Bug fixes

• Fixed path to a local SSH key to be relative to the directory of compose file during build.
• Fixed CMD healthchecks to run the given command directly and not use /bin/sh -c.
• Fixed regression of dockerfile definition if current directory name ends with ".git".
• Fixed exit code from push command.
• Implemented short syntax for environment variables set in .env for compose.yml environment: section.
• Fixed regression of log output including "text" in detached mode.
• Implemented up --no-recreate to work as advertised.
• Stack traces emitted due to YAML parse errors are now hidden.

Features

• Added unregister command to remove systemd service registration (podman-compose systemd -a unregister)
• Added new docker_compose_compat x-podman meta setting to enable all Docker Compose compatibility settings
• Added new name_separator_compat x-podman setting to change name separator to hyphen, same as Docker Compose.
• Added support for environment variable interpolation for YAML keys.
• Added io.podman.compose.service label to created containers. It contains the same value as
  com.docker.compose.service.
• Added relabel option to secret to make possible to read the secret file by the contained process.
• Added support for setting x-podman values using PODMAN_COMPOSE_* environment variables.
• Added support to set --route option to podman network create via
  x-podman.routes key on network configuration.
• Implemented support for custom pod names in --in-pod.

Bug fixes

• Fixed relative host path resolution for volume bind mount source (regression since v1.4.0)

Bug fixes

• Fixed handling of relative includes and extends in compose files
• Fixed error when merging arguments in list and dictionary syntax
• Fixed issue where short-lived containers could execute twice when using up in detached mode
• Fixed up command hanging on Podman versions earlier than 4.6.0
• Fixed issue where service_healthy conditions weren't enforced during up command
• Fixed support for the --scale flag
• Fixed bug causing dependent containers to start despite --no-deps flag
• Fixed port command behavior for dynamic host ports
• Fixed interpolation of COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME when set from top-level name in compose file
• Fixed project name evaluation order to match compose spec
• Fixed build context when using git URLs
• Fixed KeyError when down is called with non-existent service
• Skip down during up when no active containers exist
• Fixed non-zero exit code on failure when using up -d
• Fixed SIGINT handling during up command for graceful shutdown
• Fixed NotImplementedError when interrupted on Windows

Features

• Added --quiet flag to config command to suppress output
• Added support for pids_limit and deploy.resources.limits.pids
• Added --abort-on-container-failure option
• Added --rmi argument to down command for image removal
• Added support for x-podman.disable-dns to disable DNS plugin on defined networks
• Added support for x-podman.dns to set DNS nameservers for defined networks
• Improved file descriptor handling - no longer closes externally created descriptors.
  This allows descriptors created e.g. via systemd socket activation to be passed to
  containers.
• Added support for cpuset configuration
• Added support for reset and override tags when merging compose files
• Added support for x-podman.interface_name to set network interface names
• Added support for x-podman.pod_args to override default --pod-args

Bug fixes

• Fixed support for de-facto alternative Dockerfile names (e.g. Containerfile)
• Fixed a bug that caused attempts to create already existing pods multiple times.
• Fixed compatibility with docker-compose in how symlinks to docker-compose.yml are handled.
• Fixed freeze caused by too long log lines without a newline.
• Fixed support for network_mode: none.
• Improved error detection by rejecting service definitions that contain both network_mode and
  networks keys, which is not allowed.

Features

• Added support for build labels.
• Added support for "platform" property in the build command.
• Added support for "ssh" property in the build command.
• Added support for cache_from and cache_to fields in build section.
• Added support for honoring the condition in the depends_on section of the service, if stated.
• Added x-podman.no_hosts setting to pass --no-hosts to podman run
• Added support for compatibility with docker compose for default network behavior when no network
  defined in service. This is controlled via default_net_behavior_compat feature flag.
• Added a way to get compatibility of default network names with docker compose.
  This is selected by setting default_net_name_compat: true on x-podman global dictionary.
• Added support for the device_cgroup_rules property in services.
• Added support for removing networks in podman-compose down.
• Added support for network scoped service aliases.
• Added support for network level mac_address attribute.
• Added ability to substitute variables with the environment of the service.

Misc

• Declared compatibility with Python 3.13.

Bug fixes

• Fixed handling of --in-pod argument. Previously it was hard to provide false value to it.
• podman-compose no longer creates pods when registering systemd unit.
• Fixed warning RuntimeWarning: coroutine 'create_pods' was never awaited
• Fixed error when setting up IPAM network with default driver.
• Fixed support for having list and dictionary depends_on sections in related compose files.
• Fixed logging of failed build message.
• Fixed support for multiple entries in include section.
• Fixed environment variable precedence order.

Changes

• x-podman dictionary in container root has been migrated to x-podman.* fields in container root.

New features

• Added support for --publish in podman-compose run.
• Added support for Podman external root filesystem management (--rootfs option).
• Added support for podman-compose images command.
• Added support for env_file being configured via dictionaries.
• Added support for enabling GPU access.
• Added support for selinux in verbose mount specification.
• Added support for additional_contexts section.
• Added support for multi-line environment files.
• Added support for passing contents of podman-compose.yml via stdin.
• Added support for specifying the value for --in-pod setting in podman-compose.yml file.
• Added support for environmental secrets.

Documentation

• Added instructions on how to install podman-compose on Homebrew.
• Added explanation that netavark is an alternative to dnsname plugin

Bug fixes

• Fixed support for values with equals sign in -e argument of run and exec commands.
• Fixed duplicate arguments being emitted in stop and restart commands.
• Removed extraneous debug output. --verbose flag has been added to preserve verbose output.
• Links aliases are now added to service aliases.
• Fixed image build process to use defined environmental variables.
• Empty list is now allowed to be COMMAND and ENTRYPOINT.
• Environment files are now resolved relative to current working directory.
• Exit code of container build is now preserved as return code of build command.

New features

• Added support for uidmap, gidmap, http_proxy and runtime service configuration keys.
• Added support for enable_ipv6 network configuration key.
• Added --parallel option to support parallel pulling and building of images.
• Implemented support for maps in sysctls container configuration key.
• Implemented stats command.
• Added --no-normalize flag to config command.
• Added support for include global configuration key.
• Added support for build command.
• Added support to start containers with multiple networks.
• Added support for profile argument.
• Added support for starting podman in existing network namespace.
• Added IPAM driver support.
• Added support for file secrets being passed to podman build via --secret argument.
• Added support for multiple networks with separately specified IP and MAC address.
• Added support for service.build.ulimits when building image.