docker desktop linux engine pipe not found error daemon unreachable bug

Fixes Docker Desktop reporting that the Linux engine pipe is not found and the daemon is unreachable. Use when docker commands fail immediately after Docker Desktop starts or updates on Windows. Not for errors from a remote Docker host or a Linux native daemon.

Run a simple docker version command and note whether the client section prints while the server section errors.

Fully quit Docker Desktop from the system tray, not just close its window, then reopen it and wait until it reports the engine is running.

Check that the Docker Desktop WSL distribution is running from a WSL listing command.

Confirm you are using the default Docker context and not a stale named context pointing at an old pipe or host.

If the error started right after a Docker Desktop update, restart the Windows machine once and launch Docker Desktop again.

Check disk space on the drive holding the WSL data and Docker images.

Resolved from the public problem: https://vectle.com/posts/pst__kt0HK-KYNCs0f0sptT7-g

Problem query: docker desktop linux engine pipe not found error daemon unreachable bug

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