Add ability to delete tags

[cgswong]

I sometimes refactor code and completely change my tagging style (from say v4.0 to 4.0), or just want to remove a beta tag once the code is released so that is no longer available. I understand this may impact downstream users using the previous tags but I think it would still be good to delete tags without making a support request.

[jakirkham]

+1

[posita]

This functionality was at least available in the old UI. It has always (frustratingly) been manual-only¹, but not even that is available in the "beta". 😞

¹ By which I mean curl -X DELETE ... --user ... https://index.docker.io/v1/repositories/<OWNER>/<REPO>/tags/<TAG> doesn't work. It results in a 403 Forbidden error. See also moby/moby#8759.

[kunickiaj]

+1

[pward123]

+1

[thiagozs]

+1

[yveshwang]

+1

[sebest]

+1

[michaelgruber]

+1

[jgkamat]

+1, this is pretty important functionality.

[kunickiaj]

Seems like some older tags are being automatically wiped out? Is there some undocumented limit? Since it's still not possible to manage your own tags this is a huge problem.

[rrarunan]

@kunickiaj See #194. We show only 100 tags at a time in the web interface. Is the assumption of older tags not available coming from just the UI or does your pull not work for example with the older tags? And, this should discussed in a different issue, if #194 is not the case for you.

[schmunk42]

+1 - very important feature

[aayore]

+1

[arnau]

+1

[n0mer]

+1

[jawaid]

+1

[jfriv]

+1

[arangamani]

+1

[yoanisgil]

Who many +1 it takes before we get at least an initial feedback? Anyhow:

+1

[jakirkham]

I think this is the relevant issue for implementing this feature ( distribution/distribution#422 ).

[yoanisgil]

@jakirkham distribution/distribution#461 and distribution/distribution#462 are the actual issues to keep track of progress. Still I think it would be nice if there is feedback from hub-feedback :)

[jakirkham]

I lifted that from ( moby/moby#8759 (comment) ). I assumed he knew what he meant.

Reading ( distribution/distribution#422 (comment) ), it is clear that this is the main issue, but the other two are part of the solution.

Agreed an official update would be nice.

[onizo]

+1

[adambiggs]

+1

[StudioEtrange]

+1

[nhsiehgit]

We've just deployed the delete tags feature, thank you all for your patience!

[posita]

Just curious, but what is the default sort order for tags?

UPDATE: Never mind. See #185.

[posita]

@nhsiehgit, is this UI only, or is there a corresponding API?

[nhsiehgit]

@posita Just UI for now.

[JeremJR]

@nhsiehgit I'm sorry but I don't see the way to do that into https://hub.docker.com/r/foo/bar/tags could you please point me the good path?

[posita]

@JeremJR, it took me a while to find it as well. Try hovering over the right side of the row for the tag you want to delete. A Delete link should appear. When you click it, you should be given a new choice of links to Confirm or Cancel.

It's not a very intuitive interface. 😞 It's also two clicks per delete. With no batch option, and no API, if one has hundreds of tags to delete, it's going to take awhile. I guess it's better than nothing though. 😣

[ruffsl]

I saw the blue text "Delete" last night when I check the deploy, but you seem to be right in that it appears to be oddly hidden currently:

I like the redundance of the two clicks per delete to prevent accidental clicks, but I agree a batch select and an API would be nice.

[posita]

@ruffsl, I just noticed the same thing. Filed as #498.

[jakirkham]

Looks like there is now a cool trash icon. 👍

[ricoli]

so what about the ability to delete a tag using the API @nhsiehgit, is it being worked on?

[nhsiehgit]

hey @ricoli,

There's a lot of changes coming up this year, and a publicly available api library is one of them on the list. Unfortunately I can't say that this (in particular delete tags) will be arriving anytime within the next few months, but you should start seeing other endpoints coming up.

[jakirkham]

@nhsiehgit, is there a roadmap for the features that are coming up? If it could be shared publicly, it would be nice if it could be added to this repo. I think it would help a lot of us in our planning to know what things to expect when. Also, if there are changes to the schedule, it would help us track and understand a bit more why something gets planned later.

[vassilvk]

@nhsiehgit, I second @jakirkham's post.

[posita]

@nhsiehgit wrote:

... There's a lot of changes coming up this year, and a publicly available api library is one of them on the list. ...

@nhsiehgit, can you reference any open issues (if they exist)? If not, is there a publicly visible road map, where we can track progress?

[jakirkham]

As it seems there are a few people interested in having a roadmap beyond myself, I have made it a formal issue ( #601 ) feel free to subscribe, +1, or add any other relevant details that I may have missed.

[lindsaymacvean]

So is there a separate issue/request for an api call to remove tags from a dockerhub image repo?

[VincenzoFerme]

@lindsaymacvean here you find the way we do it in ASQ: https://github.com/ASQ-USI/ASQ/blob/devel/lib/support/docker/hub/delete-tags.js

[schasse]

+1

[sbrunner]

+1

[lindsaymacvean]

@VincenzoFerme thanks.

For other people reading this, its the npm package https://www.npmjs.com/package/docker-hub-api which has a ready made js object for interacting with the docker hub api.

[amcp]

+1

[ballerburg9005]

Is this still not possible?