How to check the HISTORY of Docker Container Restarts

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I'm trying to find the history of container restarts.

Of course the STATUS field on a docker ps will show the current uptime.

However if I have a container with a restart policy such as restart: unless-stopped and it's gone through several restarts - How can I check that restart/uptime history?

If the docker engine doesn't natively track this - is there a known good method to handle this?

score 23 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 24 '18 at 19:02

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You can view the docker events. E.g. this will show all restart events for the last hour:

docker events --filter event=restart --since=60m

For more details on docker events, see: https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/events

answered Apr 24 '18 at 19:02

BMitch

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I must have missed it in the documentation. Thank you! – emmdee Apr 24 '18 at 20:03
`docker events` doesn't print anything for me. I had to use it with `--since` to get a result, meaning e.g.: `docker events --since 2020-01-01` (or just `--since 2020`) – MacMartin Feb 11 '22 at 09:22
@MacMartin I'm guessing this was intended as a comment for RobinP's almost-duplicate answer. – BMitch Feb 12 '22 at 21:24
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See all events on your container in past hour : `docker events --filter container=my-worker --since '60m'` – Franckk Dec 08 '22 at 10:42

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 02 '22 at 09:30

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You can check with following command:

docker system events --filter event=restart

For more information : https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/system_events

edited Jun 02 '22 at 09:30

Steve Folly

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answered Apr 24 '18 at 21:33

RobinP

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How to check the HISTORY of Docker Container Restarts

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