feat: add backoff to docker connection for proxies

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Fixes #1104

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved Docker connection reliability through API-version negotiation and validation.
  • Added retries with exponential backoff when a custom Docker host is configured.
  • Improved error handling for Docker connection failures.
  • Docker ping failures are now handled gracefully without causing service initialization errors.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Docker service initialization now uses a shared connection helper. It negotiates the Docker API version, validates connectivity with a ping, retries configured connections with exponential backoff, and retains the connected client.

Changes

Docker connection initialization

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Connection setup and retry flow internal/service/docker_service.go	NewDockerService performs one direct connection when DOCKER_HOST is unset and up to three exponential-backoff retries when it is set. connect negotiates the API version, pings Docker, returns ErrPingFailed for ping failures, and retains the successful client.

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 92ffb

This localized Docker connection change has no actionable merge-blocking risk identified at the current head and is merge-ready after normal checks and review.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant NewDockerService
  participant connect
  participant DockerDaemon
  NewDockerService->>connect: create client with API negotiation
  connect->>DockerDaemon: ping using service context
  DockerDaemon-->>connect: ping result
  connect-->>NewDockerService: client or connection error
  NewDockerService->>connect: retry when DOCKER_HOST is set

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Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: adding backoff to Docker connection initialization for proxy deployments.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes satisfy issue #1104 by adding delayed retries with exponential backoff when DOCKER_HOST is set. API-version negotiation, ping validation, and retention of the successful client support rel…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes remain within the linked issue scope. Error classification, ping validation, and client retention directly support reliable Docker initialization and do not introduce unrelated functionali…

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Explanation

The changes satisfy issue #1104 by adding delayed retries with exponential backoff when DOCKER_HOST is set. API-version negotiation, ping validation, and retention of the successful client support reliable initialization through socket proxies.

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The changes remain within the linked issue scope. Error classification, ping validation, and client retention directly support reliable Docker initialization and do not introduce unrelated functionality.

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Inline comments:
In `@internal/service/docker_service.go`:
- Around line 92-94: Update connect to return the Docker ping error instead of
returning a nil client with nil error, so retry logic recognizes failed
attempts. In NewDockerService’s DOCKER_HOST retry path, retain the client
returned by backoff.Retry in service.client before marking isConnected true.

Apply the same fix in `@internal/service/docker_service.go` at line 68.

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