DOCKER-COMPOSE-5.2.0 release notes and known issues

Summary

What's Changed ℹ️ This version introduces a new reconciliation algorithm between the observed state and the expected state. If you experience any issues with a Compose workload that was previously working, please open an issue. ✨ Improvements Reconciliation plan by @ndeloof & @glours in #13830 Add rawsetenv message type for provider plugins by @rajyan in #13742 🐛 Fixes Fix(build): skip remote URL contexts from bake fs.read allowlist by @ndeloof in #13816 Skip validation when extracting config variables by @scarab-systems in #13831 Fix(progress): probe stderr (not stdout) for TTY auto-detection by @glours in #13837 Fix(publish): honor env_file required: false for missing files by @Ijtihed in #13848 🔧 Internal Docs: compose logs: add links for since/until flag descriptions by @thaJeztah in #13806 Ci: add Dependabot cooldown (20260603-170456) by @securityeng-bot[bot] in #13820 Docs(CLAUDE.md): note that commits must be signed off (DCO) by @ndeloof in #13817 Refactor: replace Split in loops with more efficient SplitSeq and replace HasPrefix+TrimPrefix with CutPrefix by @caltechustc in #13810 Chore: fix some comments to improve readability by @solunolab in #13823 GHA: update docs-upstream to pin workflows by sha by @thaJeztah in #13834 Docs: compose logs: add more links for flag descriptions by @thaJeztah in #13833 Fix/progress tty line overflow 13595 by @glours in #13840 Fix(publish): bypass Docker Desktop proxy for loopback registries by @ptrdom in #13825 Watch: do not rebuild depends_on services on file change by @ndeloof in #13856 pkg/e2e: fix malformed JWT in fixtures by @thaJeztah in #13857 pkg/e2e: drop unused run param from getEnv by @glours in #13867 Docs: ps --format json outputs JSON Lines, not a JSON array by @glours in #13868 ⚙️ Dependencies Build(deps): bump github.com/docker/cli from 29.5.1+incompatible to 29.5.2+incompatible by @dependabot [bot] in #13802 Update to go 1.26.4 by @thaJeztah in #13828 Chore(deps): github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2 v2.3.0 by @thaJeztah in #13829 Build(deps): bump golang.org/x/sync from 0.20.0 to 0.21.0 by @dependabot [bot] in #13838 Chore(deps): github.com/docker/cli v29.5.3 , github.com/docker/buildx v0.34.1 , buildkit v0.30.0 by @thaJeztah in #13841 Build(deps): bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.45.0 to 0.46.0 by @dependabot [bot] in #13832 Chore(deps): golang.org/x/crypto v0.53.0 by @thaJeztah in #13844 Build(deps): bump github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 from 2.2.3 to 2.2.4 in the go_modules group across 1 directory by @dependabot [bot] in #13804 Chore(deps): bump github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 to v2.2.5 by @thaJeztah in #13855 Chore(deps): bump github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 to v5.3.1 by @thaJeztah in #13847 Chore(deps): github.com/docker/cli v29.6.0 , github.com/docker/buildx v0.35.0 , buildkit v0.31.0 by @thaJeztah in #13842 Bump compose-go to version v2.12.1 by @glours in #13865 New Contributors @securityeng-bot[bot] made their first contribution in #13820 @caltechustc made their first contribution in #13810 @solunolab made their first contribution in #13823 @scarab-systems made their first contribution in #13831 @ptrdom made their first contribution in #13825 @rajyan made their first contribution in #13742 @Ijtihed made their first contribution in #13848 Full Changelog : v5.1.4...v5.2.0

Improvements and security content

• What's Changed ℹ️ This version introduces a new reconciliation algorithm between the observed state and the expected state. If you experience any issues with a Compose workload that was previously working, please open an issue. ✨ Improvements Reconciliation plan by @ndeloof & @glours in #13830 Add rawsetenv message type for provider plugins by @rajyan in #13742 🐛 Fixes Fix(build): skip remote URL contexts from bake fs.read allowlist by @ndeloof in #13816 Skip validation when extracting config variables by @scarab-systems in #13831 Fix(progress): probe stderr (not stdout) for TTY auto-detection by @glours in #13837 Fix(publish): honor env_file required: false for missing files by @Ijtihed in #13848 🔧 Internal Docs: compose logs: add links for since/until flag descriptions by @thaJeztah in #13806 Ci: add Dependabot cooldown (20260603-170456) by @securityeng-bot[bot] in #13820 Docs(CLAUDE.md): note that commits must be signed off (DCO) by @ndeloof in #13817 Refactor: replace Split in loops with more efficient SplitSeq and replace HasPrefix+TrimPrefix with CutPrefix by @caltechustc in #13810 Chore: fix some comments to improve readability by @solunolab in #13823 GHA: update docs-upstream to pin workflows by sha by @thaJeztah in #13834 Docs: compose logs: add more links for flag descriptions by @thaJeztah in #13833 Fix/progress tty line overflow 13595 by @glours in #13840 Fix(publish): bypass Docker Desktop proxy for loopback registries by @ptrdom in #13825 Watch: do not rebuild depends_on services on file change by @ndeloof in #13856 pkg/e2e: fix malformed JWT in fixtures by @thaJeztah in #13857 pkg/e2e: drop unused run param from getEnv by @glours in #13867 Docs: ps --format json outputs JSON Lines, not a JSON array by @glours in #13868 ⚙️ Dependencies Build(deps): bump github.com/docker/cli from 29.5.1+incompatible to 29.5.2+incompatible by @dependabot [bot] in #13802 Update to go 1.26.4 by @thaJeztah in #13828 Chore(deps): github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2 v2.3.0 by @thaJeztah in #13829 Build(deps): bump golang.org/x/sync from 0.20.0 to 0.21.0 by @dependabot [bot] in #13838 Chore(deps): github.com/docker/cli v29.5.3 , github.com/docker/buildx v0.34.1 , buildkit v0.30.0 by @thaJeztah in #13841 Build(deps): bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.45.0 to 0.46.0 by @dependabot [bot] in #13832 Chore(deps): golang.org/x/crypto v0.53.0 by @thaJeztah in #13844 Build(deps): bump github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 from 2.2.3 to 2.2.4 in the go_modules group across 1 directory by @dependabot [bot] in #13804 Chore(deps): bump github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 to v2.2.5 by @thaJeztah in #13855 Chore(deps): bump github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 to v5.3.1 by @thaJeztah in #13847 Chore(deps): github.com/docker/cli v29.6.0 , github.com/docker/buildx v0.35.0 , buildkit v0.31.0 by @thaJeztah in #13842 Bump compose-go to version v2.12.1 by @glours in #13865 New Contributors @securityeng-bot[bot] made their first contribution in #13820 @caltechustc made their first contribution in #13810 @solunolab made their first contribution in #13823 @scarab-systems made their first contribution in #13831 @ptrdom made their first contribution in #13825 @rajyan made their first contribution in #13742 @Ijtihed made their first contribution in #13848 Full Changelog : v5.1.4...v5.2.0

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