guide / disk· 2026-08-15

No space left. Do not nuke volumes.

When dc-up fails with no space left / ENOSPC:

dc-df                    # images / cache / volumes + Colima guest df
dc-prune                 # dry-run
dc-prune --yes           # safe set only
dc-up                    # retry
Flag Risk
dc-prune --yes Low — build cache, dangling images, unused nets, orphan dc-forward sidecars
dc-prune --all --yes Medium — unused tagged images; parked stacks rebuild on next dc-up
dc-prune --volume NAME --yes High — named volume data (DBs). One name only; never bulk
docker system prune -af --volumes Do not — not wrapped; destroys named volumes

If Colima guest / is still ~100% after prune, the VM disk cap is full: dc-prune --colima-hint. Prune does not grow the qemu/VZ image.

Named volumes are listed by dc-df --volumes but not auto-deleted.

See README disk.

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