DOCKER-COMPOSE-5.5.0 release notes and known issues

Summary

What's Changed ℹ️ This release overhauls image digest reconciliation to prevent unnecessary container recreation. Existing containers may be recreated the first time you run compose up after upgrading, as image digests are re-evaluated using the new logic. compose pull now honors pull_policy refresh windows ( daily , weekly , every_N ). ✨ Improvements New image digest reconciliation process by @glours & @ndeloof #14011 #14041 🐛 Fixes Fix(bridge): skip pulling default image references for build-only ser… by @ericwyles in #14010 Fix(watch): stop pruning every dangling image of the project by @glours in #14012 Fix(config): resolve service environment when computing --hash by @glours in #14002 Fix(watch): skip unreadable directories instead of failing the watch by @Endika in #13992 Fix: ignore one-off container events in up monitor by @brano-osif in #14038 Fix(bridge): validate arguments of bridge subcommands by @glours in #14003 Fix(images): tolerate containers whose image record is gone by @ndeloof in #14028 🔧 Internal Test: Set stop_signal to SIGTERM in nginx-based services by @ricardobranco777 in #13881 Chore: inline needlessly extracted single-use helpers by @ndeloof in #14048 Add ENGINE column driven by label by @nicksieger in #13959 ⚙️ Dependencies Build(deps): bump github.com/moby/moby/client from 0.5.0 to 0.5.1 by @dependabot [bot] in #13999 Build(deps): bump github/codeql-action/upload-sarif from 4.37.3 to 4.37.4 by @dependabot [bot] in #14009 Build(deps): bump github/codeql-action/upload-sarif from 4.37.4 to 4.37.5 by @dependabot [bot] in #14019 Build(deps): bump github.com/moby/buildkit from 0.32.1 to 0.32.2 by @dependabot [bot] in #14033 Build(deps): bump github.com/docker/buildx from 0.36.0 to 0.36.1 by @dependabot [bot] in #14034 Build(deps): bump docker/github-builder/.github/workflows/bake.yml from 1.15.0 to 1.16.0 in the docker-actions group by @dependabot [bot] in #14035 Build(deps): bump github.com/moby/go-archive from 0.3.2 to 0.3.3 by @dependabot [bot] in #14043 Build(deps): bump github/codeql-action/upload-sarif from 4.37.5 to 4.37.6 by @dependabot [bot] in #14022 Build(deps): bump github.com/docker/cli from 29.6.2+incompatible to 29.7.2+incompatible by @dependabot [bot] in #14042 Build(deps): bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.82.1 to 1.83.0 by @dependabot [bot] in #14008 Bump golang to version 1.26.6 by @glours in #14045 New Contributors @ericwyles made their first contribution in #14010 @Endika made their first contribution in #13992 @brano-osif made their first contribution in #14038 Full Changelog : v5.4.0...v5.5.0

Improvements and security content

• What's Changed ℹ️ This release overhauls image digest reconciliation to prevent unnecessary container recreation. Existing containers may be recreated the first time you run compose up after upgrading, as image digests are re-evaluated using the new logic. compose pull now honors pull_policy refresh windows ( daily , weekly , every_N ). ✨ Improvements New image digest reconciliation process by @glours & @ndeloof #14011 #14041 🐛 Fixes Fix(bridge): skip pulling default image references for build-only ser… by @ericwyles in #14010 Fix(watch): stop pruning every dangling image of the project by @glours in #14012 Fix(config): resolve service environment when computing --hash by @glours in #14002 Fix(watch): skip unreadable directories instead of failing the watch by @Endika in #13992 Fix: ignore one-off container events in up monitor by @brano-osif in #14038 Fix(bridge): validate arguments of bridge subcommands by @glours in #14003 Fix(images): tolerate containers whose image record is gone by @ndeloof in #14028 🔧 Internal Test: Set stop_signal to SIGTERM in nginx-based services by @ricardobranco777 in #13881 Chore: inline needlessly extracted single-use helpers by @ndeloof in #14048 Add ENGINE column driven by label by @nicksieger in #13959 ⚙️ Dependencies Build(deps): bump github.com/moby/moby/client from 0.5.0 to 0.5.1 by @dependabot [bot] in #13999 Build(deps): bump github/codeql-action/upload-sarif from 4.37.3 to 4.37.4 by @dependabot [bot] in #14009 Build(deps): bump github/codeql-action/upload-sarif from 4.37.4 to 4.37.5 by @dependabot [bot] in #14019 Build(deps): bump github.com/moby/buildkit from 0.32.1 to 0.32.2 by @dependabot [bot] in #14033 Build(deps): bump github.com/docker/buildx from 0.36.0 to 0.36.1 by @dependabot [bot] in #14034 Build(deps): bump docker/github-builder/.github/workflows/bake.yml from 1.15.0 to 1.16.0 in the docker-actions group by @dependabot [bot] in #14035 Build(deps): bump github.com/moby/go-archive from 0.3.2 to 0.3.3 by @dependabot [bot] in #14043 Build(deps): bump github/codeql-action/upload-sarif from 4.37.5 to 4.37.6 by @dependabot [bot] in #14022 Build(deps): bump github.com/docker/cli from 29.6.2+incompatible to 29.7.2+incompatible by @dependabot [bot] in #14042 Build(deps): bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.82.1 to 1.83.0 by @dependabot [bot] in #14008 Bump golang to version 1.26.6 by @glours in #14045 New Contributors @ericwyles made their first contribution in #14010 @Endika made their first contribution in #13992 @brano-osif made their first contribution in #14038 Full Changelog : v5.4.0...v5.5.0

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