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Docker for mac aborts looking for a specific character

I'm running docker for mac with the following version

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Docker has recently started failing with the following error message

invalid character 's' looking for beginning of value

I was also recently shown this dialog when trying to shut down docker after receiving the above error message:

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I've tried reducing the size of the disk to fully wipe it through the preferences dialog, but that didn't eliminate the issue:

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What does this error message mean and how can I resolve it?

Solution

  • Turns out it was because I upgraded to the latest version of Docker for Mac. I downgraded to 4.12.0 and haven't seen the problem since.