docs: troubleshooting entry for host orphan-image accumulation
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Document why host-label builds leave orphan images on the Docker host and the post-push cleanup + one-time prune pattern. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -143,3 +143,41 @@ This is an image build problem — the binary should always be present if the im
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```bash
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./scripts/verify-runtime.sh custom-gitea-runner:latest
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```
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---
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## Orphan images piling up on the host (disk filling)
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**Symptom:** The Unraid Docker page (or `docker images`) shows a growing list of
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`(orphan image)` entries — both tagged (`registry.alwisp.com/<owner>/<repo>:latest`)
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and untagged (bare image IDs) — that nothing created intentionally.
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**Cause:** Jobs that run on the `host` label use the **host Docker daemon** via the
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mounted socket. Every `docker build` leaves its output image on the host, and each
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rebuild orphans the previous one (the moved tag leaves the old image dangling).
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Multi-stage build layers add more. Nothing removes them automatically, so they
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accumulate and consume the array.
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**Fix:** Have Docker-build workflows clean up after pushing to the registry:
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```yaml
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- name: Clean up build images on host
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if: always()
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run: |
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IMAGE="registry.alwisp.com/${{ gitea.repository }}"
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docker image rm -f "${IMAGE}:latest" 2>/dev/null || true
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docker image prune -f 2>/dev/null || true # removes dangling layers (host-wide)
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```
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The image lives in the registry after `docker push`, so removing the local copy is
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safe. `docker image prune -f` only removes **dangling** (untagged) images, not
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tagged base images, so rebuilds stay fast. Note it acts host-wide — fine on a
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dedicated runner host; be aware if the host runs unrelated build tooling.
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**One-time cleanup** of images left by earlier builds (run on the host):
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```bash
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docker images --format '{{.Repository}}:{{.Tag}}' \
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| grep '^registry.alwisp.com/' | xargs -r docker rmi -f
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docker image prune -f
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```
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