Docker and CI/CD · Junior · Question 28 of 75

What does `docker stop` do?

✓Correct answer: Sends SIGTERM, then SIGKILL after a timeout (10 s by default)
2Immediately kills the main process with SIGKILL, with no delay
3Pauses the container so that it can be resumed again later

Explanation

The app gets a chance to finish requests and close connections. If PID 1 ignores SIGTERM, every stop takes the full timeout and ends in a hard kill.

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