Cleanup option does not seem to work.

[heyitschloehawthorne]

Describe the bug

I've been using watchtower for the past year or so and I really like how seamless it runs, but I've never been able to get the WATCHTOWER_CLEANUP option to work.

My docker_compose.yml is as follows.

watchtower: image: containrrr/watchtower container_name: watchtower environment: - WATCHTOWER_HTTP_API_METRICS=true - WATCHTOWER_HTTP_API_TOKEN=censored - WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_REPORT=true - WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_URL=generic://notifiarr.com/api/v1/notification/watchtower> - WATCHTOWER_CLEANUP=true volumes: - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock ports: - 800:8080 restart: unless-stopped

I removed and restarted the container, so I don't have the logs at the moment, but once it runs an update I'll add them to this issue. I did not see any mention of the cleanup in the logs, though.

Steps to reproduce

1. Pull and run Watchtower using my docker_compose.yml file.
2. Wait for a container to update.
3. Get frustrated when your SSD fills up in three days.

Expected behavior

Cleanup option should be removing old container images upon completing updates.

Screenshots

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Environment

Docker 27.3.1 on Debian 12 x86_64

Your logs

time="2025-04-29T04:03:30Z" level=info msg="Watchtower 1.7.1"

time="2025-04-29T04:03:30Z" level=info msg="Using notifications: generic"

time="2025-04-29T04:03:30Z" level=info msg="Checking all containers (except explicitly disabled with label)"

time="2025-04-29T04:03:30Z" level=info msg="Scheduling first run: 2025-04-30 04:03:30 +0000 UTC"

time="2025-04-29T04:03:30Z" level=info msg="Note that the first check will be performed in 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds"

Additional context

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[Bruxes]

Having same issue

[kerhisNicolas]

Hello,

I have the same issue, i tried use with command also, whithout sucess.