# Unable to launch Jupyter on Binder

**URL:** https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/unable-to-launch-jupyter-on-binder/19102
**Category:** Binder
**Created:** [April 25, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/unable-to-launch-jupyter-on-binder/19102 "2023-04-25T14:57:17Z")
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### Author: ![rgaiacs](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/rgaiacs/32/20200_2.png) [@rgaiacs](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/rgaiacs)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2023, 7:34am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/unable-to-launch-jupyter-on-binder/19102/16 "2023-05-02T07:34:58Z")

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Hi @mettalrose,

I tested the shared link ([Binder](https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/mettalrose/DS2F_Workshop_Text_Mining/HEAD)) and the log shows

```auto
Found built image, launching...
Launching server...
Server requested
2023-05-02T07:29:46.963110Z [Normal] Successfully assigned ovh2/jupyter-mettalrose-2dds2f-2dhop-5ftext-5fmining-2drws3277z to user-202211a-node-3126ee
2023-05-02T07:29:47Z [Normal] Container image "jupyterhub/mybinder.org-tc-init:2020.12.4-0.dev.git.4289.h140cef52" already present on machine
2023-05-02T07:29:47Z [Normal] Created container tc-init
2023-05-02T07:29:47Z [Normal] Started container tc-init
2023-05-02T07:29:49Z [Normal] Pulling image "2lmrrh8f.gra7.container-registry.ovh.net/mybinder-builds/r2d-g5b5b759mettalrose-2dds2f-5fworkshop-5ftext-5fmining-7e21d3:08c9b03e0c6c3fdc65c611af590c446390196357"
Spawn failed: pod ovh2/jupyter-mettalrose-2dds2f-2dhop-5ftext-5fmining-2drws3277z did not start in 300 seconds!
Launch attempt 1 failed, retrying...

```

It’s not building the container. Only pulling from the registery.

**Do you know how big is this image?** Is it possible to reduce the size of the image based on [How to reduce mybinder.org repository startup time](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/how-to-reduce-mybinder-org-repository-startup-time/4956) ?

UPTATED: The spawn is failing.

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