minimumReleaseAge for ghcr.io not working

[jlssmt]

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Hello,

I don't think the minimumReleaseAge is working for ghcr.io Docker images.
It seems like the API is not providing it: No currentVersionTimestamp for ghcr.io
However, as I could find no discussion on this topic, I have created this one here.

Edit:
I checked it and the API provides the 'created_at' date.

At least on this endpoint:
https://api.github.com/orgs/pocket-id/packages/container/pocket-id/versions

Logs (if relevant)

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[RahulGautamSingh]

We only add it if it's provided from the API response. I don't think parsing it from changelogs is a reliable way

[jlssmt]

I checked it and the API provides the 'created_at' date.

At least on this endpoint:
https://api.github.com/orgs/pocket-id/packages/container/pocket-id/versions

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[BacLuc]

I also have the feeling that minimumReleaseAge is ignored.

See the merged PR here:
https://github.com/vshn/kaniko-builder/tree/a39578eb20e2190c7bd86e4519c7fd2fb05e11c7

PR:

• Update ghcr.io/vshn/kaniko:nightly-debug Docker digest to e7c25d6 vshn/kaniko-builder#8
• Update ghcr.io/vshn/kaniko:nightly-debug Docker digest to 33a99a1 vshn/kaniko-builder#7

[BlueIce]

There is now a warning in the logs which supports your feeling. For example when updating renovate itself:

 WARN: 1 release(s) did not have a releaseTimestamp, but as we're running with minimumReleaseAgeBehaviour=timestamp-optional, proceeding (repository=XXXXX/renovate-runner)
       "depName": "ghcr.io/renovatebot/renovate",
       "versions": ["41.152.2"],
       "check": "minimumReleaseAge"
 WARN: 1 upgrade(s) did not have a releaseTimestamp, but as we're running with minimumReleaseAgeBehaviour=timestamp-optional, proceeding (repository=XXXXX/renovate-runner, branch=renovate/ghcr.io-renovatebot-renovate-41.x)
       "depNames": ["ghcr.io/renovatebot/renovate"]

[jamietanna]

Yes, that's correct - this is understandably surprising behaviour, so we recently added that to make it clearer to folks

In v42 (#38841), the minimumReleaseAgeBehaviour=timestamp-required setting will be enforced, but you can set that now in your configuration