Yesterday I updated the cocalc docker to the latest image (b76a521342ee) from the previous image (0c14219d4c8b) on a machine running Fedora 31. Accessing the newly updated server, I found I could only connect to the first project I accessed. Although the first project always worked as expected, the second project I accessed (whatever it was) always created a server error, was always marked as "offline", and in this second project I was unable to open any files within the project. The second project would henceforth always be marked as "running" and stopping the project was not successful.
I tried accessing the server on localhost to make sure it wasn't a certificate/ actual connection issue and it didn't help. I tried deleting the "cocalc" directory containing my worksheets, and deleting /var/lib/docker, then reinstalling the latest image to make sure it was a fresh install, and I still saw the same symptom with two newly created projects. (The first worked, the second was offline.) However, reinstalling the previous image (0c14219d4c8b) got rid of the symptom and after restoring the cocalc directory containing my notebooks, I can now access my old files again with several of them open and running at the same time.
I'm happy to have any working cocalc server, so this isn't pressing, but I'm posting here in case others run into the same problem. I did not make a copy of any of the server errors or log files, but if they would be appreciated, let me know and I'll reinstall the latest image and grab copies.