After some db calls, we have to restart our Go backend: > Message: read tcp 127.0.0.1:50743->127.0.0.1:27017: i/o timeout MongoDB 3.4.10 Go 1.9.2 windows/amd64 github.com/globalsign/mgo 5be15cc6a44937b6937a9487e1633f8a5fb25e4a I think it was ok with: MongoDB 3.2.16 github.com/globalsign/mgo c4a7121bd9f6f7246d9f54b78bdd2eb4d18b4c76 Go 1.9.1 Alpine 3.6