Restarting containers cannot be removed by docker-compose kill, rm, stop

[alberto56]

Containers stuck in "restarting mode" sometimes cannot be stopped

$ docker-compose ps
           Name                         Command                 State      Ports 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
dcyclemetrics_drupal_run_2   docker-php-entrypoint /bin ...   Restarting         
dcyclemetrics_drupal_run_3   docker-php-entrypoint /bin ...   Restarting         
dcyclemetrics_drupal_run_4   docker-php-entrypoint /bin ...   Restarting         
dcyclemetrics_drupal_run_5   docker-php-entrypoint /bin ...   Restarting         
dcyclemetrics_drupal_run_6   docker-php-entrypoint /bin ...   Restarting         
dcyclemetrics_drupal_run_7   docker-php-entrypoint /bin ...   Restarting         
$ docker-compose stop
$ docker-compose kill
$ docker-compose rm -f
No stopped containers
$ docker-compose ps
           Name                         Command                 State      Ports 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
dcyclemetrics_drupal_run_2   docker-php-entrypoint /bin ...   Restarting         
dcyclemetrics_drupal_run_3   docker-php-entrypoint /bin ...   Restarting         
dcyclemetrics_drupal_run_4   docker-php-entrypoint /bin ...   Restarting         
dcyclemetrics_drupal_run_5   docker-php-entrypoint /bin ...   Restarting         
dcyclemetrics_drupal_run_6   docker-php-entrypoint /bin ...   Restarting         
dcyclemetrics_drupal_run_7   docker-php-entrypoint /bin ...   Restarting         

I need to pass the container ids to "docker kill", I am expecting docker-compose to be able to kill these containers without using this:

$ docker-compose ps -q|xargs docker kill
b06bf13e282d5c39de4b2039b48a9a1324f35041e4c8af14d1032f2b02d1f735
ee0fc4877cb07626e424d0c1b6abf7499be8129de6af7a2839e821b09c04bd20
c19b4a8afd169637094f0bf41641580c278f51979bab3a485f067a7ac86f4d3f
5646de010ab2333eb08d10630a53635d64797ed8c958a0490e64227a20617e38
ab4066bd1d5dfb0700b571a1501e9b3bc11d332ca6f3d63f7bfd4cf2c178f176
$ docker-compose ps
Name   Command   State   Ports 
------------------------------
$ 

[shin-]

Have you tried docker-compose down?

[alberto56]

Thanks @shin, I think that was what I was looking for! I can't confirm it now because I can't reproduce the situation. I'll close this nonetheless as that is the probable solution.

[Mazuh]

I reproduced the situation and docker-compose down solved.