This release adds 5 notable features for engineering teams evaluating rollout.
✓ No known CVEs patched in this version
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Summary
AI summaryAdded Home Assistant event integration and several new command‑line options.
Changes in this release
| Type | Severity | Summary | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feature | Low |
Adds Home Assistant event integration. Adds Home Assistant event integration. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17 Confidence: high |
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| Feature | Low |
Adds option -E to exclude updates while still checking for them. Adds option -E to exclude updates while still checking for them. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17 Confidence: high |
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| Feature | Low |
Adds option -C to temporarily fall back to default configs, ignoring `dockcheck.config`. Adds option -C to temporarily fall back to default configs, ignoring `dockcheck.config`. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17 Confidence: high |
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| Feature | Low |
Adds option -N to test notifications by simulating updates. Adds option -N to test notifications by simulating updates. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17 Confidence: high |
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| Feature | Low |
Adds additional release note sources. Adds additional release note sources. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17 Confidence: high |
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| Bugfix | Medium |
Fixes Docker restart/pull handling to skip failed pulls and avoid restarting already restarted stacks. Fixes Docker restart/pull handling to skip failed pulls and avoid restarting already restarted stacks. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17 Confidence: high |
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| Bugfix | Low |
Fixes script update notification consistency, which previously didn't always trigger. Fixes script update notification consistency, which previously didn't always trigger. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17 Confidence: high |
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| Bugfix | Low |
Moves function call to print current backups for environments that didn't source the function. Moves function call to print current backups for environments that didn't source the function. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17 Confidence: high |
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Full changelog
Pretty big one this time as I've been slow with making proper version bumps and releases. So we bump it to 8 to mark it!
NEW
- Add Home Assistant event integration by @john-plate in https://github.com/mag37/dockcheck/pull/287
- Added option -E to exclude from updating, while still checking for updates (help from @dlong500 )
- Added option -C to temporarily fall back to default configs, ignoring
dockcheck.config. - Added option -N to test notifications by simulating updates.
- Added additional release note sources by @varadins in https://github.com/mag37/dockcheck/pull/294
FIXES
- Docker restart/pull handling updates to skip failed pulls and not restart already restarted stacks by @vorezal in https://github.com/mag37/dockcheck/pull/271
- Clarified image backups restoration section in the readme.
- Changed array variable handling to be more compatible with older bash (and macOS, thanks @gary2002 for feedback).
- Fixed script update notification consistency, didn't always trigger.
- Moved function call to print current backups, some environments didn't source the function.
Full Changelog: https://github.com/mag37/dockcheck/compare/v0.7.8...v0.8.0
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CLI tool to automate docker image updates. Interactive or unattended with notifications, image backups, autoprune, no pre-pulling and more.
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