docker/cli · error

removing image ID file: %w

Error message

removing image ID file: %w

What it means

Error "removing image ID file: %w" thrown in docker/cli.

Source

Thrown at cli/command/image/build.go:224

	}

	if options.dockerfileFromStdin() {
		if contextType == build.ContextTypeStdin {
			return errors.New("invalid argument: can't use stdin for both build context and dockerfile")
		}
		dockerfileCtx = dockerCli.In()
	}

	progBuff = dockerCli.Out()
	buildBuff = dockerCli.Out()
	if options.quiet {
		progBuff = bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
		buildBuff = bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
	}
	if options.imageIDFile != "" {
		// Avoid leaving a stale file if we eventually fail
		if err := os.Remove(options.imageIDFile); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
			return fmt.Errorf("removing image ID file: %w", err)
		}
	}

	switch contextType {
	case build.ContextTypeStdin:
		// buildCtx is tar archive. if stdin was dockerfile then it is wrapped
		buildCtx, relDockerfile, err = build.GetContextFromReader(dockerCli.In(), options.dockerfileName)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("unable to prepare context from STDIN: %w", err)
		}
	case build.ContextTypeLocal:
		contextDir, relDockerfile, err = build.GetContextFromLocalDir(options.context, options.dockerfileName)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("unable to prepare context: %s", err)
		}
		if strings.HasPrefix(relDockerfile, ".."+string(filepath.Separator)) {
			// Dockerfile is outside build-context; read the Dockerfile and pass it as dockerfileCtx
			dockerfileCtx, err = os.Open(options.dockerfileName)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cli/command/image/build.go:224 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/f42d7da4c696cad6.json. Report an issue: GitHub.