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- What I did
There are no examples in the documentation for the docker start options.
I created examples in the documentation for every option.

- How I did it
I created examples based on examples from related commands. Then, verified that they worked.
For 3 options, I was unable to verify the results. No CLI errors were given using the example syntax. I added them assuming it was not a CLI syntax issue.

  • For --checkpoint, when I run docker start, it just hangs. On Linux with experimental enabled and criu installed.
  • For --checkpoint-dir, it gives a message that it's not supported. Already a moby issue opened regarding this.
  • For --detach-keys, I was unable to get it to work on Windows or Linux.

- How to verify it
Run the examples.

- Description for the changelog
Updated start docs to add examples

Signed-off-by: Craig Osterhout <craig.osterhout@docker.com>
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The `--checkpoint` option is an experimental feature, and should not be
considered stable. To read about experimental daemon options and how to enable
them, see
[Daemon configuration file](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/dockerd/#daemon-configuration-file).
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Hm.. I thought we had a /go/ redirect for this one, but looks like that's only for experimental CLI features (but those are now enabled by default). https://github.com/docker/docs/blob/8d81583dcf89cf302420ca5f5c8a39b22a7e73fb/_redirects.yml#L106-L107

Perhaps we should repurpose that redirect for both cli (no longer needed) and engine features (and have a canonical section about enabling experimental features, etc).

@dvdksn perhaps you have ideas on that?

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@thaJeztah thaJeztah added this to the 29.5.1 milestone May 14, 2026
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