# Docker pull causes "Error response from daemon: unexpected EOF" **URL:** \ **Category:** Docker Hub\ **Created:** [February 7, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-pull-causes-error-response-from-daemon-unexpected-eof/88608 "2020-02-07T16:24:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![christophwurst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@christophwurst](https://forums.docker.com/u/christophwurst)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-pull-causes-error-response-from-daemon-unexpected-eof/88608/1 "2020-02-07T16:24:11Z")
Hi, since a few week we’re seeing regular errors when pulling Docker images for CI jobs. This was originally posted to [https://travis-ci.community/t/docker-pull-fails-often/7137](https://travis-ci.community/t/docker-pull-fails-often/7137), but we found out it’s also reproducible locally. ## Steps to reproduce - Run `docker pull catatnight/postfix` ## Expected result Image is downloaded. ## Actual result ```auto Using default tag: latest Error response from daemon: unexpected EOF ``` **It doesn’t happen all the time**. You might have to retry. It seems to fail less often with good internet connections and fails more often on busy CI infrastructure. What can I do to debug this? I looked for similar reports in this forum but couldn’t find any. Any pointers are welcome 🙂 Cheers ---
**Author:** ![alstevebradford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@alstevebradford](https://forums.docker.com/u/alstevebradford)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-pull-causes-error-response-from-daemon-unexpected-eof/88608/2 "2020-02-07T19:30:22Z")
We’ve also been seeing this same issue for the last few days from multiple locations. ---
**Author:** ![ysokolov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b9bd4f/32.png) [@ysokolov](https://forums.docker.com/u/ysokolov)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-pull-causes-error-response-from-daemon-unexpected-eof/88608/3 "2020-02-07T21:45:24Z")
we are now experiencing the same issue with docker pull postman/newman\_ubuntu1404:3.8.3 ---
**Author:** ![christophwurst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@christophwurst](https://forums.docker.com/u/christophwurst)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-pull-causes-error-response-from-daemon-unexpected-eof/88608/4 "2020-02-24T18:31:16Z")
I don’t know what changed but our CI builds are more reliable now it seems. I haven’t seen any Docker pull related errors the last few days. ---
**Author:** ![christophwurst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@christophwurst](https://forums.docker.com/u/christophwurst)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-pull-causes-error-response-from-daemon-unexpected-eof/88608/5 "2020-03-09T17:32:07Z")
I spoke to soon. The issues are back and worse than ever. I have to restart my build numerous times to get one lucky that passes. ---
**Author:** ![darcy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/darcy/32/26755_2.png) [@darcy](https://forums.docker.com/u/darcy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-pull-causes-error-response-from-daemon-unexpected-eof/88608/6 "2020-03-10T02:06:34Z")
Just started seeing these today off an on this morning, and now it seems 80% of the time it fails. Both from CI (Circle CI) and just trying to pull locally. ---
**Author:** ![marcpawl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@marcpawl](https://forums.docker.com/u/marcpawl)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-pull-causes-error-response-from-daemon-unexpected-eof/88608/8 "2020-08-01T16:05:56Z")
I recently have started getting them. The worst part is that the whole download starts from scratch instead of resuming from the location it failed at. Since I have a 2GB image, this is very bad. ---
**Author:** ![nurullah7733](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/nurullah7733/32/60136_2.png) [@nurullah7733](https://forums.docker.com/u/nurullah7733)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-pull-causes-error-response-from-daemon-unexpected-eof/88608/9 "2025-06-24T23:19:49Z")
You need to just change your wifi or hotspot.