What's Changed

ℹ️ This release introduces a new way to reconcile resources such as volumes and networks

✨ Improvements

• Feat(reconcile): model volume recreation in the plan by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13962
• Feat(reconcile): model network lifecycle in the plan by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13966

🐛 Fixes

• Fix(reconcile): preserve zero-replica services during hashing by @junhaoliao in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13931
• Fix(config): warn when service selection is silently ignored by @glours in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13950
• Fix(build): use platform image-manifest digest, not attested index by @glours in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13949
• Fix(oci): honor --insecure-registry when up re-loads the model by @ptrdom in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13894
• Fix(config): pin type:image volume sources and pre_start hook images by @glours in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13956
• Tolerate missing env file on more runtime commands by @maxproske in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13603
• Resolve pre_start hook images alongside service images by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13937
• Fix(cp): return non-nil Content from dry-run CopyFromContainer by @glours in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13982
• Fix(config): apply config flags to --services/--volumes/--networks/--models/--hash by @glours in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13979
• Fix: tolerate missing env file on scale, watch and shell completion by @glours in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13973

🔧 Internal

• README: remove Go Report Card badge by @thaJeztah in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13926
• Docs: adopt AGENTS.md standard, symlink CLAUDE.md to it by @glours in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13871
• Dockerfile: update golang image to alpine 3.23 by @thaJeztah in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13921
• Docs: require dated AI_AGENT_DISCLOSURE.md, drop committed copy by @glours in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13976
• CI: publish images to Docker Hub using OIDC by @glours in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13994

⚙️ Dependencies

• Build(deps): bump github/codeql-action/upload-sarif from 4.36.2 to 4.37.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13942
• Build(deps): bump the docker-actions group across 1 directory with 4 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13941
• Build(deps): bump actions/stale from 10.3.0 to 10.4.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13943
• Build(deps): bump github.com/mattn/go-shellwords from 1.0.13 to 1.0.14 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13948
• Build(deps): bump golang.org/x/sync from 0.21.0 to 0.22.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13927
• Build(deps): bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.46.0 to 0.47.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13928
• Build(deps): bump docker/github-builder/.github/workflows/bake.yml from 1.13.0 to 1.14.0 in the docker-actions group by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13953
• Build(deps): bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.81.1 to 1.82.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13922
• Build(deps): bump softprops/action-gh-release from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13955
• Build(deps): bump actions/setup-go from 6.5.0 to 7.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13960
• Build(deps): bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.82.0 to 1.82.1 in the go_modules group across 1 directory by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13961
• Build(deps): bump github.com/docker/cli from 29.6.1+incompatible to 29.6.2+incompatible by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13968
• Build(deps): bump github/codeql-action/upload-sarif from 4.37.0 to 4.37.3 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13981
• Build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 7.0.0 to 7.0.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13970
• Build(deps): bump github.com/moby/buildkit from 0.31.1 to 0.31.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13969
• Bump compose-go to version v2.14.0 by @glours in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13983
• Bump go-archive to version v0.3.0 by @glours in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13986
• Build(deps): bump docker/github-builder/.github/workflows/bake.yml from 1.14.0 to 1.15.0 in the docker-actions group by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13989
• Chore(deps): bump github.com/moby/go-archive v0.3.2 by @thaJeztah in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13991
• Update to go1.26.5 by @thaJeztah in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13920
• Build(deps): bump actions/stale from 10.4.0 to 11.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13996
• Build(deps): bump docker/docker-agent-action/.github/workflows/review-pr.yml from 2.0.2 to 2.0.3 in the docker-actions group by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13995
• Build(deps): bump ossf/scorecard-action from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13984
• Chore(deps): github.com/docker/buildx v0.36.0, buildkit v0.32.0 by @glours in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13975
• Bump buildkit v0.32.1 by @glours in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13997

New Contributors

• @junhaoliao made their first contribution in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13931

Full Changelog: https://github.com/docker/compose/compare/v5.3.1...v5.4.0