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Verified diagnostic signature

The requested container target or runtime operation does not match current container state.

Match output from docker, understand the likely cause, then continue with sourced, read-only checks.

Confidence
high
Platforms
linux · macos · windows
Verified
2026-07-24
Recognized output

Signature matched locally

OCI runtime exec failed

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Likely causes

What usually produces this signal

  1. Wrong name or ID
  2. Stopped container
  3. Missing executable in image
  4. Host port collision
Safe next checks

Collect evidence before changing the system

01

Show running Docker containers

docker ps

The output matches the expected target and exits without an error.

02

Inspect a container as structured JSON

docker inspect <container>

The output matches the expected target and exits without an error.

03

Follow the last 100 log lines from a container

docker logs -f --tail 100 <container>

The output matches the expected target and exits without an error.