What does it mean to wait for the container's "next-exit"?

[cowwoc]

Is this a docs issue?

• My issue is about the documentation content or website

Type of issue

I can't find what I'm looking for

Description

https://docs.docker.com/reference/api/engine/version/v1.47/#tag/Container/operation/ContainerWait reads:

condition | string
Default: "not-running"
Enum: "not-running" "next-exit" "removed"
Wait until a container state reaches the given condition. Defaults to not-running if omitted or empty.

Please explain how "next-exit" differs from "not-running".

Location

https://docs.docker.com/reference/api/engine/version/v1.47/#tag/Container/operation/ContainerWait

Suggestion

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