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[Fix] docker compose --parallel ignored in Compose v5 #3797

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update build-services and services-up to use xargs for parallel execu…
flopez7 Feb 17, 2026
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fix: add TODO comment to revisit compose-native parallel builds in se…
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12 changes: 10 additions & 2 deletions docker-setup/Makefile
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Expand Up @@ -17,11 +17,19 @@ infra-stop:
@docker compose --env-file .env.compose.local stop postgres redis minio minio-client

build-services: check-env-file
@docker compose --env-file .env.compose.local --parallel $(DOCKER_PARALLEL) up --no-start
@# TODO: Revisit compose-native parallel builds once Docker Compose v5 parallel limits are reliable again.
@docker compose --env-file .env.compose.local config --services | \
xargs -n 1 -P $(DOCKER_PARALLEL) docker compose --env-file .env.compose.local build
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xargs -n 1 -P $(DOCKER_PARALLEL) docker compose --env-file .env.compose.local build
xargs -n $(DOCKER_PARALLEL) docker compose --env-file .env.compose.local build

So instead of running multiple parallel docker compose build commands we will be running 1 but with multiple services

@docker compose --env-file .env.compose.local up --no-start

services-up: check-env-file
@service_names="$(wordlist 2, $(words $(MAKECMDGOALS)), $(MAKECMDGOALS))"; \
docker compose --env-file .env.compose.local --parallel $(DOCKER_PARALLEL) up -d $$service_names
@# TODO: Revisit compose-native parallel builds once Docker Compose v5 parallel limits are reliable again.
if [ -n "$$service_names" ]; then \
printf '%s\n' $$service_names | xargs -n 1 -P $(DOCKER_PARALLEL) docker compose --env-file .env.compose.local up -d; \
else \
docker compose --env-file .env.compose.local config --services | xargs -n 1 -P $(DOCKER_PARALLEL) docker compose --env-file .env.compose.local up -d; \
fi
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Same here


services-stop:
@service_names="$(wordlist 2, $(words $(MAKECMDGOALS)), $(MAKECMDGOALS))"; \
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