--- title: "Why does my Docker container keep restarting even after I fixed the application error?" description: "Why does my Docker container keep restarting even after I fixed the application error?" author: "Uttam Misra" published: 2026-09-30 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/117311/why-does-my-docker-container-keep-restarting-even-after-i-fixed-the-application-error category: "Docker" tags: ["docker", "troubleshooting", "Containers"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # Why does my Docker container keep restarting even after I fixed the application error? I deployed a Node.js service inside a Docker container, and after fixing a dependency issue that was causing crashes, the container still enters a restart loop. I checked the logs with `docker logs ` and saw exit code 1, but the code itself runs fine when I execute it locally. Could this be a resource limit problem—like hitting the memory cap set by Docker Desktop—or is there a misconfiguration in the `HEALTHCHECK` instruction that's tricking the daemon into thinking the app is unhealthy? I've also noticed that setting `--restart unless-stopped` didn't prevent the rapid cycling. What diagnostic steps should I take to isolate whether the issue is inside the container runtime or the application itself? --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/117311/why-does-my-docker-container-keep-restarting-even-after-i-fixed-the-application-error Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.