Docker Compose healthcheck depends_on condition not working: why your container starts before Postgres is ready Your app container exits with ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:5432 even though you wrote depends_on: postgres: condition: service_healthy, and the fix is almost always that the healthcheck is defined on the wrong service, or the Compose file is being read by a Compose…
Docker Compose healthcheck depends_on condition not working: why your container starts before Postgres is ready and the exact compose.yaml fix Your app container starts before Postgres finishes booting, throws ECONNREFUSED, and exits — even though you wrote depends_on with a healthcheck condition. The fix is to make the healthcheck actually report unhealthy until the database…
Docker Compose healthcheck depends_on condition not working: fixing startup order for Postgres and Node.js in 2026 Your Node.js container crashes with ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:5432 even though depends_on lists Postgres and Compose says both started. The fix is to combine depends_on with condition: service_healthy and a real healthcheck on the database — depends_on alone only waits for…
Docker Compose healthcheck depends_on Condition Not Working: How to Fix Service Startup Order in 2026 The fix is one line: depends_on with a bare list only waits for the container to start, not to be ready, so you need the long-form condition: service_healthy block plus a real healthcheck on the dependency. The one-liner that actually…
Docker Compose healthcheck depends_on condition not working: fix for Postgres and Node services Your Node service starts before Postgres is ready, crashes with ECONNREFUSED, and Compose brings the whole stack down. The one-liner that usually fixes it: services: db: image: postgres:16-alpine healthcheck: test: [“CMD-SHELL”, “pg_isready -U postgres -d appdb”] interval: 5s timeout: 3s retries: 10…
Docker Compose healthcheck depends_on Condition Not Working: Why Your Container Starts Before Postgres Is Ready in 2026 Your app container crashes with ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:5432 even though you set depends_on: postgres: condition: service_healthy, and the fix is almost always one of three things: you are on a Compose file format older than 2.1, your healthcheck block…
Docker Compose Healthcheck Depends On Not Working: Fix for Node and Postgres Your Node container starts before Postgres is ready, crashes on the first query, and Compose reports a healthy stack while your app is dead. The fix is a healthcheck on the database plus depends_on with condition: service_healthy — and the reason it “doesn’t…
Docker Compose healthcheck depends_on not working: fix startup order for Postgres and Node Your Node container starts, tries to connect to Postgres, and dies with ECONNREFUSED — even though you wrote depends_on: [db]. The fix is a healthcheck plus the long-form depends_on syntax: services: db: image: postgres:17-alpine environment: POSTGRES_PASSWORD: devpass POSTGRES_USER: app POSTGRES_DB: app healthcheck:…
Docker Compose healthcheck depends_on condition service_healthy not working: the 2026 fix guide Your app container starts, your database container starts, and your app crashes with connection refused before Postgres finishes initializing. You added depends_on with condition: service_healthy and it still happens. Here is the working config first: services: db: image: postgres:16-alpine environment: POSTGRES_PASSWORD: devpass healthcheck:…