What's Changed

ℹ️ bake is now used as the default images builder, if you don't want to use it you could opt-out by setting the COMPOSE_BAKE env variable to false

✨ Improvements

• Add compose bridge by @glours in #12866
• Include platform and creation date listing image by @ndeloof in #12856
• Add support of metadata subcommand for provider services by @glours in #12903
• Use bake by default by @ndeloof in #12699

🐛 Fixes

• (Re)start dependent services after watch rebuilt image by @ndeloof in #12879
• Resolve symlinks while making dockerfile path absolute by @ndeloof in #12884
• Fix support for BUILDKIT_PROGRESS by @ndeloof in #12894
• Build dependent service images when required by @ndeloof in #12896
• Fix recreate network (and connected containers) on config updates by @ndeloof in #12899
• pull does not require env_file being resolved by @ndeloof in #12904

🔧 Internal

• Refactor: use slices.Contains to simplify code by @tongjicoder in #12877
• Remove utils.Contains to prefer slice.ContainsFunc by @ndeloof in #12878
• Fix typo in suggestion log by @Carlos-err406 in #12893
• Replace uses of golang.org/x/exp/(maps|slices) for stdlib and fix linting by @thaJeztah in #12885
• Debug message to help diagnose platform mismatch by @ndeloof in #12905
• (refactoting) Move watch logic into a dedicated Watcher type by @ndeloof in #12865

⚙️ Dependencies

• Bump cli-doc-tools to v0.10.0 by @glours in #12855
• Bump github.com/docker/docker, docker/cli v28.2.2 by @thaJeztah in #12875
• Build(deps): bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.72.1 to 1.72.2 by @dependabot in #12872

New Contributors

• @tongjicoder made their first contribution in #12877
• @Carlos-err406 made their first contribution in #12893

Full Changelog: v2.36.2...v2.37.0

What's Changed

🐛 Fixes

• Run ContainerStart sequentially by @ndeloof in #12851
• Only use attestation when building image outside the development inner loop by @glours in #12853
• Report error (re)creating container by @ndeloof in #12859
• Fix up --build with additional_context dependency by @ndeloof in #12863

🔧 Internal

• Add example provider implementation by @ndeloof in #12848
• Add up --build e2e test by @ndeloof in #12864

⚙️ Dependencies

• Build(deps): bump github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 from 2.1.0 to 2.1.1 by @dependabot in #12857
• Bump compose-go to v2.6.4 by @glours in #12867
• Bump buildkit v0.22.0 and buildx v0.24.0 by @glours in #12868

Full Changelog: v2.36.1...v2.36.2

What's Changed

✨ Improvements

• Provider.options can be an array by @ndeloof in #12819
• Set provider environment by @ndeloof in #12817
• Add support of debug messages in the communication between Compose … by @glours in #12826
• Introduce config --lock-image-digests by @ndeloof in #12843

🐛 Fixes

• Skip push step for provider services by @glours in #12818
• Provider info by @ndeloof in #12820
• Append .exe to provider name doing executable lookup on windows by @ndeloof in #12832
• Fix quiet option when using COMPOSE_BAKE=1 by @AnvarU in #12838
• Do not throw an error on build with provider services by @glours in #12842
• Report cancelled pull after another one failed by @ndeloof in #12840
• Ensure build dependencies are enabled by @ndeloof in #12824

🔧 Internal

• Simplification by @ndeloof in #12811
• Remove Docker EULA licensing which isn't relevant by @ndeloof in #12829
• Remove convert alias from config command by @glours in #12850

⚙️ Dependencies

• Build(deps): bump github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 from 2.0.5 to 2.1.0 by @dependabot in #12813
• Build(deps): bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.72.0 to 1.72.1 by @dependabot in #12837
• Bump compose-go to v2.6.3 by @glours in #12849

Full Changelog: v2.36.0...v2.36.1

What's Changed

🎉 You can now use external binaries as service provider to extend Compose behaviour. For more information about creating your own plugin check the documentation

✨ Improvements

• Introduce networks.interface_name by @ndeloof in #12771
• Add support for COMPOSE_PROGRESS env variable by @AnvarU in #12769
• Document extensibility using service.provider and open provider to external binaries by @ndeloof in #12777
• Introduce build --check by @ndeloof in #12765

🐛 Fixes

• Build: write --print output to stdout by @emersion in #12756
• Fix: concurrent map writes when pulling by @skanehira in #12752
• Fix support for remote absolute path by @ndeloof in #12786
• Fix collect image digests for service images built by bake by @ndeloof in #12784
• Enable services implicitly declared by a service:xx build dependency by @ndeloof in #12785
• Fix config --variables not honoring the --format flag by @alessio-perugini in #12809

🔧 Internal

• Remove support of Synchronize File Shares integration with Docker Desktop by @glours in #12763
• Display proper event message for provider services on up and down by @glours in #12788
• E2e test for start_interval by @ndeloof in #12795
• Document behavior on missing extension by @ndeloof in #12802

⚙️ Dependencies

• Build(deps): bump github.com/docker/cli from 28.1.0+incompatible to 28.1.1+incompatible by @dependabot in #12761
• Build(deps): bump github.com/docker/docker from 28.1.0+incompatible to 28.1.1+incompatible by @dependabot in #12759
• Build(deps): bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.71.1 to 1.72.0 by @dependabot in #12760
• Build(deps): bump github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 from 2.0.4 to 2.0.5 by @dependabot in #12758
• Bump compose-go to v2.6.1 by @glours in #12766
• Bump compose-go to v2.6.2 by @glours in #12810
• Build(deps): bump github.com/moby/buildkit from 0.21.0 to 0.21.1 by @dependabot in #12796
• Build(deps): bump golang.org/x/sync from 0.13.0 to 0.14.0 by @dependabot in #12805
• Build(deps): bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.32.0 to 0.33.0 by @dependabot in #12804
• Build(deps): bump go.uber.org/mock from 0.5.1 to 0.5.2 by @dependabot in #12792

New Contributors

• @skanehira made their first contribution in #12752
• @AnvarU made their first contribution in #12769
• @alessio-perugini made their first contribution in #12809

Full Changelog: v2.35.1...v2.36.0

What's Changed

🐛 Fixes

• Use bind API for bind mounts by @ndeloof in #12733
• Prefer bind API by @ndeloof in #12734

🔧 Internal

• CI(bin-image): free disk space by @crazy-max in #12732
• Fix zizmor security alerts on GHA workflows by @glours in #12737
• Chore: make function comment match function name by @dufucun in #12748
• Migrate to use github.com/moby/go-archive by @thaJeztah in #12716

⚙️ Dependencies

• Build(deps): bump github.com/moby/buildkit from 0.20.1 to 0.20.2 by @dependabot in #12667
• Build(deps): bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.71.0 to 1.71.1 by @dependabot in #12691
• Build(deps): bump go.uber.org/mock from 0.5.0 to 0.5.1 by @dependabot in #12720
• Build(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.32.0 to 0.35.0 by @dependabot in #12745
• Bump buildkit v0.21.0, buildx v0.23.0 by @thaJeztah in #12754
• Downgrade go-difflib and go-spew to tagged releases by @thaJeztah in #12755
• Bump github.com/docker/docker, github.com/docker/cli v28.1.0 by @thaJeztah in #12738

New Contributors

• @dufucun made their first contribution in #12748

Full Changelog: v2.35.0...v2.35.1

What's Changed

🎉 1st implementation of external services feature to support Docker Model Runner in Compose by @ndeloof in #12692

✨ Improvements

• Set $PWD (may not be supported on Windows) by @ndeloof in #12643
• Introduce config --no-env-resolution by @ndeloof in #12665
• Introduce build --print to dump equivalent bakefile by @ndeloof in #12675
• Feat(run): Add --quiet and --quiet-build options for the run command by @idsulik in #12685
• Introduce volume.type=image by @ndeloof in #12725

🐛 Fixes

• Fix support for secret set by env inside included file by @ndeloof in #12635
• Fix edge-case bug checking path prefix in watch for bind mount volumes by @matiboux in #12640
• Run only loads required service env_file and ignores others by @ndeloof in #12645
• Fixed support for depends_on.restart in up and restart commands by @ndeloof in #12649
• Bake parses "${}" in DockerfileInline as a variable by @ndeloof in #12664
• Fix(secrets): Reverted secrets file mode 440 -> 444 by @idsulik in #12666
• Fix scale completion by @ndeloof in #12672
• Fix: replace docker-compose.yml with compose.yaml by @k-kbk in #12680
• Include implicit build dependencies in build command by @ndeloof in #12683
• Capture git fetch output when debug output is enabled by @ndeloof in #12719
• Mount API is not strictly equivalent to bind by @ndeloof in #12722

🔧 Internal

• Test commandName subcommand order by @maxproske in #12535
• Set watch option --prune=true as default by @remcokranenburg in #12650
• Plugin Docker Desktop Model Runner check by @glours in #12718
• pkg/compose: implement Export using atomicwriter by @thaJeztah in #12715
• Style: refactor Desktop client for readability and maintainability by @Saracomethstein in #12723

⚙️ Dependencies

• Build(deps): bump github.com/docker/buildx from 0.21.2 to 0.21.3 by @dependabot in #12646
• Build(deps): bump github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 from 2.0.3 to 2.0.4 by @dependabot in #12647
• Bump docker & cli v28.0.4 and buildx v0.22.0 by @ndeloof in #12674
• Bump golangci-lint to version v2.0.2 by @glours in #12689
• Bump golang to 1.23.8 by @glours in #12698
• Update secret detector to fix vulnerability https://github.com/golang… by @sigi-glovebox in #12707
• Build(deps): bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.31.0 to 0.32.0 by @dependabot in #12713
• Build(deps): bump golang.org/x/sync from 0.12.0 to 0.13.0 by @dependabot in #12712
• Build(deps): bump github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2 from 2.5.1-0.20250409070949-8e1a035095ca to 2.6.0 by @dependabot in #12729

New Contributors

• @matiboux made their first contribution in #12640
• @k-kbk made their first contribution in #12680
• @sigi-glovebox made their first contribution in #12707
• @Saracomethstein made their first contribution in #12723

Full Changelog: v2.34.0...v2.35.0

What's Changed

✨ Improvements

• Support refresh pull policy by @ndeloof in #12568
• Introduced include to filter files considered by watch by @ndeloof in #12584
• Introduced --env-from-file in docker compose run command by @ndeloof in #12626
• Make publish a regular command of Compose by @glours in #12629

🐛 Fixes

• Build: only print COMPOSE_BAKE recommendation when disabled by @emersion in #12572
• Improve message suggesting using bake by @glours in #12612
• Fixed service: reference in additional_contexts for builds without bake by @ndeloof in #12582
• Block the publication of an OCI artifact if one or more services contain only a build section by @glours in #12597
• Display the location of OCI or GIT Compose stack download by @glours in #12595
• Refuse to publish compose file with local include by @ndeloof in #12600
• publishreject compose file with bind mounts by @ndeloof in #12601
• Display interpolation variables and their values when running a remote stack by @glours in #12604
• Publish compose file with required siblings used by extends by @ndeloof in #12606
• Add warning message when a remote configuration include an another remote config by @glours in #12610
• Only load env_file after services have been selected by @ndeloof in #12611
• Deprecate --y, prefer --yes by @ndeloof in #12623
• Use Defang secret-detector to identify potential secret leaks before publishing OCI artifacts by @glours in #12620

🔧 Internal

• Link to configuration file docs by @andrew-kramer in #12559
• Otel attribute to track builder implementation selected by @ndeloof in #12586
• Test version command by @maxproske in #12576
• Implement extends.file replace without yqlib by @ndeloof in #12615
• Add cli.isatty attribute to spans generated by compose by @landism in #12630
• Condense output of compose top by @dmke in #12628

⚙️ Dependencies

• Require go 1.23|1.24 (stable) by @ndeloof in #12571
• Build(deps): bump tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface from 0.8.0 to 0.8.1 by @dependabot in #12583
• Build(deps): bump github.com/google/go-cmp from 0.6.0 to 0.7.0 by @dependabot in #12578
• Build(deps): bump github.com/docker/cli from 28.0.0+incompatible to 28.0.1+incompatible by @dependabot in #12590
• Build(deps): bump github.com/docker/docker from 28.0.0+incompatible to 28.0.1+incompatible by @dependabot in #12591
• Build(deps): bump github.com/docker/buildx from 0.21.1 to 0.21.2 by @dependabot in #12598
• Build(deps): bump github.com/opencontainers/image-spec from 1.1.0 to 1.1.1 by @dependabot in #12599
• Build(deps): bump golang.org/x/sync from 0.11.0 to 0.12.0 by @dependabot in #12607
• Build(deps): bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.70.0 to 1.71.0 by @dependabot in #12603
• Build(deps): bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.30.0 to 0.31.0 by @dependabot in #12608
• Build(deps): bump github.com/moby/buildkit from 0.20.0 to 0.20.1 by @dependabot in #12609
• Build(deps): bump tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface from 0.8.1 to 1.0.0 by @dependabot in #12617
• Bump compose-go to version v2.4.9 by @glours in #12633

New Contributors

• @emersion made their first contribution in #12572
• @andrew-kramer made their first contribution in #12559
• @landism made their first contribution in #12630
• @dmke made their first contribution in #12628

Full Changelog: v2.33.1...v2.34.0

What's Changed

✨ Improvements

• Add support for gw_priority, enable_ipv4 (requires docker v28.0) by @thaJeztah in #12570

🐛 Fixes

• Run watch standalone if menu fails to start by @ndeloof in #12536
• Report error using non-file secret|config with read-only service by @ndeloof in #12531
• Don't display bake suggestion when using --progress with quiet or json option by @glours in #12561
• Fix pull --parallel and --no-parallel deprecation warnings missing by @maxproske in #12555
• Fix error message when detach is implied by wait by @ndeloof in #12566

⚙️ Dependencies

• build(deps): bump github.com/spf13/cobra from 1.8.1 to 1.9.1 by @dependabot in #12556
• build(deps): bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.68.1 to 1.70.0 by @dependabot in #12494
• go.mod: update to docker v28.0.0 by @thaJeztah in #12545

Full Changelog: v2.33.0...v2.33.1

What's Changed

✨ Improvements

• let user know bake is now supported by @ndeloof in #12524
• support additional_context reference to another service by @ndeloof in #12485
• add support for BUILDKIT_PROGRESS by @ndeloof in #12458
• add --with-env flag to publish command by @glours in #12482
• Update ls --quiet help description by @maxproske in #12541
• Publish warn display env vars by @glours in #12486

🐛 Fixes

• Fix bake support by @ndeloof in #12507
• Update link in stats --help output by @maxproske in #12523
• Properly handle "builtin" seccomp profile by @r-bk in #12478
• manage watch applied to mulitple services by @ndeloof in #12469

🔧 Internal

• use main branch for docs upstream validation workflow by @crazy-max in #12487
• fix provenance for binaries and generate sbom by @crazy-max in #12479
• add codeowners file by @glours in #12480
• remove exit code per error type used by legacy metrics system by @ndeloof in #12502
• Dockerfile: update golangci-lint to v1.63.4 by @thaJeztah in #12546
• Full test coverage for compatibility cmd by @maxproske in #12528
• don't send raw os.Args to opentelemetry but a pseudo command line by @ndeloof in #12530
• add docker engine v28.x to the test-matrix by @thaJeztah in #12539
• enable copyloopvar linter by @thaJeztah in #12542
• go.mod: remove toolchain directive by @thaJeztah in #12551

⚙️ Dependencies

• bump buildx v0.20.1 by @ndeloof in #12488
• bump docker to v27.5.1 by @ndeloof in #12491
• bump compose-go v2.4.8 by @ndeloof in #12543
• bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.28.0 to 0.30.0 by @dependabot in #12529
• bump github.com/moby/term v0.5.2 by @thaJeztah in #12540
• bump github.com/otiai10/copy from 1.14.0 to 1.14.1 by @dependabot in #12493
• bump github.com/jonboulle/clockwork from 0.4.0 to 0.5.0 by @dependabot in #12430
• bump github.com/spf13/pflag from 1.0.5 to 1.0.6 by @dependabot in #12548
• bump golang.org/x/sync from 0.10.0 to 0.11.0 by @dependabot in #12547
• bump gotest.tools/v3 from 3.5.1 to 3.5.2 by @dependabot in #12549

New Contributors

• @r-bk made their first contribution in #12478
• @maxproske made their first contribution in #12523

Full Changelog: v2.32.4...v2.33.0

What's Changed

This release fixes the version issue of v2.32.3

🔧 Internal

• ci: use local source for binary builds by @crazy-max in #12470
• ci: re-use local source to build binary images by @glours in #12471
• add missing tag for build during merge workflow by @glours in #12473

Full Changelog: v2.32.3...v2.32.4