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Verified diagnostic signature

failed to register layer … no space left

A Docker pull, build, container write, or metadata update exhausted bytes, inodes, or the storage allocated to the selected daemon. Match this output from docker, then continue with sourced, read-only checks.

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

Signature matched locally

failed to register layer.*no space left

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Likely causes

What usually produces this signal

  1. Image and build-cache growth
  2. Container log growth
  3. Volume data growth
  4. Inode exhaustion
  5. Docker Desktop virtual disk limit
Safe next checks

Collect evidence before changing the system

01

Show free disk space in human-readable units

df -h

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

02

Show running Docker containers

docker ps

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

03

Inspect a container as structured JSON

docker inspect <container>

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

Related signals

Other output patterns from this error family

no space left on device … dockerA Docker pull, build, container write, or metadata update exhausted bytes, inodes, or the storage allocated to the selected daemon.docker … no space left on deviceA Docker pull, build, container write, or metadata update exhausted bytes, inodes, or the storage allocated to the selected daemon.write /var/lib/docker/ … no space leftA Docker pull, build, container write, or metadata update exhausted bytes, inodes, or the storage allocated to the selected daemon.failed to copy files: … no space leftA Docker pull, build, container write, or metadata update exhausted bytes, inodes, or the storage allocated to the selected daemon.