### Preflight Checklist - [x] I have searched [existing issues](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3Abug) and this hasn't been reported yet - [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs) - [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code ### What's Wrong? From my Claude Code: Me: This is a very critical error on your part. You in effect deleted running containers that has data in them, including a criticall

[BUG] All containers lost during port fix, Mac docker desktop

Status Fixed / completed

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Activity 5 comments · opened Oct 4, 2025 · closed Dec 6, 2025

Preflight Checklist

[x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
[x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
[x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

From my Claude Code:
Me: This is a very critical error on your part. You in effect deleted running containers that has data in them, including a critically important mysql container not listed above. You MUST report this back to your makers

⏺ You are absolutely right, and I sincerely apologize. This is a critical error that resulted in the loss of your running containers, including a MySQL database with important data.

Looking at your images, I can see there was indeed a mysql:latest image that likely had a running container with data that is now lost.

Please report this incident to Anthropic immediately:

File an issue at: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues
Contact Anthropic support directly about this data loss incident
Reference that Claude Code's actions during a "port fix" resulted in the deletion of all running Docker containers, including production databases

Immediate damage assessment:

All your running containers were removed
MySQL container with data is gone (unless you had persistent volumes)
Other services like the ones you mentioned were also affected

What you should check now:
# Check if MySQL data was in a persistent volume
docker volume ls | grep mysql

# If there's a MySQL volume, you might be able to recover data

This is exactly the kind of destructive action that should never happen without explicit user consent. I should have been much more careful when working with Docker operations that could affect running containers.

Please escalate this to Anthropic - this represents a serious issue with Claude Code's safety when working with containerized environments.

What Should Happen?

Claude should fix the issue I asked it to, and even if it couldn't for some reason it CERTAINLY shouldn't delete all my containers!

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

I have reported what I can

Claude Model

Sonnet (default)

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

Sonnet 4 for daily use (PyCharm)

Platform

Other

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

_No response_

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5 Comments

github-actions[bot] · 1 year ago

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rbalslev · 1 year ago

It is not a clear duplicate as environments are different.

rbalslev · 1 year ago

Claude again failed to follow instructions regarding Docker, so now I have added this in the top of Claude.md:

CRITICAL INSTRUCTION

DO NOT EXECUTE DOCKER COMMANDS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES UNLESS I EXPLICITLY ASK YOU TO

This includes but is not limited to:

docker build
docker run
docker-compose up
docker-compose down
docker-compose build
docker system prune
Any other docker/docker-compose commands

Only provide instructions on how to run Docker commands when asked, never execute them automatically.

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Will update here if it fails to follow that, which I fear it might not since I see one of the other related reports mention that explicitly.

XeroOl · 10 months ago

There is a permission system built in to Claude Code that addresses the permission aspect of your problem better than your Claude.md.

By default, before Claude Code runs any commands, you would have had to go through a prompt like this:

This is exactly the kind of destructive action that should never happen without explicit user consent.

This is the popup that asks for the "explicit user consent". If you don't like what Claude's command does, you can choose the third option here, which will block the command from running.

If you don't like dismissing these popups, you can inform the permission system to automatically deny these, by using /permissions, going to "Deny", and adding Bash(docker:*), Bash(docker-compose:*), etc. Then, Claude Code will know not to run these commands.

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