Problem using Bluetooth LE Tracker in Docker container

Configuration
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I added the bluetooth_le_tracker to the configuration.yaml as described in Bluetooth LE Tracker - Home Assistant.

device_tracker:
  - platform: bluetooth_tracker
    new_device_defaults:
            track_new_devices: true
  - platform: bluetooth_le_tracker
    new_device_defaults:
            track_new_devices: true

When starting the Docker container I get the following error message.

WARNING (SyncWorker_5) [homeassistant.components.bluetooth_le_tracker.device_tracker] No Bluetooth LE devices to track!
ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.device_tracker] Error setting up platform legacy

I’m using a Raspberry Pi 4 (Model B Rev1.1) to do this.
I saw a lot of topics regarding this issue, but haven’t solved it for me yet.

Is this a known issue when using the Docker image, or am I doing something wrong?
How can I get Bluetooth LE Tracker to work?

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I know this post is a little old now, however I am having the exact same problems as you. I had it setup via docker container on previous hardware but cannot get it working again. Did you have any luck and if so how did you solve it?

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I’m having the same issue when using docker-compose, although it now says that is legacy.

WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.bluetooth_le_tracker.device_tracker] No Bluetooth LE devices to track!
ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.device_tracker] Error setting up platform legacy bluetooth_le_tracker

However, I can start bash on the container, and find devices with hcitool lescan