# Docker container exiting with error 137

**URL:** <https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-container-exiting-with-error-137/140222>\
**Category:** Docker Toolbox\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [March 8, 2024, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-container-exiting-with-error-137/140222 "2024-03-08T07:34:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-container-exiting-with-error-137/140222/1 "2024-03-08T07:34:07Z")

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I am using a docker container having base image ubuntu 20.04 for building c/c++ code using llvm compiler. The container is exiting with error code 137 but when I check with docker stats never I see the ram getting exhausted.

The Environment details

Host OS : Ubuntu 20.04

Docker Info out put :  
docker info  
Client: Docker Engine - Community  
Version: 25.0.3  
Context: default  
Debug Mode: false  
Plugins:  
buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)  
Version: v0.12.1  
Path: /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx  
compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)  
Version: v2.24.6  
Path: /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose

Server:  
Containers: 0  
Running: 0  
Paused: 0  
Stopped: 0  
Images: 1  
Server Version: 25.0.3  
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: 1  
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: ae07eda36dd25f8a1b98dfbf587313b99c0190bb  
runc version: v1.1.12-0-g51d5e94  
init version: de40ad0  
Security Options:  
apparmor  
seccomp  
Profile: builtin  
Kernel Version: 5.15.0-97-generic  
Operating System: Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS  
OSType: linux  
Architecture: x86\_64  
CPUs: 12  
Total Memory: 31.15GiB  
Name: ubn5cd0027709  
ID: a8d74087-497e-4cf1-80c1-93d89d2d3b21  
Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker  
Debug Mode: false  
Experimental: false  
Insecure Registries:  
127.0.0.0/8  
Live Restore Enabled: false