why is it specifically asking for that .cfg file?

I deleted the file in the tmp folder and now I get this error:
clearml_agent: ERROR: Could not open configuration file: /tmp/.clearml_agent.1xfib73d.cfg

it’s the same one as before

I then compose down’ed the containers and up’ed them

Could be. If it's not picking what you expect then it means something is misconfigured

but it’s not, for example the agent.git_user is a different value in actual clearml.conf vs the one that’s actually getting picked up by the container

This is inside the container on the machine running the agent. It is taking the configurations as a basis from the local clearml.conf

still same problem

@<1772433273633378304:profile|VexedWoodpecker50> , I think there is some misconfiguration or misunderstanding. Can you elaborate on how you set up the server and worker?

the machine has multiple accounts, is it possible it’s picking up the settings from some other user’s clearml.conf ?

this problem has been solved, the solution was this: None

what I was expecting it to do was create a new file from the host clearml.conf

I have to kill the current clearml-agent processes and call daemon for the changes to take effect