Docker non-PID-1 and init process handling
Cluster 38349 · environments. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #75974 on 1 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #75974. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #75974. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
These items address running containers where the main process is not PID 1, covering support for init-based entrypoints (such as s6 and tini), orphaned subprocess reaping, and a related user-reported startup failure after an update.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#75974 fix(docker): boot on non-PID-1 runtimes via init dispatcher
files:
Dockerfile,docker/entrypoint-dispatch.sh,docker/entrypoint.sh,docker/main-wrapper.sh,hermes_cli/container_boot.py,optional-skills/devops/hermes-s6-container-supervision/SKILL.md,tests/docker/test_smoke.py,tests/docker/test_tini_compat_shim.py,tests/tools/test_dockerfile_pid1_reaping.py,website/docs/user-guide/docker.md
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: merged via another change 1
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#43763 fix(install): support non-pid-1 container entrypoints · merged via another change →
#75974,#38349
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#38349[Setup]: can't start docker image after recent update
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- 1 PR closed without merging
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- 1 Aug 2026