Docker Engine stopped on Windows ARM

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Hi,
I am new here, please forgive any mistakes. :slight_smile:

I recently acquired a Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Edge with a Snapdragon X Elite (ARM).
I wanted to start developing but Docker (Docker Desktop) doesn’t seem to work well on ARM architecture yet. At least, I am encountering the same error over and over again when starting Docker Desktop. I attached a picture of what pops up.

I’ve been trying numerous approaches I found and I think I have gone through most of them.

Does anybody have ideas beyond “wsl --update”, reinstalling Docker Desktop and adjusting Windows Features?

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I’d be super happy about any ideas in the right direction!

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It seems Docker Desktop is

WSL 2 backend, Arm (Early Access)

which I would interpret as before beta, rather experimental.

Devs are probably happy to hear about issues at Docker Desktop Github.

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It’s a WSL issue. Workaround is to downgrade shown here: [Workaround] Docker Desktop does not start with WSL 2.5.7 · Issue #14804 · docker/for-win · GitHub

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