It was a network issue but I don't understand how because everything else works fine. I only discovered it when I tried to ping GitHub.com. couldn't ping anything else such as google.com either. I've somehow lost dns query ability on unraid. I fixed it with manually setting the dns server to something public (9.9.9.9). My router is OpenWRT and it works on every other device in the house. Its internal IP is 10.1.1.1. cat /etc/resolv.conf gave this when set to my router # Generated by dhcpcd from br0.dhcp domain lan nameserver 10.1.1.1 nslookup even appears to work but when I try to ping it fails nslookup google.ca Server: 10.1.1.1 Address: 10.1.1.1#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: google.ca Address: 142.250.73.131 Name: google.ca Address: 2607:f8b0:400a:800::2003 cat /etc/resolv.conf after manual setting dns and pings are successful # Generated by rc.inet1 nameserver 9.9.9.9 # eth0:v4 The problem only showed up here. I've updated docker apps and even unraid itself while it was in this state so it clearly has connection to the internet. Just not for installing plugins and manual commands line pings. it's working for now but it shouldn't be like this I found this old thread with similar issue https://forums.unraid.net/topic/123158-random-loss-of-dns/page/2/ they appeared to resolve it by replacing the router. I don't really want to start messing with my router since it's working flawlessly with all other devices. any additional thoughts?