Docker Desktop logs not working

[dvelaren]

Description

Docker Desktop logs not working. It just outputs a black screen.

I tried using a terminal with the logs command and it works correctly...

docker logs CONTAINER_ID

Reproduce

1. Launch docker compose project.
2. Click on container to check logs
3. Logs are empty

Expected behavior

Docker Desktop should display the same logs as the terminal outputs

docker version

Client:
 Cloud integration: v1.0.35+desktop.5
 Version:           24.0.6
 API version:       1.43
 Go version:        go1.20.7
 Git commit:        ed223bc
 Built:             Mon Sep  4 12:32:48 2023
 OS/Arch:           windows/amd64
 Context:           default

Server: Docker Desktop 4.24.0 (122432)
 Engine:
  Version:          24.0.6
  API version:      1.43 (minimum version 1.12)
  Go version:       go1.20.7
  Git commit:       1a79695
  Built:            Mon Sep  4 12:32:16 2023
  OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          1.6.22
  GitCommit:        8165feabfdfe38c65b599c4993d227328c231fca
 runc:
  Version:          1.1.8
  GitCommit:        v1.1.8-0-g82f18fe
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0

docker info

Client:
 Version:    24.0.6
 Context:    default
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.11.2-desktop.5
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-buildx.exe
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v2.22.0-desktop.2
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-compose.exe
  dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.1.0
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-dev.exe
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.20
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-extension.exe
  init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.1.0-beta.8
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-init.exe
  sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc.)
    Version:  0.6.0
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-sbom.exe
  scan: Docker Scan (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.26.0
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-scan.exe
  scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.0.7
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-scout.exe

Server:
 Containers: 3
  Running: 3
  Paused: 0
  Stopped: 0
 Images: 6
 Server Version: 24.0.6
 Storage Driver: overlay2
  Backing Filesystem: extfs
  Supports d_type: true
  Using metacopy: false
  Native Overlay Diff: true
  userxattr: false
 Logging Driver: json-file
 Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
 Cgroup Version: 1
 Plugins:
  Volume: local
  Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
  Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local logentries splunk syslog
 Swarm: inactive
 Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 runc
 Default Runtime: runc
 Init Binary: docker-init
 containerd version: 8165feabfdfe38c65b599c4993d227328c231fca
 runc version: v1.1.8-0-g82f18fe
 init version: de40ad0
 Security Options:
  seccomp
   Profile: unconfined
 Kernel Version: 5.15.123.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
 Operating System: Docker Desktop
 OSType: linux
 Architecture: x86_64
 CPUs: 16
 Total Memory: 15.23GiB
 Name: docker-desktop
 ID: c403d072-2518-42e5-b3d6-e35c73ebaead
 Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
 Debug Mode: false
 HTTP Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 HTTPS Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 No Proxy: hubproxy.docker.internal
 Experimental: false
 Insecure Registries:
  hubproxy.docker.internal:5555
  127.0.0.0/8
 Live Restore Enabled: false

WARNING: No blkio throttle.read_bps_device support
WARNING: No blkio throttle.write_bps_device support
WARNING: No blkio throttle.read_iops_device support
WARNING: No blkio throttle.write_iops_device support
WARNING: daemon is not using the default seccomp profile

Diagnostics ID

3646F389-833E-45D5-868E-EB814285F3DA/20230930170807

Additional Info

No response

[ricardojr]

+1. This is happening for me as well.

[nachocodexx]

Here, the same issue :/

[SrinidhiChandrasekaran]

Same here.

Diagnostics ID: 59527D77-8DB9-425E-8103-C2B849DDABC7/20231002060312

[pinkfloydx33]

Same as well but logs are reported via Logs Explorer plugin, docker logs and docker compose logs

[FrancescoD3V]

I confirm, this problem occurs on both Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs. I also tried on two PCs with different installations, both using WSL and Hyper-V. Same problem, this way it's really difficult to know the status of the various containers

[MickBelker]

Same as well but logs are reported via Logs Explorer plugin, docker logs and docker compose logs

This proofs that logs are arriving in Docker Desktop.
However, the behavior of the container logs view has changed.
I can sometimes see all log entries in ONE LINE.
And HTTP logs updating at the bottom.

Looks like a line break conversion issue, putting all console output to ONE line.

[FrancescoD3V]

This is probably the case, I downgraded to version 4.23.0 (120376) and the output worked again

[MickBelker]

I know, this is not the solution, but just a workaround and a proof that line end definition has a bug here:
Having java.util.logging, and bending the output to force additional WINDOWS line breaks, I can see the logs (formatting is still mangled, but appearing and readable):

java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format = %1$tF %1$tL %4$-7s [%4s] - %5$s %n\r\n

The \r\n at the end is doing the magic.
Please fix picking up the correct line breaks from the system asap.

[bsousaa]

We are working on a fix. Meanwhile you can use the Log Explorer Extension

[FrancescoD3V]

Thanks, let us know when the fix comes out

[bsousaa]

You can download 4.24.1 at https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/#4241

[FrancescoD3V]

Thanks for the instant patch, I confirm that the problem has been resolved by downloading version v4.24.1 😎

[MickBelker]

It's now fixed and working as before, great!
A huge applause to the developers reacting lightning fast on a bug with big impact on developer community!