Observed Behavior:
Task Manager displays 3 persistent Docker Desktop instances.
Docker never initializes.
Startup is inconsistent - occasionally succeeds after >10 minutes of hanging.
Environment:
System 1: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D / 64GB RAM / Windows 11.
System 2: Intel i7 / 32GB RAM / Windows 11.
Conclusion:
Resource starvation is not the root cause. The issue is isolated to the 4.69 release - downgrade to 4.68 fixes the issue