Unable to build docker image with Spring Boot 3.5.10 and 4.0.2 using Docker 29

[wimdeblauwe]

We are running into issue actions/runner-images#13474 since today.

As a test, I ran this:

1. Clean Ubuntu 24.04
2. Install Docker (which gives 29.2.1)
3. Install SDKMan to install Java 21 and Maven 3.9.12
4. Generate a default Spring Boot application:

curl -G https://start.spring.io/starter.zip -d javaVersion=21 -d bootVersion=3.5.10 -d type=maven-project -o demo.zip

5. Unzip the project and run mvn spring-boot:build-image

This results in:

[INFO]     [creator]     Setting default process type 'web'
[INFO]     [creator]     Saving docker.io/library/demo:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT...
[INFO]     [creator]     ERROR: failed to export: saving image: failed to fetch base layers: saving image with ID "sha256:3553c27d0e2262b61c191e34bc9488f9bf5bd5590865699dba8e5e09db8fc555" from the docker daemon: Error response from daemon: No such image: sha256:3553c27d0e2262b61c191e34bc9488f9bf5bd5590865699dba8e5e09db8fc555
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time:  14.135 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2026-02-13T11:23:09+01:00
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:3.5.10:build-image (default-cli) on project demo: Execution default-cli of goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:3.5.10:build-image failed: Builder lifecycle 'creator' failed with status code 62 -> [Help 1]

I also tested with Spring Boot 4.0.2, but the error is the same:

[INFO]     [creator]     Setting default process type 'web'
[INFO]     [creator]     Saving docker.io/library/demo:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT...
[INFO]     [creator]     ERROR: failed to export: saving image: failed to fetch base layers: saving image with ID "sha256:3553c27d0e2262b61c191e34bc9488f9bf5bd5590865699dba8e5e09db8fc555" from the docker daemon: Error response from daemon: No such image: sha256:3553c27d0e2262b61c191e34bc9488f9bf5bd5590865699dba8e5e09db8fc555
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time:  17.623 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2026-02-13T11:32:17+01:00
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:4.0.2:build-image (default-cli) on project demo: Execution default-cli of goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:4.0.2:build-image failed: Builder lifecycle 'creator' failed with status code 62 -> [Help 1]

At first, we thought it might have to do something with #48050, but that gives a different error which I get if I try Spring Boot 3.5.7. So it seems this is a different error.

Any idea on how to workaround or fix this is very welcome as this blocks us from deploying any new version of our applications.

[alekseinovikov]

We decided (in our team) to disable containerd-snapshotter until builpacks rollout a fix.
We do something like this in workflow:

          if [ -f /etc/docker/daemon.json ]; then
            sudo jq '.features."containerd-snapshotter" = false' /etc/docker/daemon.json > /tmp/daemon.json
            sudo mv /tmp/daemon.json /etc/docker/daemon.json
            else
            echo '{"features": {"containerd-snapshotter": false}}' | sudo tee /etc/docker/daemon.json
          fi
          sudo systemctl restart docker

[mhalbritter]

I think this is a dupe of #49209.

[wilkinsona]

Another option for working around the problem is to use v0.0.100 of the builder. The docs describe how to configure the builder with Maven and Gradle.

[wimdeblauwe]

Thanks for the hint @wilkinsona . I can confirm that this indeed fixes the issue:

 <build>
                <plugins>
                        <plugin>
                                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                                <configuration>
                                        <image>
                                          <builder>paketobuildpacks/builder-noble-java-tiny:0.0.100</builder>
                                        </image>
                                </configuration>
                        </plugin>
                </plugins>
        </build>

[sami-eljabali]

Thank you @wilkinsona & @wimdeblauwe. This fixed it for me. Sharing for those using Gradle + Kotlin.

build.gradle.kts

tasks.named<BootBuildImage>("bootBuildImage") {
    builder.set("paketobuildpacks/builder-noble-java-tiny:0.0.100")
}