docker / docker/docker-py

container.stop() behaves in an unexpected manner

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Description

If I do not provide a timeout, it seems to instantly kill the container, even explicitly setting stop_signal to SIGTERM. I think there is a bug which makes the timeout 0. My current workaround is to simply provide the argument timeout=10

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Start by reproducing container.stop() without a timeout while explicitly setting stop_signal to SIGTERM, then compare it with timeout=10. Trace how the Python client passes the omitted timeout to the Docker Engine API; done means the default behavior no longer immediately kills the container and matches the documented stop semantics.

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Tech stack
docker, python
Domain
api
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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