oh okay…so this is a thing for at least a handful of people 
More Info:
/var/discourse# ./launcher start app
x86_64 arch detected.
WARNING: containers/app.yml file is world-readable. You can secure this file by running: chmod o-rwx containers/app.yml
+ /usr/bin/docker run --shm-size=512m -d --restart=always -e LANG=en_US.UTF-8 -e RAILS_ENV=production -e UNICORN_WORKERS=8 -e UNICORN_SIDEKIQS=1 -e RUBY_GC_HEAP_GROWTH_MAX_SLOTS=40000 -e RUBY_GC_HEAP_INIT_SLOTS=400000 -e RUBY_GC_HEAP_OLDOBJECT_LIMIT_FACTOR=1.5 -e DISCOURSE_DB_SOCKET=/var/run/postgresql -e DISCOURSE_DB_HOST= -e DISCOURSE_DB_PORT= -e LETSENCRYPT_DIR=/shared/letsencrypt -e DISCOURSE_FORCE_HTTPS=true -e DISCOURSE_HOSTNAME=redacted.com -e DISCOURSE_DEVELOPER_EMAILS=redacted -e DISCOURSE_SMTP_ADDRESS=smtp.redacted.com -e DISCOURSE_SMTP_PORT=587 -e DISCOURSE_SMTP_USER_NAME=postmaster@redacted -e DISCOURSE_SMTP_PASSWORD=redacted -e DISCOURSE_SMTP_ENABLE_START_TLS=true -e LETSENCRYPT_ACCOUNT_EMAIL=redacted -h discourse-beta-ubuntu-app -e DOCKER_HOST_IP=172.17.0.1 --name app -t -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -v /var/discourse/shared/standalone:/shared -v /var/discourse/shared/standalone/log/var-log:/var/log --mac-address 02:52:ee:ee:62:b2 local_discourse/app /sbin/boot
Unable to find image 'local_discourse/app:latest' locally
/usr/bin/docker: Error response from daemon: pull access denied for local_discourse/app, repository does not exist or may require 'docker login'.
See '/usr/bin/docker run --help'.
When I try to start the app 
…it complains the image local_discourse/app isnt there. Which is correct:
/var/discourse# docker images
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
discourse/base 2.0.20240825-0027 9dc96b6115cb 2 days ago 3.38GB
but trying to pull and build the image is not working, due to the db hanging