Spring Boot 3.4.1 fails to start on Windows when using docker-compose because of --orphans flag

[boyvanduuren]

After upgrading to spring boot 3.4.1 my application isn't working anymore on Windows because of an unknown --orphans flag.
I'm using the Docker Desktop version 4.37.1 (178610), which is the latest.

2025-01-14 08:01:24.055 ERROR [traceId=,spanId=] --- [           main] o.s.boot.SpringApplication               :
                    Application run failed

org.springframework.boot.docker.compose.core.ProcessExitException: 'docker compose --file C:\Users\<snip>\app\docker-compose.yml --ansi never --profile local ps --orphans=false --format=json' failed with exit code 16.

Stdout:


Stderr:
unknown flag: --orphans

        at org.springframework.boot.docker.compose.core.ProcessRunner.run(ProcessRunner.java:97)
        at org.springframework.boot.docker.compose.core.DockerCli.run(DockerCli.java:77)
        at org.springframework.boot.docker.compose.core.DefaultDockerCompose.runComposePs(DefaultDockerCompose.java:132)
        at org.springframework.boot.docker.compose.core.DefaultDockerCompose.getRunningServices(DefaultDockerCompose.java:96)
        at org.springframework.boot.docker.compose.lifecycle.DockerComposeLifecycleManager.start(DockerComposeLifecycleManager.java:124)
        at org.springframework.boot.docker.compose.lifecycle.DockerComposeListener.onApplicationEvent(DockerComposeListener.java:53)
        at org.springframework.boot.docker.compose.lifecycle.DockerComposeListener.onApplicationEvent(DockerComposeListener.java:35)
        at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.doInvokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:185)
        at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.invokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:178)
        at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:156)
        at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:138)
        at org.springframework.boot.context.event.EventPublishingRunListener.multicastInitialEvent(EventPublishingRunListener.java:136)
        at org.springframework.boot.context.event.EventPublishingRunListener.contextLoaded(EventPublishingRunListener.java:98)
        at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.lambda$contextLoaded$4(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:72)
        at java.base/java.lang.Iterable.forEach(Iterable.java:75)
        at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.doWithListeners(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:118)
        at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.doWithListeners(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:112)
        at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.contextLoaded(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:72)
        at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.prepareContext(SpringApplication.java:416)
        at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:317)
        at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1361)
        at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1350)
        at nl.<snip>.main(<snip>.java:24)

I think the --orphans flag does not exist on docker-compose for Windows.
The version of docker-compose included in the latest Docker Desktop for Windows is v2.29.7-desktop.1.

Switching back to 4.3.0 fixes the issue. Colleagues on Windows using Rancher Desktop, or colleagues using MacOS do not have this issue.

I saw some recent (fixed) issues related to the use of --orphans that might have introduced this issue:
#43710
#40139

[bclozel]

Hello @boyvanduuren
Can you replicate the same behavior on the CLI directly with docker desktop? Can you share the output of:

$ docker compose ps --orphans
$ docker compose version

The minimum requirement should be docker compose 2.24 as this feature was introduced in docker/compose@caa0cbb. I don't see any sign pointing to this feature not being available on windows.

[quaff]

@boyvanduuren Please try 3.4.2-SNAPSHOT, it's fixed by #43717.

[boyvanduuren]

Hi @bclozel, I mentioned the docker-compose version in the bug report. It is v2.29.7-desktop.1.

It seems the version returned by docker compose is different than is being returned from docker-compose though:

❯ docker compose version
Docker Compose version v2.11.1

❯ docker-compose --version
Docker Compose version v2.29.7-desktop.1

Both are provided by the Docker Desktop installation though:

❯ Get-Command docker

CommandType     Name                                               Version    Source
-----------     ----                                               -------    ------
Application     docker.exe                                         0.0.0.0    C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\bin\docker.exe

❯ Get-Command docker-compose

CommandType     Name                                               Version    Source
-----------     ----                                               -------    ------
Application     docker-compose.exe                                 0.0.0.0    C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\bin\docker-compose.exe

I can confirm that --orphans works when passing it to docker-compose, but not to docker compose:

❯ docker compose ps --orphans
unknown flag: --orphans

❯ docker-compose ps --orphans
no configuration file provided: not found

There's a chance that this is now broken for people using Docker Desktop for Windows. I checked with one other colleague that uses it and has the same issue.

[wilkinsona]

Thanks, @boyvanduuren. Spring Boot calls docker compose so it's that version that matters. As you're running 2.11.1, #43717 should help here. Please try 3.4.2-SNAPSHOT that's available from https://repo.spring.io/snapshot.

[boyvanduuren]

I can confirm 3.4.2-SNAPSHOT is working!

[wilkinsona]

Thanks for letting us know, @boyvanduuren.