Win10 - A timeout occured while waiting for a WSL integration

vcsajen · March 22, 2023, 3:30pm

Docker for Windows suddenly refuses to start for me, it says:

An unexpected error occurred
A timeout occured while waiting for a WSL integration agent to become ready.

This can occur when starting after an abrupt termination. To work around the issue, please terminate WSL (wsl --shutdown) and start Docker Desktop again. If the issue persists please collect diagnostics and submit an issue (Troubleshoot Docker Desktop | Docker Docs).

Error details:
1 error occurred:

starting WSL integration service: synchronising agents: starting added distros: 1 error occurred:

waiting for WSL integration for Ubuntu: waiting for WSL distro integration to become ready in “Ubuntu”: timeout

Content of self-diagnose.txt:

[PASS] DD0027: is there available disk space on the host?
[PASS] DD0028: is there available VM disk space?
[PASS] DD0002: does the bootloader have virtualization enabled?
[SKIP] DD0018: does the host support virtualization?
[PASS] DD0001: is the application running?
[PASS] DD0022: is the Virtual Machine Platform Windows Feature enabled?
[PASS] DD0021: is the WSL 2 Windows Feature enabled?
[PASS] DD0024: is WSL installed?
[PASS] DD0025: are WSL distros installed?
[PASS] DD0026: is the WSL LxssManager service running?
[FAIL] DD0029: is the WSL 2 Linux filesystem corrupt? exit status 1
[PASS] DD0035: is the VM time synchronized?
[PASS] DD0017: can a VM be started?
[PASS] DD0016: is the LinuxKit VM running?
[FAIL] DD0011: are the LinuxKit services running? failed to ping VM diagnosticsd with error: Get "http://ipc/ping": open \\.\pipe\dockerDiagnosticd: The system cannot find the file specified.
[FAIL] DD0004: is the Docker engine running? Get "http://ipc/docker": open \\.\pipe\dockerLifecycleServer: The system cannot find the file specified.
[PASS] DD0015: are the binary symlinks installed?
[FAIL] DD0031: does the Docker API work? error during connect: This error may indicate that the docker daemon is not running.: Get "http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2Fdocker_engine_linux/v1.24/containers/json?limit=0": open //./pipe/docker_engine_linux: The system cannot find the file specified.
[PASS] DD0013: is the $PATH ok?
[FAIL] DD0003: is the Docker CLI working? exit status 1
[PASS] DD0005: is the user in the docker-users group?
[PASS] DD0038: is the connection to Docker working?
[FAIL] DD0014: are the backend processes running? 2 errors occurred:
	* com.docker.proxy.exe is not running
	* com.docker.vpnkit.exe is not running


[PASS] DD0007: is the backend responding?
[PASS] DD0008: is the native API responding?
[FAIL] DD0009: is the vpnkit API responding? open \\.\pipe\dockerVpnKitDiagnostics: The system cannot find the file specified.
[FAIL] DD0010: is the Docker API proxy responding? failed to ping Docker proxy API with error: Get "http://ipc/desktop-diagnostics/ping": open \\.\pipe\dockerDesktopLinuxEngine: The system cannot find the file specified.
[PASS] DD0006: is the Docker Desktop Service responding?
[SKIP] DD0030: is the image access management authorized?
[WARN] DD0033: does the host have Internet access? unable to fetch http://docker.com/
[PASS] DD0002: does the bootloader have virtualization enabled?
[PASS] DD0018: does the host support virtualization?
[PASS] DD0001: is the application running?
[PASS] DD0022: is the Virtual Machine Platform Windows Feature enabled?
[PASS] DD0021: is the WSL 2 Windows Feature enabled?
[PASS] DD0024: is WSL installed?
[PASS] DD0025: are WSL distros installed?
[PASS] DD0026: is the WSL LxssManager service running?
[WARN] DD0029: is the WSL 2 Linux filesystem corrupt? exit status 1
[PASS] DD0035: is the VM time synchronized?
[PASS] DD0017: can a VM be started?
[PASS] DD0016: is the LinuxKit VM running?
[WARN] DD0011: are the LinuxKit services running? failed to ping VM diagnosticsd with error: Get "http://ipc/ping": open \\.\pipe\dockerDiagnosticd: The system cannot find the file specified.
[WARN] DD0004: is the Docker engine running? Get "http://ipc/docker": open \\.\pipe\dockerLifecycleServer: The system cannot find the file specified.
[PASS] DD0015: are the binary symlinks installed?
[WARN] DD0031: does the Docker API work? error during connect: This error may indicate that the docker daemon is not running.: Get "http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2Fdocker_engine_linux/v1.24/containers/json?limit=0": open //./pipe/docker_engine_linux: The system cannot find the file specified.
[WARN] DD0032: do Docker networks overlap with host IPs? error during connect: This error may indicate that the docker daemon is not running.: Get "http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2Fdocker_engine_linux/v1.24/networks": open //./pipe/docker_engine_linux: The system cannot find the file specified.
1 failures detected
1 : is the WSL 2 Linux filesystem corrupt?
    Failed with: exit status 1
If the WSL 2 Linux filesystem is corrupt then Docker Desktop cannot start.
There is a known issue fixed in Windows Insider builds which can cause filesystem corruption, see:
https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/5895 .

Try running "wsl --shutdown" to stop your WSL Virtual Machine. When it restarts it will
run a filesystem check and hopefully fix the problem.


self-diagnose took 51.2408263s

Log: https://put.icu/s/3htu5uba.txt
Take note that I can use my WSL2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS distro just fine, it does not look corrupt.
I tried to reinstall Docker, it did not help. Also tried “apt-get upgrade” in the distro, also didn’t help. Rebooting PC doesn’t help.
OS: Windows 10 22H2 build 19045.2728 Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.4190.0
App Version: 4.17.1 (101757)

jesuisme · March 23, 2023, 1:00am

I’m getting the same error message in Windows 11.

Things I have attempted so far:
*Stop the Docker service and restart by launching Docker Desktop
*Turn off Control Flow Guard
*Uninstall Docker Desktop 4.17.0
*Reinstall with version 4.17.1
*Shutdown WSL

After doing all that, I’m able to start Docker Desktop successfully, but when I launch an Ubuntu 20.04 terminal and run:

sudo docker ps -a

Docker Desktop crashes with the same error @vcsajen gets:

Error details:
1 error occurred:
* starting WSL integration service: synchronising agents: starting added distros: 1 error occurred:
* waiting for WSL integration for Ubuntu-20.04: waiting for WSL distro integration to become ready in “Ubuntu-20.04”: timeout

When I run the diagnose.exe check:

C:\Users\Owner\Downloads>"C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\com.docker.diagnose.exe" check
[2023-03-22T21:10:58.372959000Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][I] set path configuration to OnHost
Starting diagnostics

[PASS] DD0027: is there available disk space on the host?
[PASS] DD0028: is there available VM disk space?
[PASS] DD0002: does the bootloader have virtualization enabled?
[SKIP] DD0018: does the host support virtualization?
[FAIL] DD0001: is the application running? Docker is not running
[PASS] DD0022: is the Virtual Machine Platform Windows Feature enabled?
[PASS] DD0021: is the WSL 2 Windows Feature enabled?
[PASS] DD0024: is WSL installed?
[PASS] DD0025: are WSL distros installed?
[PASS] DD0026: is the WSL LxssManager service running?
[FAIL] DD0029: is the WSL 2 Linux filesystem corrupt? exit status 1
[PASS] DD0035: is the VM time synchronized?
[PASS] DD0017: can a VM be started?
[PASS] DD0016: is the LinuxKit VM running?
[FAIL] DD0011: are the LinuxKit services running? failed to ping VM diagnosticsd with error: Get "http://ipc/ping": open \\.\pipe\dockerDiagnosticd: The system cannot find the file specified.
[2023-03-22T21:11:27.418372900Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][I] ipc.NewClient: a2627442-diagnose -> \\.\pipe\dockerDiagnosticd diagnosticsd
[2023-03-22T21:11:27.418372900Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][I] (5fe949c0) a2627442-diagnose C->S diagnosticsd GET /ping
[2023-03-22T21:11:27.419029300Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][W] (5fe949c0) a2627442-diagnose C<-S NoResponse GET /ping (656.4µs): Get "http://ipc/ping": open \\.\pipe\dockerDiagnosticd: The system cannot find the file specified.

[FAIL] DD0004: is the Docker engine running? Get "http://ipc/docker": open \\.\pipe\dockerLifecycleServer: The system cannot find the file specified.
[2023-03-22T21:11:27.420585800Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][I] ipc.NewClient: 87281ced-com.docker.diagnose -> \\.\pipe\dockerLifecycleServer VMDockerdAPI
[2023-03-22T21:11:27.420678200Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][I] (53f30398) 87281ced-com.docker.diagnose C->S VMDockerdAPI GET /docker
[2023-03-22T21:11:27.421279600Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][W] (53f30398) 87281ced-com.docker.diagnose C<-S NoResponse GET /docker (601.4µs): Get "http://ipc/docker": open \\.\pipe\dockerLifecycleServer: The system cannot find the file specified.
[2023-03-22T21:11:27.421279600Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][I] (53f30398-1) 87281ced-com.docker.diagnose C->S VMDockerdAPI GET /ping
[2023-03-22T21:11:27.421785400Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][W] (53f30398-1) 87281ced-com.docker.diagnose C<-S NoResponse GET /ping (505.8µs): Get "http://ipc/ping": open \\.\pipe\dockerLifecycleServer: The system cannot find the file specified.
[2023-03-22T21:11:28.423127600Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][I] (53f30398-2) 87281ced-com.docker.diagnose C->S VMDockerdAPI GET /ping
[2023-03-22T21:11:28.423127600Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][W] (53f30398-2) 87281ced-com.docker.diagnose C<-S NoResponse GET /ping (0s): Get "http://ipc/ping": open \\.\pipe\dockerLifecycleServer: The system cannot find the file specified.
[2023-03-22T21:11:29.429333000Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][I] (53f30398-3) 87281ced-com.docker.diagnose C->S VMDockerdAPI GET /ping
[2023-03-22T21:11:29.429450700Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][W] (53f30398-3) 87281ced-com.docker.diagnose C<-S NoResponse GET /ping (117.7µs): Get "http://ipc/ping": open \\.\pipe\dockerLifecycleServer: The system cannot find the file specified.
[2023-03-22T21:11:30.433882100Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][I] (53f30398-4) 87281ced-com.docker.diagnose C->S VMDockerdAPI GET /ping
[2023-03-22T21:11:30.434401200Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][W] (53f30398-4) 87281ced-com.docker.diagnose C<-S NoResponse GET /ping (519.1µs): Get "http://ipc/ping": open \\.\pipe\dockerLifecycleServer: The system cannot find the file specified.
[2023-03-22T21:11:31.437255300Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][I] (53f30398-5) 87281ced-com.docker.diagnose C->S VMDockerdAPI GET /ping
[2023-03-22T21:11:31.437441800Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][W] (53f30398-5) 87281ced-com.docker.diagnose C<-S NoResponse GET /ping (186.5µs): Get "http://ipc/ping": open \\.\pipe\dockerLifecycleServer: The system cannot find the file specified.
[2023-03-22T21:11:32.452030700Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][I] (53f30398-6) 87281ced-com.docker.diagnose C->S VMDockerdAPI GET /ping
[2023-03-22T21:11:32.452030700Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][W] (53f30398-6) 87281ced-com.docker.diagnose C<-S NoResponse GET /ping (0s): Get "http://ipc/ping": open \\.\pipe\dockerLifecycleServer: The system cannot find the file specified.
[2023-03-22T21:11:33.455979300Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][I] (53f30398-7) 87281ced-com.docker.diagnose C->S VMDockerdAPI GET /ping
[2023-03-22T21:11:33.455979300Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][W] (53f30398-7) 87281ced-com.docker.diagnose C<-S NoResponse GET /ping (0s): Get "http://ipc/ping": open \\.\pipe\dockerLifecycleServer: The system cannot find the file specified.
[2023-03-22T21:11:34.457652800Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][I] (53f30398-8) 87281ced-com.docker.diagnose C->S VMDockerdAPI GET /ping
[2023-03-22T21:11:34.457652800Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][W] (53f30398-8) 87281ced-com.docker.diagnose C<-S NoResponse GET /ping (0s): Get "http://ipc/ping": open \\.\pipe\dockerLifecycleServer: The system cannot find the file specified.

[PASS] DD0015: are the binary symlinks installed?
[FAIL] DD0031: does the Docker API work? error during connect: This error may indicate that the docker daemon is not running.: Get "http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2Fdocker_engine_linux/v1.24/containers/json?limit=0": open //./pipe/docker_engine_linux: The system cannot find the file specified.
[FAIL] DD0013: is the $PATH ok? unable to find docker executable on PATH
[FAIL] DD0003: is the Docker CLI working? exec: "docker": executable file not found in %PATH%
[PASS] DD0005: is the user in the docker-users group?
[FAIL] DD0038: is the connection to Docker working? HTTP GET https://login.docker.com: Get "https://login.docker.com": proxyconnect tcp: open \\.\pipe\dockerHTTPProxy: The system cannot find the file specified.
[FAIL] DD0014: are the backend processes running? 3 errors occurred:
        * com.docker.proxy.exe is not running
        * com.docker.backend.exe is not running
        * com.docker.vpnkit.exe is not running


[FAIL] DD0007: is the backend responding? failed to ping com.docker.backend with error: Get "http://ipc/ping": open \\.\pipe\dockerBackendApiServer: The system cannot find the file specified.
[2023-03-22T21:11:40.199626400Z][com.docker.diagnose.exe][I] ipc.NewClient: e9a8b6f6-diagnose -> \\.\pipe\dockerBackendApiServer BackendAPI

My WSL2 Ubuntu is working just fine also.

Finally, the output of the command wsl -l -v:

NAME                   STATE           VERSION
* Ubuntu-20.04           Stopped         2
  docker-desktop         Running         2
  docker-desktop-data    Running         2

hordunlarmy · April 15, 2023, 3:41pm

Had the same problem and after pulling my hair for days i found a solution.

Navigate to Appdata/Roaming/Docker folder in your user account
Open the settings file(JSON file) and make sure the following are set this way

"integratedWslDistros" : [ ]
"enableIntegrationWithDefaultWslDistro" : false,

Save the changes and restart docker desktop

Hope this helps

fahmiaziz · May 14, 2023, 8:46am

how do i find this file my docker wont run in windows 11 latest updates

meyay · May 14, 2023, 8:51am

If “this” refers to

Then you can use %APPDATA%\Docker in the explorer to navigate to that folder.

hpieri · June 5, 2023, 9:44pm

It also worked for me. I was struggling with it for couple days. Thank you for the tip!

dibwa · June 21, 2023, 9:49pm

Totally works. Thanks very much for the information

ajimbong · June 30, 2023, 1:41pm

This solution worked for me too. Thank you for sharing!

sejazulhaq1980 · August 15, 2023, 6:08am

Yes it worked for me. Thank you

nabeelbalol · October 16, 2023, 9:56am

It worked for me too. Thank you !

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