docker timeout ai_generated true

error: context deadline exceeded

ID: docker/docker-context-deadline-exceeded

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82%Fix Rate
85%Confidence
50Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

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Root Cause

Docker operation timed out. Common during image pulls from slow registries, large build contexts, or when the Docker daemon is overloaded.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 88% success Check network connectivity and DNS resolution to the registry 
    curl -v https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/ to test registry connectivity; check firewall rules and proxy settings

    Sources: https://docs.docker.com/engine/daemon/

  2. 85% success Use a registry mirror or pull from a closer region 
    Configure registry mirrors in /etc/docker/daemon.json: {"registry-mirrors": ["https://mirror.gcr.io"]}

    Sources: https://docs.docker.com/docker-hub/mirror/

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Repeatedly retrying the same pull without addressing network conditions 70% fail

    If the registry is throttling or the network is congested, retries without backoff make it worse

  2. Increasing Docker daemon timeout to very large values 65% fail

    Masks underlying network or registry issues; operations that genuinely fail will hang for excessive periods

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