Error "Request to write bytes exceeds size in header" in spring-boot:build-image

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I have a Spring Boot project. When I run mvnw spring-boot:build-image it fails with following error:

[INFO] <<< spring-boot:3.1.12:build-image (default-cli) < package @ perftest <<<
[INFO]
[INFO]
[INFO] --- spring-boot:3.1.12:build-image (default-cli) @ perftest ---
[INFO] Building image 'docker.io/library/perftest:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT'
[INFO]
[INFO]  > Pulling builder image 'gcr.io/paketo-buildpacks/builder:full-cf' 100%
[INFO]  > Pulled builder image 'gcr.io/paketo-buildpacks/builder@sha256:afaf972de6965ff45d2663fe1dc86bd684ccf3c62a2c87a3ad7c2dda9010c295'
[INFO]  > Pulling run image 'docker.io/paketobuildpacks/run:full-cnb' 100%
[INFO]  > Pulled run image 'paketobuildpacks/run@sha256:5373ba74412664ac24f132e29b94808467d8522e5f79557d5aea72571c15e7fe'
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time:  4.702 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2025-01-06T14:30:45+01:00
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:3.1.12:build-image (default-cli) on project perftest: Execution default-cli of goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:3.1.12:build-image failed: Connection to the Docker daemon at 'localhost' failed with error "Request to write '16384' bytes exceeds size in header of '101246' bytes for entry 'a3c8883a9aacac6989b90547760c0fd13980db4da255df02c67187d1f7fe6b1b.json'"; ensure the Docker daemon is running and accessible -> [Help 1]

I found out, that it happens only if a builder in pom.xml is set to gcr.io/paketo-buildpacks/builder:full-cf:

            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <image>
                        <builder>gcr.io/paketo-buildpacks/builder:full-cf</builder>
                    </image>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>

If the builder configuration is omitted, i.e. default builder is used, the build succeed. However I need fonts to be included in the target image, so I'm using full-cf builder.

In my other project, when never Spring Boot 3.3.7 is used, it behaves same. I got this error:

[INFO] <<< spring-boot:3.3.7:build-image (default-cli) < package @ portal <<<
[INFO]
[INFO]
[INFO] --- spring-boot:3.3.7:build-image (default-cli) @ portal ---
[INFO] Building image 'docker.io/library/portal:2025.2-SNAPSHOT'
[INFO]
[INFO]  > Pulling builder image 'gcr.io/paketo-buildpacks/builder:full-cf' 100%
[INFO]  > Pulled builder image 'gcr.io/paketo-buildpacks/builder@sha256:afaf972de6965ff45d2663fe1dc86bd684ccf3c62a2c87a3ad7c2dda9010c295'
[INFO]  > Pulling run image 'docker.io/paketobuildpacks/run:full-cnb' 100%
[INFO]  > Pulled run image 'paketobuildpacks/run@sha256:5373ba74412664ac24f132e29b94808467d8522e5f79557d5aea72571c15e7fe'
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time:  24.427 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2025-01-06T14:26:35+01:00
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:3.3.7:build-image (default-cli) on project portal: Execution default-cli of goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:3.3.7:build-image failed: Connection to the Docker daemon at '//./pipe/docker_engine' failed with error "Request to write '16384' bytes exceeds size in header of '101244' bytes for entry '4ce5e26433d74237ef6e04fbeb92fec672abf398d05f4e81258bb0fbeb510295.json'"; ensure the Docker daemon is running and accessible -> [Help 1]

I'm using Windows with WSL 2 and latest Docker. The Docker is configured to use the WSL 2 engine.

I tested the image build on two other systems and it works as expected (no errors).

Any idea what's wrong on my system?

Anthony Dahanne · Accepted Answer · 2025-01-07 14:36:17Z

I'm not sure why the builder you're using triggers this error ("Request to write '16384' bytes exceeds size in header of '101246' bytes") BUT I believe this builder to be deprecated; just look at its github page: https://github.com/paketo-buildpacks/builder

I suggest you move to supported Paketo Buildpacks Builders, such as:

$ pack builders suggest
Suggested builders:
    [...]
    Paketo Buildpacks:     paketobuildpacks/builder-jammy-base                     Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish base image with buildpacks for Java, Go, .NET Core, Node.js, Python, Apache HTTPD, NGINX and Procfile
    Paketo Buildpacks:     paketobuildpacks/builder-jammy-buildpackless-static     Static base image (Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish build image, distroless-like run image) with no buildpacks included. To use, specify buildpacks at build time.
    Paketo Buildpacks:     paketobuildpacks/builder-jammy-full                     Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish full image with buildpacks for Apache HTTPD, Go, Java, Java Native Image, .NET, NGINX, Node.js, PHP, Procfile, Python, and Ruby
    Paketo Buildpacks:     paketobuildpacks/builder-jammy-tiny                     Tiny base image (Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish build image, distroless-like run image) with buildpacks for Java, Java Native Image and Go

and report any error either on StackOverflow like you did, or any of those means:

alexm · Accepted Answer · 2025-03-20 10:07:13Z

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I just fixed this same issue on a MacBook by picking the default builder instead of full-cf.

The problem is that the MacBook has 8 Gb of RAM only, which does not seem enough to build an image based on full-cf. Make sure you have plenty of RAM available for docker to build large images.

Hope this helps!

answered Mar 20 at 10:07

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