I am only posting because i tried all solutions i found. I have not tried to change the permissions of /var/run/docker.sock which people have been saying is a security issue.
I tried adding my $USER to a docker group.
sudo usermod -aG docker $USERAfter which I tried each method - log out & log in, reboot, newgrp docker, sudo systemctl restart docker, sudo service docker restart.
None of these solutions work for me.I don't know if it helps but the docker service in htop runs as /usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock.
I really need to run docker without sudo so i can attach my container to my vscode session.