{"id":"12b6c4de883f51fa","repo":"docker/cli","slug":"s-requires-api-version-s-but-the-docker-daemon","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"%s requires API version %s, but the Docker daemon API version is %s","messagePattern":"(.+?) requires API version (.+?), but the Docker daemon API version is (.+?)","errorType":"validation","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cmd/docker/docker.go","lineNumber":720,"sourceCode":"\t\t// buildkit-specific flags are noop when buildkit is not enabled, so we do not add an error in that case\n\t})\n\treturn errors.Join(errs...)\n}\n\n// Check recursively so that, e.g., `docker stack ls` returns the same output as `docker stack`\nfunc areSubcommandsSupported(cmd *cobra.Command, details versionDetails) error {\n\t// Check recursively so that, e.g., `docker stack ls` returns the same output as `docker stack`\n\tfor curr := cmd; curr != nil; curr = curr.Parent() {\n\t\t// Important: in the code below, calls to \"details.CurrentVersion()\" and\n\t\t// \"details.ServerInfo()\" are deliberately executed inline to make them\n\t\t// be executed \"lazily\". This is to prevent making a connection with the\n\t\t// daemon to perform a \"ping\" (even for commands that do not require a\n\t\t// daemon connection).\n\t\t//\n\t\t// See commit b39739123b845f872549e91be184cc583f5b387c for details.\n\n\t\tif cmdVersion, ok := curr.Annotations[\"version\"]; ok && versions.LessThan(details.CurrentVersion(), cmdVersion) {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"%s requires API version %s, but the Docker daemon API version is %s\", cmd.CommandPath(), cmdVersion, details.CurrentVersion())\n\t\t}\n\t\tif ost, ok := curr.Annotations[\"ostype\"]; ok && details.ServerInfo().OSType != \"\" && ost != details.ServerInfo().OSType {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"%s is only supported on a Docker daemon running on %s, but the Docker daemon is running on %s\", cmd.CommandPath(), ost, details.ServerInfo().OSType)\n\t\t}\n\t\tif _, ok := curr.Annotations[\"experimental\"]; ok && !details.ServerInfo().HasExperimental {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"%s is only supported on a Docker daemon with experimental features enabled\", cmd.CommandPath())\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\treturn nil\n}\n\nfunc getFlagAnnotation(f *pflag.Flag, annotation string) string {\n\tif value, ok := f.Annotations[annotation]; ok && len(value) == 1 {\n\t\treturn value[0]\n\t}\n\treturn \"\"\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":702,"sourceCodeEnd":738,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/docker/cli/blob/e9452d6e785f6e365712b9d71bd7517591773c86/cmd/docker/docker.go#L702-L738","documentation":"Error \"%s requires API version %s, but the Docker daemon API version is %s\" thrown in docker/cli.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at cmd/docker/docker.go:720 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"analyzedSha":"e9452d6e785f6e365712b9d71bd7517591773c86","analyzedAt":"2026-08-01T07:09:22.474Z","schemaVersion":2}