Docker desktop endless in starting mode #67
Description
Bug report
After working on other matters for a few months, I now again require working with docker images.
When revisiting my VM where I used to host linux docker containers on a windows server 2022 and installing the latest docker desktop version: 4.59.0 I notice docker desktop is stuck endless in starting mode.
I have seen many similiar issues and tried all the suggested solutions:
- Uninstalled - reinstalled docker desktop
- wsl update
- Restarted the VM, also tried shutdown + regular boot
- turned off control flow guard for vmCompute + a wsl --set-default-version 2
- Deleted all %appdata% for docker and docker desktop followed by a restart
- netsh winsock reset
None of these had any effect.
I than ran a diagnostic, but not sure how to read this to find a potential problem. uploaded:
Uploaded diagnostics to: https://docker-pinata-support.s3.amazonaws.com/incoming/3/C022EFA6-8843-42C8-A841-88348AE978FA/20260204085825.zip
Illustration docker desktop:
Some more detail commonly requested:
C:\Windows\system32>wsl --list --verbose
NAME STATE VERSION
- Ubuntu Stopped 2
C:\Windows\system32>docker context ls
NAME DESCRIPTION DOCKER ENDPOINT ERROR
default Current DOCKER_HOST based configuration npipe:////./pipe/docker_engine
desktop-linux * Docker Desktop npipe:////./pipe/dockerDesktopLinuxEngine
Platform
Windows
Version information
Client:
Version: 29.2.0
API version: 1.53
Go version: go1.25.6
Git commit: 0b9d198
Built: Mon Jan 26 19:28:56 2026
OS/Arch: windows/amd64
Context: desktop-linux
request returned 500 Internal Server Error for API route and version http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2FdockerDesktopLinuxEngine/v1.53/version, check if the server supports the requested API version
Client:
Version: 29.2.0
Context: desktop-linux
Debug Mode: false
Plugins:
ai: Docker AI Agent - Ask Gordon (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.17.2
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-ai.exe
buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.31.1-desktop.1
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-buildx.exe
compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
Version: v5.0.2
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-compose.exe
debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
Version: 0.0.47
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-debug.exe
desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.2.0
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-desktop.exe
extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.2.31
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-extension.exe
init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.4.0
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-init.exe
mcp: Docker MCP Plugin (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.37.0
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-mcp.exe
model: Docker Model Runner (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.0.8
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-model.exe
offload: Docker Offload (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.5.41
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-offload.exe
pass: Docker Pass Secrets Manager Plugin (beta) (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.0.24
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-pass.exe
sandbox: Docker Sandbox (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.11.0
Path: C:\Users\TLeyse\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-sandbox.exe
sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc.)
Version: 0.6.0
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-sbom.exe
scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
Version: v1.19.0
Path: C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-scout.exe
Server:
ERROR: request returned 500 Internal Server Error for API route and version http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2FdockerDesktopLinuxEngine/v1.53/info, check if the server supports the requested API version
errors pretty printing info
Installed docker desktop version:
4.59.0(217644)Diagnostics ID
C022EFA6-8843-42C8-A841-88348AE978FA/20260204085825