fix: broken ``is_docker`` check (#8711)

Checking if ``/workspace`` exists is not a reliable method to check if the process runs in a docker container. Reusing the logic from the npm "is-docker" package to check if the process runs in a container. References: https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-docker/blob/main/index.js Fixes #8710. Co-authored-by: Maximilian Strobel <Maximilian.Strobel@infineon.com> Co-authored-by: Glenn Jocher <glenn.jocher@ultralytics.com>

fix: broken ``is_docker`` check (#8711)
0b5ac224 · Max Strobel · GitHub · c775a296 · 0b5ac224
--- a/utils/general.py
+++ b/utils/general.py
@@ -224,9 +224,15 @@ def get_latest_run(search_dir='.'):
    return max(last_list, key=os.path.getctime) if last_list else ''
-def is_docker():
+def is_docker() -> bool:
-    # Is environment a Docker container?
+    """Check if the process runs inside a docker container."""
-    return Path('/workspace').exists()  # or Path('/.dockerenv').exists()
+    if Path("/.dockerenv").exists():
+        return True
+    try:  # check if docker is in control groups
+        with open("/proc/self/cgroup") as file:
+            return any("docker" in line for line in file)
+    except OSError:
+        return False
 def is_colab():