# flyctl auth docker not working

**URL:** <https://community.fly.io/t/flyctl-auth-docker-not-working/7880>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [October 14, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/flyctl-auth-docker-not-working/7880 "2022-10-14T19:18:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![diegostem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@diegostem](https://community.fly.io/u/diegostem)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/flyctl-auth-docker-not-working/7880/1 "2022-10-14T19:18:18Z")

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I’m trying to authenticate to the docker registry but it doesn’t seem to work. It worked before ok  
[https://status.flyio.net/](https://status.flyio.net/) says everything is up

```auto
% flyctl auth docker                               
Update available 0.0.412 -> v0.0.413.
Run "flyctl version update" to upgrade.
Error failed authenticating with registry.fly.io: Error response from daemon: login attempt to https://registry.fly.io/v2/ failed with status: 401 Unauthorized

```

here’s the debug output

```auto
LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG flyctl auth docker --verbose
DEBUG Loaded flyctl config from/Users/diego/.fly/config.yml
DEBUG determined hostname: "dora"
DEBUG determined working directory: "/Users/diego"
DEBUG determined user home directory: "/Users/diego"
DEBUG determined config directory: "/Users/diego/.fly"
DEBUG ensured config directory exists.
DEBUG ensured config directory perms.
DEBUG cache loaded.
DEBUG config initialized.
DEBUG initialized task manager.
DEBUG skipped querying for new release
Update available 0.0.412 -> v0.0.413.
Run "flyctl version update" to upgrade.
DEBUG client initialized.
Error failed authenticating with registry.fly.io: Error response from daemon: login attempt to https://registry.fly.io/v2/ failed with status: 401 Unauthorized

```

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**Author:** ![ignoramous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9adbd/32.png) [@ignoramous](https://community.fly.io/u/ignoramous)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/flyctl-auth-docker-not-working/7880/2 "2022-10-14T20:34:00Z")

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If it isn’t a Fly thing ([see](https://community.fly.io/t/error-when-deploy-to-fly-io/5360)), then it could be that the _auth token_ is gone.

Try `flyctl auth login` ([docs](https://fly.io/docs/flyctl/auth-login/)) and then `flyctl auth docker`?

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**Author:** ![diegostem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@diegostem](https://community.fly.io/u/diegostem)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/flyctl-auth-docker-not-working/7880/3 "2022-10-14T20:44:27Z")

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it’s back working after a while. I guess it was just a (long) hiccup

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**Author:** ![tvdfly](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/tvdfly/32/4297_2.png) [@tvdfly](https://community.fly.io/u/tvdfly)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/flyctl-auth-docker-not-working/7880/4 "2022-10-15T00:12:08Z")

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Thanks for reporting this. We found a periodic connectivity issue from the registry in the gru region to the database used to authorize requests. This thread has a similar error to what you were seeing: [Error failed to fetch an image or build from source: error rendering push status stream: unauthorized: not allowed](https://community.fly.io/t/error-failed-to-fetch-an-image-or-build-from-source-error-rendering-push-status-stream-unauthorized-not-allowed/5042)

We believe that connectivity issues were fixed earlier today, and these won’t recur. Let us know if you see this again.