Groupadd: cannot lock /etc/group; try again later

+ lsb_release -a | grep Desc
Description:	Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS



+ docker version 
Client: Docker Engine - Community
 Version:           28.2.2
 API version:       1.50
 Go version:        go1.24.3
 Git commit:        e6534b4
 Built:             Fri May 30 12:07:27 2025
 OS/Arch:           linux/amd64
 Context:           default

Server: Docker Engine - Community
 Engine:
  Version:          28.2.2
  API version:      1.50 (minimum version 1.24)
  Go version:       go1.24.3
  Git commit:       45873be
  Built:            Fri May 30 12:07:27 2025
  OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          1.7.27
  GitCommit:        05044ec0a9a75232cad458027ca83437aae3f4da
 runc:
  Version:          1.2.5
  GitCommit:        v1.2.5-0-g59923ef
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0




+ tree
├── phpdoc.Dockerfile
├── php.Dockerfile
└── ubuntu.Dockerfile



+ cat phpdoc.Dockerfile
FROM phpdoc/phpdoc:3
RUN groupadd XXX

+ cat php.Dockerfile
FROM php
RUN groupadd XXX

+ cat ubuntu.Dockerfile
FROM ubuntu
RUN groupadd XXX



+ docker build -t test -f php.Dockerfile .
[+] Building 0.1s (6/6) FINISHED                                                                        docker:default
 => [internal] load build definition from php.Dockerfile                                                          0.0s
 => => transferring dockerfile: 67B                                                                               0.0s
 => [internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/php:latest                                                     0.0s
 => [internal] load .dockerignore                                                                                 0.0s
 => => transferring context: 2B                                                                                   0.0s
 => [1/2] FROM docker.io/library/php:latest                                                                       0.0s
 => CACHED [2/2] RUN groupadd XXX                                                                                 0.0s
 => exporting to image                                                                                            0.0s
 => => exporting layers                                                                                           0.0s
 => => writing image sha256:e6ef696c14a20c95c9fc942ff6ff40c3fbf8a7b21304e8b1611453ada8ab262a                      0.0s
 => => naming to docker.io/library/test                                                                           0.0s


+ docker build -t test -f ubuntu.Dockerfile .
[+] Building 0.1s (6/6) FINISHED                                                                        docker:default
 => [internal] load build definition from ubuntu.Dockerfile                                                       0.0s
 => => transferring dockerfile: 73B                                                                               0.0s
 => [internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/ubuntu:latest                                                  0.0s
 => [internal] load .dockerignore                                                                                 0.0s
 => => transferring context: 2B                                                                                   0.0s
 => [1/2] FROM docker.io/library/ubuntu:latest                                                                    0.0s
 => CACHED [2/2] RUN groupadd XXX                                                                                 0.0s
 => exporting to image                                                                                            0.0s
 => => exporting layers                                                                                           0.0s
 => => writing image sha256:7845497653ca7ff2d1b5f7a47c947a600fd883eb21bdd3e93ddbb38cf5df3aa3                      0.0s
 => => naming to docker.io/library/test                                                                           0.0s



+ docker build -t test -f phpdoc.Dockerfile .
[+] Building 0.3s (5/5) FINISHED                                                                        docker:default
 => [internal] load build definition from phpdoc.Dockerfile                                                       0.0s
 => => transferring dockerfile: 82B                                                                               0.0s
 => [internal] load metadata for docker.io/phpdoc/phpdoc:3                                                        0.0s
 => [internal] load .dockerignore                                                                                 0.0s
 => => transferring context: 2B                                                                                   0.0s
 => CACHED [1/2] FROM docker.io/phpdoc/phpdoc:3                                                                   0.0s
 => ERROR [2/2] RUN groupadd XXX                                                                                  0.2s
------                                                                                                                 
 > [2/2] RUN groupadd XXX:                                                                                             
0.169 groupadd: Permission denied.
0.169 groupadd: cannot lock /etc/group; try again later.
------
phpdoc.Dockerfile:2
--------------------
   1 |     FROM phpdoc/phpdoc:3
   2 | >>> RUN groupadd XXX
   3 |     
--------------------
ERROR: failed to solve: process "/bin/sh -c groupadd XXX" did not complete successfully: exit code: 10

To sum up

+ docker build -t test -f php.Dockerfile .
OK
+ docker build -t test -f ubuntu.Dockerfile .
OK
+ docker build -t test -f phpdoc.Dockerfile .
ERROR: 0.169 groupadd: cannot lock /etc/group; try again later.

Why?