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Fixes #10527

Summary

  • Fix parsing bug in DockerImageName where images containing both a tag and a digest (e.g., postgres:16.8@sha256:...) had the tag leak into the repository name, causing isCompatibleWith() to incorrectly fail
  • Strip the tag portion from the repository when splitting on @sha256: so that the repository is correctly extracted
  • Add test coverage for digest-only, tag+digest, and tag+digest with registry image name variants

Context

The bug originates from DockerImageName's constructor parsing logic at line 90, where images containing both a tag and a digest (e.g., postgres:16.8@sha256:301bcb...) have the remoteName split only on @sha256:, leaving the tag embedded in the repository (postgres:16.8 instead of postgres). This causes isCompatibleWith() to fail because the repository comparison becomes "postgres:16.8".equals("postgres"). While downstream projects like kroxylicious have worked around this by explicitly declaring compatibility via asCompatibleSubstituteFor(), the fix should reside in testcontainers-java itself so that digest-pinned images are parsed correctly without requiring manual workarounds.

Test plan

  • Existing DockerImageNameTest and DockerImageNameCompatibilityTest pass
  • New parsing tests verify correct repository/versioning extraction for tag+digest images
  • New compatibility tests verify isCompatibleWith() succeeds for digest-only, tag+digest, and registry/tag+digest images

…ontainers#10527)

Strip tag from repository when parsing images with both tag and digest
(e.g., postgres:16.8@sha256:...) to prevent tag leaking into repository name.
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Thanks for your contribution @konstantinosGkilas.

It seems, we would still have issues with that rely on getVersionPart() part, such as in that example:

DockerImageName image = DockerImageName.parse(
      "confluentinc/cp-kafka:7.3.0@sha256:1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd"
  );

KafkaContainer container = new KafkaContainer(image).withKraft();

But I don't think this needs to block this PR, since it is already an improvement over the status quo.

Note that CI is failing for linting issues, so unfortunately you have to run ./gradlew :testcontainers:spotlessApply first to fix those.

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When parsing image names like "image:7.3.0@sha256:abcd", the tag was
previously discarded. This caused getVersionPart() to return the sha256
digest instead of the tag, breaking version-based feature checks in
modules like Kafka, Neo4j, Elasticsearch, etc.

Now getVersionPart() returns the tag when both are present, and a new
getDigest() method provides access to the sha256 digest. RemoteDockerImage
uses the digest for pulling when available. asCanonicalNameString()
correctly outputs "image:tag@sha256:hash" format.
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Thanks for the review @kiview ! I've addressed the linting issues and also took a stab at the getVersionPart() limitation you mentioned.

When both tag and digest are present (e.g. confluentinc/cp-kafka:7.3.0@sha256:…), getVersionPart() now returns the tag (7.3.0) instead of the digest, so version-based checks in modules like Kafka, Elasticsearch, Neo4j, etc. should work correctly. A new getDigest() method provides access to the sha256 when needed, and RemoteDockerImage uses it for pulling.asCanonicalNameString() also outputs the full image:tag@sha256:hash format.

I could not locate any other open issue, also affected by this change positively. If you have something in mind please feel free to reference it as well.

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Thanks for looking at the versioning part @konstantinosGkilas.
Related to the Codex findings above, I also checked locally, that the following examples would now behave wrongly.

Malformed tags with sha present will now be considered valid and normalized:

DockerImageName
  .parse("repo/image:tag:extra@sha256:1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd")
  .assertValid();

Normalized to:

repo/image:tag@sha256:1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd

Also, I don't think we should change the hashCode/equals contract here, might create some confusion to users.
So images with different tags should not be equal:

DockerImageName a = DockerImageName.parse(
    "repo/image:1.0@sha256:1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd"
);
DockerImageName b = DockerImageName.parse(
    "repo/image:latest@sha256:1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd"
);

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Thanks for looking at the versioning part @konstantinosGkilas. Related to the Codex findings above, I also checked locally, that the following examples would now behave wrongly.

Malformed tags with sha present will now be considered valid and normalized:

DockerImageName
  .parse("repo/image:tag:extra@sha256:1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd")
  .assertValid();

Normalized to:

repo/image:tag@sha256:1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd

Also, I don't think we should change the hashCode/equals contract here, might create some confusion to users. So images with different tags should not be equal:

DockerImageName a = DockerImageName.parse(
    "repo/image:1.0@sha256:1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd"
);
DockerImageName b = DockerImageName.parse(
    "repo/image:latest@sha256:1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd"
);

I will have another look probably with a small change the image parsing/evaluation should work.
With the codex input I believe that a regex should be enough in order to resolve the issue.

Also https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-java/actions/runs/23963765698/job/69959157481?pr=11629#logs seems to have issues besides my PR.

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Yep, that run looked like some networking glitched, triggered a re-run.

- Use split(":", 2) to preserve full tag content instead of silently
  truncating at extra colons
- Remove @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude from tag field so images with
  different tags are not incorrectly equal
- Validate tag against TAG_REGEX in Sha256Versioning.isValid()
- Add test cases for malformed tag rejection and tag-based equality
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I started by writing test cases for the two scenarios you identified:

  • A malformed tag with extra colons (repo/image:tag:extra@sha256:...) being silently normalized
    instead of rejected
  • Images with different tags but the same digest incorrectly being treated as equal

Then addressed them with three targeted fixes:

  1. DockerImageName.java: Changed split(":")[1] → split(":", 2)[1] so the full tag (including any
    malformed parts) is preserved rather than silently truncated
  2. Versioning.java: Removed @EqualsAndHashCode.Exclude from the tag field in Sha256Versioning so
    that images with different tags are no longer incorrectly equal
  3. Versioning.java: Added tag validation against TAG_REGEX in Sha256Versioning.isValid(), so
    malformed tags are properly rejected by assertValid()

Comment on lines +165 to +166
* @return the versioned part of this name (tag or sha256). When both tag and digest are present,
* the tag is returned.

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Does this mean that the tag has a higher priority than the digest? If yes, I think that is not a good idea, because version tags are mutable and can suddenly point to another build. In contrast, digests are immutable and will always point to the exact same build. In light of recent supply chain attacks, preferring digests over tags is of particular importance.

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Hi @burneyy , great point on supply chain security — and you're right that tags are mutable while digests are immutable.

However, getVersionPart() returning the tag is intentional here. It's used exclusively for version-based compatibility checks in modules like KafkaContainer, ElasticsearchContainer, Neo4jContainer, etc., where a human-readable version string (e.g. 7.3.0) is needed for version comparisons.

The actual image pulling in RemoteDockerImage already prefers the digest:

String pullTag = imageName.getDigest() != null ? imageName.getDigest() : imageName.getVersionPart();

So when both tag and digest are present, the image is always pulled by its immutable digest — the tag is never used for pulling. The security concern is therefore already handled.

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Hi @konstantinosGkilas,
I see, apologies for the noise then and thanks for the explanation! Happy to hear that the digest is preferred over the version tag when performing the actual pulling already. Thanks for taking care of this issue - much appreciated 🙏

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Hey @kiview,

Could I have an update on this pull request, whenever is feasible

Thank you
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repository = remoteName.split("@sha256:")[0];
versioning = new Sha256Versioning(remoteName.split("@sha256:")[1]);
String beforeDigest = remoteName.split("@sha256:")[0];
if (beforeDigest.contains(":")) {

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luckily im not a maintainer and i dont have to vote on this. But this code, i understand it, but I dont WANT to understand it. I mean split/2 is basically something i must use more than a couple of seconds to process. A regex would be so much easier to read:

Pattern p = Pattern.compile("^(?<beforeDigest>[^:]+):(?<tag>[^:]+)$");
Matcher m = p.matcher("host.ghcr.com:111111111");
if (m.matches()) {
    m.group("beforeDigest"); // "host.ghcr.com"
    m.group("tag");  // "111111111"
}

ignore the fact that i dont include @sha256

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It aligns with pre-existing code though.

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Thank you @konstantinosGkilas, LGTM now.
I updated to HEAD, to also re-trigger a clean CI run (things were stuck, GHA as usual).

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Docker image references can now include both a tag and a SHA-256 digest, such as image:tag@sha256:....
    • Image metadata preserves and exposes both the tag and digest when present.
    • Canonical image names consistently retain tag-and-digest combinations.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved handling of digest-based image pulls while preserving existing behavior for tagged and untagged images.
    • Enhanced compatibility and equality checks for digest-only and tag-plus-digest references, including registry paths.

Walkthrough

Docker image names now preserve tags paired with SHA-256 digests. Canonicalization, compatibility checks, digest extraction, and remote image pulls use the correct tag or digest representation.

Changes

Tag and digest image support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Parse and represent tag-plus-digest names
core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/DockerImageName.java, core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/Versioning.java
Parsing retains an optional tag with a SHA-256 digest. getDigest(), getVersionPart(), and asCanonicalNameString() handle both values.
Use digests for remote image pulls
core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/images/RemoteDockerImage.java
Remote image resolution uses the digest for digest-based references and the version part for other references.
Validate parsing and compatibility behavior
core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/utility/DockerImageNameTest.java, core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/utility/DockerImageNameCompatibilityTest.java
Tests cover tag-plus-digest parsing, canonical names, registries, malformed tags, digest extraction, equality, and compatibility.

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A tiny tag nestled neatly there.
Pull by hash, parse with care,
Canonical names now match the pair.
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core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/utility/DockerImageNameCompatibilityTest.java (1)

88-116: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a negative compatibility test for mismatched tags with the same digest-bearing image.

The new tests confirm digest-pinned images are compatible with an untagged reference. Add a test confirming a tag+digest image is not compatible with a reference that specifies a different, non-matching tag. This directly exercises the tag-sensitive equality this PR introduces and guards against future regressions.

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`@Test`
void testTagAndDigestImageWithDifferentTagIsNotCompatible() {
    DockerImageName subject = DockerImageName.parse("postgres:16.8@sha256:1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd");

    assertThat(subject.isCompatibleWith(DockerImageName.parse("postgres:17.0")))
        .as("postgres:16.8@sha256:... != postgres:17.0")
        .isFalse();
}
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In
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around lines 88 - 116, Add a negative test alongside
testTagAndDigestImageIsCompatible that parses a tag-and-digest image tagged
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- Around line 88-116: Add a negative test alongside
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CI is failing because of checkstyle failure at `testMalformedTagWithExtraColonIsRejected()

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[Bug]: DockerImageName fails to check compatibility if digest is present

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