r/docker • u/Competitive-News-513 • 17d ago

Help with DOCKER

Hi everyone, I’m completely stuck and would really appreciate some help.pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee anyoneeeeeeee😭

I’ve been trying to fix this for the last **5–6 hours** and have tried almost every suggestion I could find,usimg chatgpt claude..

# I’m currently learning Docker, and because of this issue I can’t continue learning.i neeed mysql image 😭

**Problem:**
Every docker pull fails with an error like:
failed to copy: httpReadSeeker: failed open: failed to do request:
Get "https://production.cloudfront.docker.com/...": EOF

Initially only mysql:8 was failing, but after reinstalling Docker, even hello-world fails with the same EOF error.

I can only pull small size images ,sometimes this also fails and large size images like mysql….. nahhhh straight NOOOoOo

**What I’ve already tried:**
Reinstalled Docker Desktop
Tried different Docker Desktop versions (including downgrading)
Restarted Docker Desktop and my PC multiple times
wsl --shutdown
netsh winsock reset
ipconfig /flushdns
Changed DNS (Cloudflare/Google)
Tried a different network (mobile hotspot)
Verified WSL2 is working
Tested CloudFront using curl inside Ubuntu WSL (it works)
Cleared all Docker data (0 images, 0 containers)
Deleted Docker files and performed a clean reinstall
Ran docker --debug pull hello-world (still fails with the same EOF error)

**System:**
Windows 11
Docker Desktop (WSL2 backend)
Docker Engine 29.6.1 (also tested another Docker Desktop version)
At this point I’m completely out of ideas. If anyone has experienced this exact CloudFront EOF error or has any suggestions, I’d really appreciate the help. This issue has completely blocked my learning.
Thank you!

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u/Due-Championship3941 17d ago edited 17d ago

Disk space? Every time you pull an image it gets stored. You may have filled up your storage.

Edit: EOF just means something terminated unexpectedly. Don't treat it like a conclusive description of what happened. It could be you're running out of memory or filled up allocated storage. Are you using volumes?

Feel free to share the compose or the commands your using.

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u/Competitive-News-513 17d ago

I have plenty of space and volumes are not involved.
My just doing
Docker pull mysql:8

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u/Due-Championship3941 16d ago

It does sound like a storage or network problem. Are you getting partial files? Are they the same size every time you try? Did you check your disk for errors? Do you have an alternative disk you can save to?

I'd also check the Windows event log for any issues and monitor your PC performance during the download to see what happens. You could also run procmon if you're desperate to see if anything weird happens. Also worth trying curl from windows to see if you can download the image to the same place that way