podman-compose/docs/Changelog-1.5.0.md

Version 1.5.0 (2025-07-07)

Bug fixes

• Fixed path to a local SSH key to be relative to the directory of compose file during build.
• Fixed CMD healthchecks to run the given command directly and not use /bin/sh -c.
• Fixed regression of dockerfile definition if current directory name ends with ".git".
• Fixed exit code from push command.
• Implemented short syntax for environment variables set in .env for compose.yml environment: section.
• Fixed regression of log output including "text" in detached mode.
• Implemented up --no-recreate to work as advertised.
• Stack traces emitted due to YAML parse errors are now hidden.

Features

• Added unregister command to remove systemd service registration (podman-compose systemd -a unregister)
• Added new docker_compose_compat x-podman meta setting to enable all Docker Compose compatibility settings
• Added new name_separator_compat x-podman setting to change name separator to hyphen, same as Docker Compose.
• Added support for environment variable interpolation for YAML keys.
• Added io.podman.compose.service label to created containers. It contains the same value as com.docker.compose.service.
• Added relabel option to secret to make possible to read the secret file by the contained process.
• Added support for setting x-podman values using PODMAN_COMPOSE_* environment variables.
• Added support to set --route option to podman network create via x-podman.routes key on network configuration.
• Implemented support for custom pod names in --in-pod.