An error in docker: failed to create shim task
Hugging Face Forums [Unofficial]
May 16, 2026
When I try to run this command:
docker start e16fc114c32f
I get this error response from daemon:
failed to create task for container:
failed to create shim task:
OCI runtime create failed:
runc create failed: unable to start container process: unable to apply cgroup configuration:
unable to start unit "docker-e16fc114c32f6c9154ae3c2c0bb8ade6298ff61eaf61529b58bd2939eefd7f7c.scope" (properties [{Name:Description Value:
"libcontainer container e16fc114c32f6c9154ae3c2c0bb8ade6298ff61eaf61529b58bd2939eefd7f7c"} {Name:Slice Value:"system.slice"}
{Name:Delegate Value:true}
{Name:PIDs Value:@au [303179]}
{Name:MemoryAccounting Value:true}
{Name:CPUAccounting Value:true}
{Name:IOAccounting Value:true}
{Name:TasksAccounting Value:true}
{Name:DefaultDependencies Value:false}]):
Unit docker-e16fc114c32f6c9154ae3c2c0bb8ade6298ff61eaf61529b58bd2939eefd7f7c.scope was already loaded or has a fragment file.: unknown
There is no solution from Docker Chat/AI. I can delete the container and create it again, but after some time, I got the error again. Although it randomly can start normal, too.
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