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Define and run multi-container applications with Docker

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Recent Releases

v5.5.1

v5.5.1September 3, 2026
Release notes

## What's Changed ### ✨ Improvements * Feat(hooks): capture and surface lifecycle hook output by @glours in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/14091 * Feat(tracing): surface otel shutdown errors via `--debug` by @htoyoda18 in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/14152 ### 🐛 Fixes * Fix...

v5.5.0

v5.5.0August 17, 2026
Release notes

## What's Changed > ℹ️ This release overhauls image digest reconciliation to prevent unnecessary container recreation. > Existing containers may be ...

v5.4.0

v5.4.0August 3, 2026
Release notes

## 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...

v5.3.1

v5.3.1July 7, 2026
Release notes

## What's Changed ### 🔧 Internal * Ci: add concurrency group to pr-review-trigger to prevent duplicate reviews by @derekmisler in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13890 * Fix grammar in Attestations field comment by @blackflytech in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13891 * Ci: re...

v5.3.0

v5.3.0July 2, 2026
Release notes

## What's Changed > ℹ️ This release introduces native support for init containers. ### ✨ Improvements * Pre start init containers by @glours in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13862 ### 🐛 Fixes * Fix(oci): route authorizer token fetches through provided transport by @glours in htt...

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