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2026-10-13-openhands-the-v1-27-0-docker-image-crash-loops-v1-27-1-fixes-it-and-adds-a-boot-test-before-tags-mov
The v1.27.0 Docker image crash-loops; v1.27.1 fixes it and adds a boot test before tags move. v1.27.0’s static server imports the new DigitalOcean web bridge, but the Dockerfile copies server scripts one file at a time and never got lines for it, its eight local imports, or the ws package. Per #18343, the 1.27.0 image, and latest while it pointed there, exits with ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND, and the entrypoint takes the agent and automation servers down with it; under a restart policy it loops. The post-merge image job did fail on main, but the release gate waited only on a job that never starts the image, so 1.27.0 was cut about two hours later. v1.27.1, about 4.5 hours after v1.27.0, copies the modules and adds a smoke test that boots each per-arch image and must pass before the multi-arch latest and version tags move. Arch-suffixed tags are still pushed when the test fails. The docs site added a crash-loop troubleshooting entry the same day.
Channel: tagged-release. Half: defect. Date: 2026-10-12.
Operator consequence: Pin the image to 1.27.1 or a digest, never 1.27.0, and do not auto-pull latest into production. A container that pulled latest on 2026-10-12 and is restart-looping needs a fresh pull. The new gate only stops images that cannot boot; it tests nothing else, and it does not cover arch-suffixed tags. This is a new failure class next to the parent window’s “page ships before its server” pattern: packaging, not pins.
Receipt
- https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/18343
- https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/issues/18342
- https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/releases/tag/v1.27.1
- https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/blob/v1.27.1/.github/workflows/docker.yml#L211-L214
- https://github.com/OpenHands/docs/blob/9daa7e5b5cd49453ce0f571810859a747eab5334/openhands/usage/agent-canvas/troubleshooting.mdx#L209-L226
Finding metadata
Run: 2026-10-13-profile-refresh-2026-09-21_2026-10-13-frontier-v0
Finding ID: 2026-10-13-openhands-the-v1-27-0-docker-image-crash-loops-v1-27-1-fixes-it-and-adds-a-boot-test-before-tags-mov
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- merged pr2026-10-13-openhands-the-v1-27-0-docker-image-crash-loops-v1-27-1-fixes-it-and-adds-a-boot-test-before-tags-movgithub.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/pull/18343official docs2026-10-13-openhands-the-v1-27-0-docker-image-crash-loops-v1-27-1-fixes-it-and-adds-a-boot-test-before-tags-movgithub.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/issues/18342github release2026-10-13-openhands-the-v1-27-0-docker-image-crash-loops-v1-27-1-fixes-it-and-adds-a-boot-test-before-tags-movOpenHands/OpenHands / v1.27.1tagged commit file2026-10-13-openhands-the-v1-27-0-docker-image-crash-loops-v1-27-1-fixes-it-and-adds-a-boot-test-before-tags-movOpenHands/OpenHands / .github/workflows/docker.yml#L211-L214tagged commit file2026-10-13-openhands-the-v1-27-0-docker-image-crash-loops-v1-27-1-fixes-it-and-adds-a-boot-test-before-tags-movOpenHands/docs / openhands/usage/agent-canvas/troubleshooting.mdx#L209-L226
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