Failed to run docker: ${errors.join("; ")} (Set OPENWORK_DOC

Error message

Failed to run docker: ${errors.join("; ")} (Set OPENWORK_DOCKER_BIN to your docker binary if needed)

What it means

Error "Failed to run docker: ${errors.join("; ")} (Set OPENWORK_DOCKER_BIN to your docker binary if needed)" thrown in different-ai/openwork.

Source

Thrown at apps/desktop/electron/runtime.mjs:1691

    for (const program of tried) {
      try {
        const result = spawnSync(program, args, {
          encoding: "utf8",
          timeout: timeoutMs,
          windowsHide: true,
        });
        return {
          program,
          status: typeof result.status === "number" ? result.status : -1,
          stdout: result.stdout ?? "",
          stderr: result.stderr ?? "",
        };
      } catch (error) {
        errors.push(error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
      }
    }

    throw new Error(
      `Failed to run docker: ${errors.join("; ")} (Set OPENWORK_DOCKER_BIN to your docker binary if needed)`,
    );
  }

  const legacyOpenworkContainerPrefix = `${["openwork", "orchestrator"].join("-")}-`;

  async function listOpenworkManagedContainers() {
    const result = runDockerCommandDetailed(["ps", "-a", "--format", "{{.Names}}"], 8000);
    if (result.status !== 0) {
      const combined = `${result.stdout.trim()}\n${result.stderr.trim()}`.trim();
      throw new Error(combined || `docker ps -a failed (status ${result.status})`);
    }
    return result.stdout
      .split(/\r?\n/)
      .map((line) => line.trim())
      .filter((name) => name && (name.startsWith(legacyOpenworkContainerPrefix) || name.startsWith("openwork-dev-") || name.startsWith("openwrk-")))
      .sort();
  }

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at apps/desktop/electron/runtime.mjs:1691 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of different-ai/openwork@2b7df46e8a (2026-09-01). Data as JSON: /api/errors/75ca9f698a198291. Report an issue: GitHub.