What are the possible states for a docker container?

Question

Are there states other than "running", "paused" and "stopped" or are these the only states available?

Answer 1

No, there are other possible states. The Docker Remote API defines the following states:

• created A container that has been created (e.g. with docker create) but not started
• restarting A container that is in the process of being restarted
• running A currently running container
• paused A container whose processes have been paused
• exited A container that ran and completed ("stopped" in other contexts, although a created container is technically also "stopped")
• dead A container that the daemon tried and failed to stop (usually due to a busy device or resource used by the container)

Answer 2

Docker Remote API 1.24 defines one more state

• dead