Docker desktop often crashed when it only shows unable to connect to container. I had to kill the software and start it again and sometimes when that doesn’t work, I had to restart my PC.
It just shows “Error An error occurred while loading the containers list” with a retry button. When clicked, the button showed
Is there a log that I can refer to see what was going on? I went to AppData and ProgramData, both folders did not have log folder that I can refer to.
2025-01-19T18:03:09.374Z info [SSE] Disconnecting from /features/events
2025-01-19T18:03:09.374Z error Error: connect ENOENT \\.\pipe\dockerBackendApiServer
at C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\app.asar\build\entry-cli.cjs:8:102822
at y (C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\app.asar\build\entry-cli.cjs:8:2196301)
at m (C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\app.asar\build\entry-cli.cjs:8:2196233)
at a._next (C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\app.asar\build\entry-cli.cjs:8:2172947)
at r.next (C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\app.asar\build\entry-cli.cjs:8:2145843)
at p.t (C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\app.asar\build\entry-cli.cjs:8:2159935)
at p.emit (node:events:519:28)
at S (C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\app.asar\build\entry-cli.cjs:2:929537)
at f (C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\app.asar\build\entry-cli.cjs:2:927095)
at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\app.asar\build\entry-cli.cjs:2:929426)
2025-01-19T18:03:09.374Z info [SSE] Disconnecting from /license/events
2025-01-19T18:03:09.374Z error Error: connect ENOENT \\.\pipe\dockerBackendApiServer
at C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\app.asar\build\entry-cli.cjs:8:102822
at y (C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\app.asar\build\entry-cli.cjs:8:2196301)
at m (C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\app.asar\build\entry-cli.cjs:8:2196233)
at a._next (C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\app.asar\build\entry-cli.cjs:8:2172947)
at r.next (C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\app.asar\build\entry-cli.cjs:8:2145843)
at p.t (C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\app.asar\build\entry-cli.cjs:8:2159935)
at p.emit (node:events:519:28)
at S (C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\app.asar\build\entry-cli.cjs:2:929537)
at f (C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\app.asar\build\entry-cli.cjs:2:927095)
at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\frontend\resources\app.asar\build\entry-cli.cjs:2:929426)
2025-01-19T18:03:09.374Z info [SSE] Disconnecting from /engine/events
2025-01-19T18:03:10.981Z info [IPC] dockerListContainers: {"all":true}
2025-01-19T18:03:10.996Z info [SSE] Connecting to /notify/messagebox/events
2025-01-19T18:03:10.997Z info [SSE] Disconnecting from /notify/messagebox/events
2025-01-19T18:03:12.983Z info [IPC] dockerListContainers: {"all":true}
2025-01-19T18:03:12.997Z info [SSE] Connecting to /notify/messagebox/events
2025-01-19T18:03:12.998Z info [SSE] Disconnecting from /notify/messagebox/events
Not sure what to look for. Appreciate if I can get some help.
This is a community driver forum, so we won’t be able to access the diagnostic data. Either Docker Desktop support, or you could raise an issue in this GitHub project https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues and reference the Diagnostic ID there.