exited with code 137

Docker on Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3 Macs) runs natively on arm64, but most existing Docker images were built for amd64. This architecture mismatch is one of the top causes of Exit Code 137 Oom Killed for developers on Apple Silicon. Docker Desktop on Mac uses Rosetta 2 to emulate amd64 images, which works for most images but not all — particularly those with compiled binaries or kernel-specific operations. The cleanest long-term solution is to use multi-architecture images: docker buildx build --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 -t myapp:latest --push . creates a manifest list that serves the correct architecture automatically. For pulling official images, most major images (postgres, redis, nginx, node) now publish multi-arch manifests — specifying just the tag without a platform suffix will pull the correct one. If you must use an amd64-only image on Apple Silicon, add platform: linux/amd64 in your Compose file to force emulation. Check which images in your stack lack arm64 variants with docker buildx imagetools inspect <image>.