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DockerComposeContainer - Unable to pre-fetch an image

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Description

It looks like DockerComposeContainer tries to prefetch images defined in docker-compose.yml but it doesn't render the compose-file properly. It doesn't substitute env-vars. When the compose file is executed then the substitution works fine (same as running it directly with docker-compose).

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Research direction

Start by locating DockerComposeContainer's image pre-fetch path and how it reads docker-compose.yml; compare it with normal docker-compose execution for environment-variable substitution. Add a regression test covering an environment variable in an image reference and verify that pre-fetch resolves it consistently.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, docker-compose, java
Domain
devops, testing
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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