# Container failed to stop

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/container-failed-to-stop/374659>\
**Category:** Product support\
**Tags:** raspberrypi4\
**Created:** [August 13, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/container-failed-to-stop/374659 "2025-08-13T11:45:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![pablo.burgos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@pablo.burgos](https://forums.balena.io/u/pablo.burgos)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/container-failed-to-stop/374659/1 "2025-08-13T11:45:55Z")

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Hi Balena community,

In one of my devices there is a container that refuses to stop. Since it doesn’t stop, it doesn’t update to the latest software version.

```auto
Failed to kill service 'camera-app sha256:818915dc1c8aec25ebc2eae11d45373b7b3761b16786f95b338b6bc10fbedbea' due to '(HTTP code 500) server error - cannot stop container: 3b77bbfd640a5b117094b60d78a302c6930985dfc2d1fc9c5d80c08e0429eaf7: tried to kill container, but did not receive an exit event 

```

```auto
$ balena kill 3b77bbfd640a
Error response from daemon: Cannot kill container: 3b77bbfd640a: tried to kill container, but did not receive an exit event

```

I have rebooted the device and purged the data but still it’s blocked, any ideas what might be preventing it?

Thanks in advance!