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Relocating images, Helm charts and OCI artefacts into self-operated registries to remove dependence on external registry policy.
Docker Compose v5.5.1 hit the registry on all three explicit pulls in a developer's test, though its v5.5.0 changelog says pull now honors refresh windows. For CI pipelines built around an explicit pull step, the upgrade bought no fewer registry calls in that test.
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ArgoCD now hands diff calculation to the API server and accepts OCI registries as first-class sources. The same write-up still calls Git the sole source of truth, so teams pulling charts from Harbor have to decide which system records intent.
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A dev.to walkthrough says AWS App Runner no longer accepts new services, and the Amazon ECS Express Mode path it demonstrates opens with an execution role, an infrastructure role, and a public container image.
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Verified Publisher applications are now self-serve with two plans, priority search ranking and reports that name the companies pulling your images.
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Flux Mirror ships as a v2.9 CLI plugin that copies images, charts and desired-state artifacts from a config file. The Bitnami catalogue freeze is the argument for using it.
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