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Investigate a Docker restart loop

Correlate exit code, OOM state, health checks, logs, and restart policy.

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2026-07-26
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Curated record reviewed 2026-07-26. Results still depend on the supplied context and target environment.

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Objective: Explain why the container exits and which evidence to capture before another restart.

Context: Do not delete or recreate containers during evidence collection.

Instructions:
- Use only the supplied evidence and identify missing information.
- Lead with the finding, confidence, and one safe next action.
- Put read-only checks before mutations and include a stop condition.
- Never request or reproduce secrets, credentials, or private keys.

User request:
Container context:
{{environment}}

Inspect/log evidence:
{{evidence}}

Return diagnosis and next check.

Required output:
- Finding
- Evidence
- Confidence
- Safe next check
- Stop condition

Real example

Input

ExitCode 137; OOMKilled true; RestartCount 12

Expected result

The kernel terminated the container after a memory limit breach. Preserve logs, compare the configured memory limit with observed working set, and inspect host memory pressure.

Source evidence

Docker Engine documentationofficial