tinyhumansai/openhuman · error

Docker execution failed: {e}

Error message

Docker execution failed: {e}

What it means

docker_exec failed at the spawn/IO level (Ok(Err(e)) from running the container command) — the container never produced output. Typically Docker not running, the image missing, or a daemon/permission problem, as opposed to the command inside the container failing.

Source

Thrown at src/openhuman/sandbox/docker.rs:176

            let exit_code = output.status.code().unwrap_or(-1);
            tracing::debug!(
                exit_code = exit_code,
                stdout_len = stdout.len(),
                stderr_len = stderr.len(),
                "[sandbox:docker] container exited"
            );

            Ok(SandboxExecResult {
                exit_code,
                stdout,
                stderr,
                timed_out: false,
            })
        }
        Ok(Err(e)) => {
            tracing::error!(error = %e, "[sandbox:docker] failed to spawn container");
            anyhow::bail!("Docker execution failed: {e}")
        }
        Err(_) => {
            tracing::warn!(
                timeout_secs = request.timeout.as_secs(),
                "[sandbox:docker] container timed out, killing"
            );
            Ok(SandboxExecResult {
                exit_code: -1,
                stdout: String::new(),
                stderr: format!(
                    "Command timed out after {}s and was killed",
                    request.timeout.as_secs()
                ),
                timed_out: true,
            })
        }
    }
}

View on GitHub (pinned to 7491200858)

Solutions

1. Start Docker and confirm `docker info` works
2. Pull the sandbox image if it is missing
3. Fall back to the local OS jail backend if Docker is unavailable

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/openhuman/sandbox/docker.rs:176 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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