discussions, and I can confirm that there are no duplicates.

What happened?

I can start Teslamate in docker with the docker compose command. But after everything is started, The database shuts down automatically.

database-1 | 2025-11-18 21:55:15.775 UTC [1] LOG: received smart shutdown request database-1 exited with code 137

Is this a bug or is it possible to find what causes the problem?

Expected Behavior

No response

Can the issue reliably be reproduced?

Yes

Steps To Reproduce the issue

No response

Relevant log output

database-1   | 2025-11-18 21:55:15.775 UTC [1] LOG:  received smart shutdown request
database-1 exited with code 137

Screenshots

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Additional data

No response

Type of installation

Docker (https://docs.teslamate.org/docs/installation/docker/)

Version

2.2.0

PostgreSQL version

18-trixie

Are you running latest major supported PostgreSQL version?

• [x] I run the latest major supported PostgreSQL version

Are you using a reverse Proxy for TeslaMate?

No

Details about your reverse Proxy if applicable

No response

[JakobLichterfeld]

Thanks for reporting, this looks like your Docker host shut down the container. Please either provide the logs or ensure your host does not run out of reccources, you stop conatiners or whatever.

[Lanneer487]

I checked the logs to see when it happens.

database-1 | 2025-11-19 12:04:59.109 UTC [29] LOG: checkpoint starting: time database-1 | 2025-11-19 12:05:00.986 UTC [29] LOG: checkpoint complete: wrote 18 buffers (0.1%), wrote 1 SLRU buffers; 0 WAL file(s) added, 0 removed, 0 recycled; write=1.855 s, sync=0.011 s, total=1.879 s; sync files=11, longest=0.009 s, average=0.001 s; distance=99 kB, estimate=99 kB; lsn=0/21B864F8, redo lsn=0/21B86468 grafana-1 | logger=cleanup t=2025-11-19T12:09:47.484141255Z level=info msg="Completed cleanup jobs" duration=27.965125ms grafana-1 | logger=plugins.update.checker t=2025-11-19T12:09:47.655072713Z level=info msg="Update check succeeded" duration=90.965958ms database-1 | 2025-11-19 12:10:00.018 UTC [29] LOG: checkpoint starting: time database-1 | 2025-11-19 12:10:00.850 UTC [29] LOG: checkpoint complete: wrote 8 buffers (0.0%), wrote 1 SLRU buffers; 0 WAL file(s) added, 0 removed, 0 recycled; write=0.821 s, sync=0.005 s, total=0.833 s; sync files=9, longest=0.004 s, average=0.001 s; distance=30 kB, estimate=92 kB; lsn=0/21B8DDC0, redo lsn=0/21B8DD68 database-1 | 2025-11-19 12:10:15.849 UTC [1] LOG: received smart shutdown request database-1 | 2025-11-19 12:10:26.010 UTC [67] FATAL: terminating connection due to unexpected postmaster exit database-1 | 2025-11-19 12:10:26.010 UTC [66] FATAL: terminating connection due to unexpected postmaster exit database-1 | 2025-11-19 12:10:26.010 UTC [912] FATAL: terminating connection due to unexpected postmaster exit database-1 | 2025-11-19 12:10:26.010 UTC [911] FATAL: terminating connection due to unexpected postmaster exit database-1 | 2025-11-19 12:10:26.010 UTC [913] FATAL: terminating connection due to unexpected postmaster exit database-1 | 2025-11-19 12:10:26.010 UTC [910] FATAL: terminating connection due to unexpected postmaster exit database-1 | 2025-11-19 12:10:26.010 UTC [914] FATAL: terminating connection due to unexpected postmaster exit database-1 | 2025-11-19 12:10:26.011 UTC [60] FATAL: terminating connection due to unexpected postmaster exit database-1 | 2025-11-19 12:10:26.011 UTC [62] FATAL: terminating connection due to unexpected postmaster exit database-1 | 2025-11-19 12:10:26.013 UTC [65] FATAL: terminating connection due to unexpected postmaster exit database-1 | 2025-11-19 12:10:26.013 UTC [58] FATAL: terminating connection due to unexpected postmaster exit database-1 exited with code 137 teslamate-1 | 2025-11-19 12:10:26.922 [error] Postgrex.Protocol (#PID<0.2482.0>) disconnected: ** (Postgrex.Error) FATAL 57P01 (admin_shutdown) terminating connection due to unexpected postmaster exit teslamate-1 | 2025-11-19 12:10:26.922 [error] Postgrex.Protocol (#PID<0.2483.0>) disconnected: ** (Postgrex.Error) FATAL 57P01 (admin_shutdown) terminating connection due to unexpected postmaster exit teslamate-1 | 2025-11-19 12:10:26.923 [error] Postgrex.Protocol (#PID<0.2489.0>) disconnected: ** (Postgrex.Error) FATAL 57P01 (admin_shutdown) terminating connection due to unexpected postmaster exit teslamate-1 | 2025-11-19 12:10:26.923 [error] Postgrex.Protocol (#PID<0.2490.0>) disconnected: ** (Postgrex.Error) FATAL 57P01 (admin_shutdown) terminating connection due to unexpected postmaster exit teslamate-1 | 2025-11-19 12:10:26.923 [error] Postgrex.Protocol (#PID<0.2488.0>) disconnected: ** (DBConnection.ConnectionError) tcp recv (idle): closed

Only container database shuts down. Grafana, mosquito and teslamate keeps running. It is running on a server so I didn't stop it myself.

[JakobLichterfeld]

Thanks for the logs. This looks like you don't use

Type of installation

Docker (https://docs.teslamate.org/docs/installation/docker/)

But rather something like Podman, which is not supported. If you know how to use it, you can, but no support from the devs.

[Lanneer487]

I'm using docker. this was a snippet from my terminal window after docker compose up

This is my compose file:

services:
  teslamate:
    image: teslamate/teslamate:latest
    restart: always
    environment:
      - ENCRYPTION_KEY=***** #replace with a secure key to encrypt your Tesla API tokens
      - DATABASE_USER=teslamate
      - DATABASE_PASS=***** #insert your secure database password!
      - DATABASE_NAME=teslamate
      - DATABASE_HOST=database
      - MQTT_HOST=mosquitto
    ports:
      - 4000:4000
    volumes:
      - ./import:/opt/app/import
    cap_drop:
      - all

  database:
    image: postgres:18-trixie
    restart: always
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_USER=teslamate
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=*****#insert your secure database password!
      - POSTGRES_DB=teslamate
    volumes:
      - teslamate-db:/var/lib/postgresql

  grafana:
    image: teslamate/grafana:latest
    restart: always
    environment:
      - DATABASE_USER=teslamate
      - DATABASE_PASS=*****#insert your secure database password!
      - DATABASE_NAME=teslamate
      - DATABASE_HOST=database
    ports:
      - 3000:3000
    volumes:
      - teslamate-grafana-data:/var/lib/grafana

  mosquitto:
    image: eclipse-mosquitto:2
    restart: always
    command: mosquitto -c /mosquitto-no-auth.conf
    # ports:
    #   - 1883:1883
    volumes:
      - mosquitto-conf:/mosquitto/config
      - mosquitto-data:/mosquitto/data

volumes:
  teslamate-db:
  teslamate-grafana-data:
  mosquitto-conf:
  mosquitto-data:

[brianmay]

"FATAL: terminating connection due to unexpected postmaster exit database-1"

Postgres died for some unknown reason.

Google AI suggests it could be an out-of-memory issue. How much memory do you have? Use free -h to find out.

[JakobLichterfeld]

it could be an out-of-memory issue.

That was my assumption as well

this looks like your Docker host shut down the container. Please either provide the logs or ensure your host does not run out of reccources