Task failed to start - ECS/Fargate
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Description
I am using Fargate, and made a deployment today. The new tasks were not stabilizing and retried numerous times. Checking on one of the tasks, I got the following error message:
```
Task stopped at: 2025-03-12T18:15:57.697Z
Task failed to start
View troubleshooting guide
```
From this, I have no clue how to go about debugging the issue. Is there any way I can get the application / Exit logs for debugging?
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Research direction
The request concerns ECS/Fargate deployments that repeatedly fail with only the generic “Task failed to start” message. Start by reviewing the ECS/Fargate task-stopped experience and the linked troubleshooting guide, then determine what application or exit logs should be exposed. Done means users can obtain actionable failure logs when a task fails to start.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- aws
- Domain
- cloud
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100