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Docker /var/lib/docker/overlay2/<id>/merged: no such file or directory

I am getting following error and couldn't find any solution.

#9 [builder 3/5] COPY . /app
#9 sha256:deb3e9c3d0d018c2253369e84f48bc653a4796eebadd10de1a2bb60b4954e239
#9 ERROR: error creating overlay mount to /var/lib/docker/overlay2/93eywfuy5gffv03b5zcpgetvq/merged: no such file or directory
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 > [builder 3/5] COPY . /app:
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error creating overlay mount to /var/lib/docker/overlay2/93eywfuy5gffv03b5zcpgetvq/merged: no such file or directory

Tried to clean up images, containers via following docker commands nothing help:

docker system prune -af
docker builder prune
docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)
docker rmi $(docker images -a -q)

# Tried to pull images without caches also failed
docker build --pull --no-cache -t "my-app" .

System detail: macOs Monterey

Solution

  • To fix this;

    • Close Docker
    • Remove containers manually
    rm -rf ~/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker
    • Start docker and it will magically work!

    update: 14/09/2023

    Sometimes only cleaning & purging via Docker dashboard also helps (this screen opens when you click 'bug' icon at the top right of the screen):

    Docker purging data