If we pause the docker desktop and from cli we run the command docker compose down then it halts and no error or warning is shown. It would be a nice to have feature if we can show a warning or some message stating that docker is currently paused.
It looks more like a bug, since docker ps actually shows a warning
Error response from daemon: Docker Desktop is manually paused. Unpause it through the Whale menu or Dashboard.
But docker compose up and down also show this on my Mac
» docker compose down
Error response from daemon: Docker Desktop is manually paused. Unpause it through the Whale menu or Dashboard.
» docker compose up -d
unable to get image 'nginx': Error response from daemon: Docker Desktop is manually paused. Unpause it through the Whale menu or Dashboard.
What is your compose version and your operating system?