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Dev containers - Exiting cursor or switching dev container doesn't stop the running container
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Elwin
(Elwin van der Meer)
December 2, 2025, 4:25pm
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I am using v1.0.28
Most of my containers are docker-compose based. I reference/build a dockerfile in the docker-compose file.
“shutdownAction”: “stopContainer” in devcontainer.json does nothing. The container stays active after closing cursor.
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