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Error: Failed to execute ip netns add

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@ammar-agent is already working on this.

Since Oct 9, 2025.

  • #78 by @ammar-agent — open

Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
docker, linux, rust

Research direction

Reproduce the httpjail --js ... -- hello command in a Docker container without ip, then inspect the network-namespace setup reached by that entry point. Confirm whether this environment is supported and establish the expected behavior when the required command is unavailable.

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Description

I'm running in a Docker container, which does not (cannot) have ip installed.

user@test-workspace-88b1c24e:/workspace/test-workspace$ sudo ~user/.cargo/bin/httpjail --js "r.host === 'github.com'" -- hello
21:58:40.666 ERROR httpjail::sys_resource: Failed to cleanup resource on drop: Failed to execute ip netns del
Error: Failed to execute ip netns add

Caused by:
    No such file or directory (os error 2)

I don't think this can ever work within a Docker container.

Dominant language
Rust
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Merged PRs (30d)
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