I pulled nginx:latest image however I got the error : error pulling image configuration: download failed after attempts=6: received unexpected HTTP status: 500 Internal Server Error

What does it mean and how to make it work?

I pulled nginx:latest image however I got the error : error pulling image configuration: download failed after attempts=6: received unexpected HTTP status: 500 Internal Server Error

What does it mean and how to make it work?

• docker
• docker-compose

• 1 Sounds like the server you're using throws that error – Nico Haase Commented Feb 6 at 9:01
• @NicoHaase What does server mean? I am using docker on my machine. – Jaloliddin Murodullaev Commented Feb 6 at 9:02
• 1 You're trying to pull the image from a remote server and it errors. What is your docker compose file? – Hoopra Commented Feb 6 at 9:04
• Pulling an image usually invokes any external server - or did you build nginx:latest on your own system? – Nico Haase Commented Feb 6 at 9:07
• @Hoopra So, docker registry is not working, right? I don't have docker compose file, I am just pulling nginx – Jaloliddin Murodullaev Commented Feb 6 at 9:08

2 Answers 2

There is an active incident today. From https://www.dockerstatus.com/:

February 6, 2025 08:58 UTC [Investigating] We are investigating an issue with customers and users not able to pull images from Docker Hub.

error pulling image configuration: download failed after attempts=6: received unexpected HTTP status: 500 Internal Server Error

This seems to be affecting un-authenticated pulls only.

Last update February 6, 2025 09:23 UTC they deployed a patch and are monitoring.

Seems like there is some trouble on the side of the docker.io Registry. Using docker login, adding "dns": ["8.8.8.8", "4.4.4.4"] to /etc/docker/daemon.json and retrying docker compose up a couple times (without build, rebuild or force rebuild) fixed it for me with some hiccups.