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ImagePullPolicyTest fails on Docker for Windows with WSL2 backend

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Description

All tests in ImagePullPolicyTest currently fail on Docker for Windows with WSL2 backend.

From what I manually investigated, it is not possible to push to and pull from the Docker registry that is started for the test (but accessing the API via curl from within WSL2 over the mapped port is possible). However, when manually running a registry and interacting with it from within WSL2, Docker behaves as expected.

There is also the possibility that pushing the initial test image already fails silently:
https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-java/blob/master/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/images/ImagePullPolicyTest.java#L51

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Research direction

Start with core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/images/ImagePullPolicyTest.java, especially the initial image push around line 51, and reproduce the failures on Docker for Windows with the WSL2 backend. Compare registry access from the test and from within WSL2, then verify that the test image push and subsequent pull work and all ImagePullPolicyTest tests pass.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, 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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