docker/cli · error

failed to wait on tasks of stack: %s: %w

Error message

failed to wait on tasks of stack: %s: %w

What it means

Error "failed to wait on tasks of stack: %s: %w" thrown in docker/cli.

Source

Thrown at cli/command/stack/remove.go:92

			_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(dockerCli.Err(), "Nothing found in stack:", namespace)
			continue
		}

		// TODO(thaJeztah): change this "hasError" boolean to return a (multi-)error for each of these functions instead.
		hasError := removeServices(ctx, dockerCli, services.Items)
		hasError = removeSecrets(ctx, dockerCli, secrets.Items) || hasError
		hasError = removeConfigs(ctx, dockerCli, configs.Items) || hasError
		hasError = removeNetworks(ctx, dockerCli, networks.Items) || hasError

		if hasError {
			errs = append(errs, errors.New("failed to remove some resources from stack: "+namespace))
			continue
		}

		if !opts.detach {
			err = waitOnTasks(ctx, apiClient, namespace)
			if err != nil {
				errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("failed to wait on tasks of stack: %s: %w", namespace, err))
			}
		}
	}
	return errors.Join(errs...)
}

func sortServiceByName(services []swarm.Service) func(i, j int) bool {
	return func(i, j int) bool {
		return services[i].Spec.Name < services[j].Spec.Name
	}
}

func removeServices(ctx context.Context, dockerCLI command.Cli, services []swarm.Service) bool {
	var hasError bool
	sort.Slice(services, sortServiceByName(services))
	for _, service := range services {
		_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(dockerCLI.Out(), "Removing service", service.Spec.Name)
		if _, err := dockerCLI.Client().ServiceRemove(ctx, service.ID, client.ServiceRemoveOptions{}); err != nil {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cli/command/stack/remove.go:92 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of docker/cli@e9452d6e78 (2026-08-01). Data as JSON: /data/errors/948346a1a1fdd7ea.json. Report an issue: GitHub.