MazanoKe docker server crashes on restart without restart policy

[PardesiCat]

Hi, PardesiCat here
Every time I restart my Homelab server, the MazanoKe server crashes. I’m running it with Docker using Docker Compose.

From my investigation (though I’m not completely sure), it looks like the crash happens either when other containers are starting up — possibly due to a conflict — or sometimes randomly during idle periods.

After adding a Docker restart policy, the issue seems to be completely resolved. Even during long idle periods or multiple server restarts (tested on my Raspberry Pi 4 server), the server stays stable and does not crash anymore.

For reference, here’s my docker-compose.yaml with the restart policy applied:

services:
  mazanoke:
    container_name: mazanoke
    image: ghcr.io/civilblur/mazanoke:latest
    restart: always
    ports:
      - "7434:80"
    labels:
      # watch tower for auto update
      - "com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable=true"

[civilblur]

Thanks for taking the time to investigate it and sharing your findings!

I won't have a proper work environment for some time, but I could at least update the docker-compose example to including a restart policy.

Would it be possible for you to find out if the following restart policies work just as well?

• restart: unless-stopped
• restart: on-failure:5

I would ideally use one of these two instead of always to potentially avoid endless restarts (especially since I'm unable to look into the issue yet).

[PardesiCat]

I have already tried using the following option:

• restart: unless-stopped

It works as expected, even after multiple server restarts and when MazanoKe remains idle for an extended period of time.