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OCI Distribution Specification

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Dominant language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Aug 31, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
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Clarify whether registries may accept uploads before content is publicly pullable Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#621 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 31, 2026
Proposal: Add Bulk Blob Download Links API Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#608 · 4 comments · Opened Apr 28, 2026
Content Negotiation does not match implementation behavior Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

opencontainers/distribution-spec#596 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 21, 2026
is there CRUD api for repositories in the spec? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

opencontainers/distribution-spec#592 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 9, 2026
`Cotent-Range` and `Range` syntax expected by this spec deviates from RFC 7233 (HTTP/1.1 Range Requests) Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

opencontainers/distribution-spec#586 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 15, 2025
Proposal: search repository and filter by ordered property, prune by ordered property Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#584 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 17, 2025
What's the expected "GET chunked blob" when the uploaded content is empty Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#578 · 7 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 15, 2025
Proposal: Easier mechanism for repository updates Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#575 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 20, 2025
Proposal: Parallel Uploading with Parallel Hashing Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#574 · 11 comments · 7 reactions · Opened May 1, 2025
Support for parallel upload of large artifacts Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#573 · 20 comments · Opened Apr 18, 2025
Clarify manifest deletion as sync or async Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#570 · 2 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Mar 12, 2025
Clarification for HEAD/GET behaviour for blobs across repos Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#569 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 26, 2025
Reformating the spec for readability Open

enhancement

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#566 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 11, 2025
performance: consider relaxing chunks should be in order for patched uploads Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#546 · 9 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 16, 2024
performance: what can dist-spec do to improve downloads of large images/layers? Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#536 · 7 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 28, 2024
Proposal: Extend Referrer API to image layer blob Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#517 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 22, 2024
Add `PUT` method support for `/referrers` endpoint Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#515 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 15, 2024
Update language on client side referrer list generation to mention replace Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#514 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 15, 2024
Add digest/etag header to referrers response Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#513 · Opened Feb 15, 2024
Question regarding conformance tests for push Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#506 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 30, 2024
Proposal: Pushing blob chunks could have a max chunk size hint Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 45/100

opencontainers/distribution-spec#485 · 32 comments · 15 reactions · Opened Oct 30, 2023
Proposal: an OCI-SessionID header on all requests originating from the same image push/pull Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

opencontainers/distribution-spec#472 · 3 reactions · Opened Sep 27, 2023
Should reference manifest also contains `Subject` field? Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#467 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 14, 2023
Allow registries to reject non-existent subjects in manifests Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

opencontainers/distribution-spec#459 · 54 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Aug 17, 2023
Proposal: an OCI-Referrers header on manifest pull Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#454 · 7 comments · Opened Jul 28, 2023
spec is missing details Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 42/100

opencontainers/distribution-spec#446 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 11, 2023
Historical curiosity: Why did we delete half the spec, again? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

opencontainers/distribution-spec#443 · 5 comments · Opened Jul 7, 2023
Add client conformance tests Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#441 · 5 comments · Opened Jul 7, 2023
Error code requirement seems too strict Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#418 · 1 reaction · Opened May 24, 2023
Clarify PUT location with chunked upload Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

opencontainers/distribution-spec#415 · 9 comments · Opened May 21, 2023
Clarify multiple multiple-error semantics Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#413 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 21, 2023
garbage-collection clarification needed Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#406 · 18 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 28, 2023
Federation API definition Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#388 · Opened Mar 3, 2023
Slack link broken in Readme Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#382 · Opened Feb 10, 2023
How are registries expected to behave when a subject is deleted? Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#378 · 5 comments · Opened Feb 1, 2023
Notational conventions Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#372 · Opened Jan 16, 2023
[proposal]: "best practices" guide Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#364 · Opened Nov 14, 2022
Discussion: "Diff" Pulls? Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#360 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 28, 2022
Critical response headers should have compliance tests Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

opencontainers/distribution-spec#355 · Opened Oct 5, 2022
Conformance test do not delete all blobs/manifests during Teardown Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#351 · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 21, 2022
AutH/AuthZ flows for registries Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#338 · 7 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Aug 25, 2022
Proposal: Standard header to attribute requests Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#328 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 29, 2022
Inconsistent specification for endpoint end-8b's (`.../tags/list`) parameter `last`. Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#327 · Opened Jun 18, 2022
Cross-registry blob mount support Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#323 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened May 2, 2022
nested go.mod may not be suitable Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#314 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 9, 2021
Conformance: GitHub Actions manifest (action.yml) not tracking main Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#312 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 1, 2021
Release version of distribution-spec with conformance test verifying that cross-repo mount fails "open" Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#305 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 21, 2021
Streamed Blob Upload not defined by spec Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#303 · 4 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Oct 18, 2021
Proposal: Add content-encoding support to spec for reading blobs Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#301 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 1, 2021
Content Length Required Open

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opencontainers/distribution-spec#289 · 4 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 5, 2021

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