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Restarting keeps container instance; recreating destroys and creates a new instance with updated config.
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Restarting a container (docker restart) stops and starts the same container — same container ID, same writable layer, same data. Recreating a container (docker rm + docker run) destroys the old container entirely and starts fresh from the image. Recreating picks up image changes; restarting does not.
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