Docker Desktop intermittently stops on Mac mini M1 (“Docker Desktop is stopped”)

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Description

Hello Docker Desktop team,
I’m experiencing an intermittent issue on a Mac mini (Apple Silicon M1) where Docker Desktop unexpectedly stops and all running containers stop.

Summary
• Docker Desktop sometimes transitions to a stopped state with the message “Docker Desktop is stopped”.
• This happens while Docker was previously running normally.
• When I notice it, containers are already stopped and Docker is unavailable until I manually restart Docker Desktop.

Expected behavior

Docker Desktop should remain running continuously without stopping unexpectedly.

Frequency / Reproducibility
• Intermittent
• I don’t have reliable reproduction steps yet.
• It does not seem tied to a specific action; it appears to happen “at some point” during normal usage.

Environment
• Hardware: Mac mini M1 (Apple Silicon)
• macOS: 15.3.2 (Build 24D81)
• Docker Desktop: 4.39.0 (184744)
• Docker Engine: 28.0.1 (API 1.48, go1.23.6, git commit bbd0a17, linux/arm64)
• containerd: 1.7.25 (bcc810d6b9066471b0b6fa75f557a15a1cbf31bb)
• runc: 1.2.4 (v1.2.4-0-g6c52b3f)
• docker-init: 0.19.0 (de40ad0)

Questions
1. Are there known issues on Apple Silicon/macOS 15.x where Docker Desktop can stop unexpectedly?
2. Is there a recommended way to capture logs at the time Docker transitions to “stopped,” especially if I only notice it later?

Thanks in advance for any guidance.

Reproduce

Not known. The issue occurs after Docker has been running normally for some time.

Expected behavior

No response

docker version

Client:
 Version:           28.0.1
 API version:       1.48
 Go version:        go1.23.6
 Git commit:        068a01e
 Built:             Wed Feb 26 10:38:16 2025
 OS/Arch:           darwin/arm64
 Context:           desktop-linux

Server: Docker Desktop 4.39.0 (184744)
 Engine:
  Version:          28.0.1
  API version:      1.48 (minimum version 1.24)
  Go version:       go1.23.6
  Git commit:       bbd0a17
  Built:            Wed Feb 26 10:40:57 2025
  OS/Arch:          linux/arm64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          1.7.25
  GitCommit:        bcc810d6b9066471b0b6fa75f557a15a1cbf31bb
 runc:
  Version:          1.2.4
  GitCommit:        v1.2.4-0-g6c52b3f
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0

docker info

Client:
 Version:    28.0.1
 Context:    desktop-linux
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  ai: Docker AI Agent - Ask Gordon (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.9.4
    Path:     /Users/-server-01/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-ai
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.21.1-desktop.2
    Path:     /Users/-server-01/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v2.33.1-desktop.1
    Path:     /Users/-server-01/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
  debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  0.0.38
    Path:     /Users/-server-01/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-debug
  desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Beta) (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.1.5
    Path:     /Users/-server-01/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-desktop
  dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.1.2
    Path:     /Users/-server-01/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-dev
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.27
    Path:     /Users/-server-01/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-extension
  feedback: Provide feedback, right in your terminal! (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.0.5
    Path:     /Users/-server-01/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-feedback
  init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.4.0
    Path:     /Users/-server-01/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-init
  sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc.)
    Version:  0.6.0
    Path:     /Users/-server-01/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-sbom
  scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.16.3
    Path:     /Users/-server-01/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-scout

Server:
 Containers: 11
  Running: 8
  Paused: 0
  Stopped: 3
 Images: 76
 Server Version: 28.0.1
 Storage Driver: overlayfs
  driver-type: io.containerd.snapshotter.v1
 Logging Driver: json-file
 Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
 Cgroup Version: 2
 Plugins:
  Volume: local
  Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
  Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local splunk syslog
 CDI spec directories:
  /etc/cdi
  /var/run/cdi
 Swarm: inactive
 Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 runc
 Default Runtime: runc
 Init Binary: docker-init
 containerd version: bcc810d6b9066471b0b6fa75f557a15a1cbf31bb
 runc version: v1.2.4-0-g6c52b3f
 init version: de40ad0
 Security Options:
  seccomp
   Profile: unconfined
  cgroupns
 Kernel Version: 6.10.14-linuxkit
 Operating System: Docker Desktop
 OSType: linux
 Architecture: aarch64
 CPUs: 8
 Total Memory: 5.787GiB
 Name: docker-desktop
 ID: b15459ae-3559-409a-ab53-94f9679be731
 Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
 Debug Mode: false
 HTTP Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 HTTPS Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 No Proxy: hubproxy.docker.internal
 Labels:
  com.docker.desktop.address=unix:///Users/server-01/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/docker-cli.sock
 Experimental: false
 Insecure Registries:
  hubproxy.docker.internal:5555
  ::1/128
  127.0.0.0/8
 Live Restore Enabled: false

WARNING: daemon is not using the default seccomp profile

Diagnostics ID

9EA89B85-7B32-4E20-B783-060F3E90AE94/20260112092155

Additional Info

No response