Can you remove (‘docker rm’) a container that is paused?

No, you cannot directly remove a paused container using the docker rm command. If you attempt to do so, Docker will return an error message indicating that the container is paused and must be unpaused before it can be removed. This behavior is documented in various sources, including GitHub issues and Docker documentation.

For example, a GitHub issue highlights that attempting to remove a paused container with docker rm -f results in an error message: "Error response from daemon: Could not kill running container [container_id], cannot remove - Container [container_id] is paused. Unpause the container before stopping" [1]. This indicates that the container must be unpaused before it can be removed.

To remove a paused container, you need to follow these steps:

1. Unpause the container:

   docker unpause <container_id>

2. Remove the container:

   docker r...