Skip storing image for downloading attestations
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Description
Right now, when I execute docker scout attestation get --platform linux/amd64 --predicate --predicate-type https://cyclonedx.org/bom/v1.6 <image> it's downloading the whole image with a couple GB, showing Storing image for indexing for some time. When doing docker pull <image> first, that works a lot more reliable, but has the same downside.
Getting the attestation should be quick and easy just using the manifest. No need to do any indexing, right? Using oras I can quickly grab the manifests and the SBOM within seconds, but would need to extract the in-toto statement myself (or at least I didn't find a nicer way like --predicate --predicate-type https://cyclonedx.org/bom/v1.6 on docker-scout).
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Research direction
Start at the docker scout attestation get command and trace how it handles the manifest, --predicate, and --predicate-type options; compare that flow with the manifest and SBOM retrieval behavior described for ORAS. Done means attestations can be retrieved without downloading or indexing the full image, while the existing predicate filtering still works.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- docker
- Domain
- cli, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100