It seems that the launcher tool uses a specific syntax for a specific release of stat. Would you like to attempt to recover space by cleaning docker images and containers in the system? (y/N) y Finished cleaning stat: unrecognized option: format=%a*%S BusyBox v1.37.0 (2026-01-10 15:38:28 UTC) multi-call binary. I just edited the launcher file to return true to workaround this for now as I have more than 5GB free, but it would be nice to see a tool used that can be used on any platform. I’m using this on Alpine Linux for reference.

See previously, about ten days ago: [image]Bug in discourse launcher I think that the launcher script expects you are running on Debian/Ubuntu. It seems like your stat error is from the BusyBox version of stat not recognizing the format flag here

Stat usage in launcher not cross-distro compatible

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Ed_S (Ed S) September 25, 2026, 4:28am 2

See previously, about ten days ago:

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Bug in discourse launcher Self-hosting	5	203	September 25, 2026
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Cannot read file system information for 'extfs' / launcher Self-hosting	1	887	July 4, 2017
Unable to launcher rebuild Product Support	1	917	October 12, 2017
Can’t run ./launcher rebuild app - Docker storage driver is unsupported on Amazon Linux Product Support	3	955	June 7, 2017

Stat usage in launcher not cross-distro compatible

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