Windows DockerDesktop login loop

Hi,

I am new with Docker. I have just installed the software and now I am hitting a login loop. DockerDesktop redirects me to my Google chrome browser with Docker web page in which I am able to login then the webpage sends me back to Docker (presumably to log me in based on the webpage login) but Docker’s windows stays the same. If I click on sign in I get sent back to the webpage and so on.

Is signing in optional? What do I lose from being unable to login ?

If you don’t sign in, you can’t pull or push private images. Without logging in you can pull fewer images in a period of time.

And you can lose any paid features if you have a subscription.

If you don’t care about those, logging in is optional, unless you enable on the host networking feature in Docker Desktop which requires a login.

About the loop:

I tried logging out (on macOS), then back. When Docker Desktop opened, it showed I was still logged out. I clicked on sign in again, and it worked. I also remember some people had to restart Docker Desktop or just wait, because the UI didn’t show they were logged in, even though they were.

I face this problem of switching between Docker Desktop and Browser on Windows 11. I restarted the docker and browser several times. Still the problem persists. I even restarted the Windows, still it persists. Any solution other than uninstall docker desktop and retry?

Background: For the first time I had no issues with logging in. I wanted to logout and try out a different login and relogged in with the same ID (I changed my mind), then I got stuck into this loop.

First time Docker Desktop user stuck in the login loop. I’ve encountered so many issues as a new user and I haven’t done anything yet, I’m just trying to install Docker Desktop. I think you should have a QA assigned to this full time. Pick a Windows user with just Visual Studio experience, you’ll discover that they encounter massive problems. Do you not want these users? I think I might really like Docker, but as a new user this is very frustrating.

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I can’t get past this either. Very frustrating