TL;DR: A Docker crash loop occurs when a containerized process repeatedly exits with a non-zero code (like exit code 1), prompting Docker to restart it. By persisting state via volume mounts, developers can inspect crash logs across restarts and resolve the underlying bugs to achieve a clean exit code 0. I often think about the climax of Marvel's Doctor Strange when dealing with broken deployments. Strange traps the interdimensional entity Dormammu in an infinite time loop: Strange dies, t...