Changes to Docker’s policies: retention of inactive images and pull rates

[Docker]( Hello, Docker offers numerous free services to our growing community of users and will continue doing so in the future. In order to sustainably scale this, we are making two policy updates in our terms of service. You are receiving this email so that you are aware of these updates, as they may impact you. The first policy update is regarding retention of inactive images. Inactive images are defined as images that have not been pulled or pushed in 6 months. Starting November 1, 2020: - Free accounts may retain inactive images for up to 6 months - Pro and Team subscriptions may retain inactive images indefinitely The second policy update is regarding limits on the number of image pulls. A pull is defined as up to two GET requests to the registry URL path ‘/v2/*/manifests/*’. Again, starting November 1, 2020: - Anonymous users will have an upper limit of 100 image pulls in a six hour period - Accounts authenticated with a DockerID will have an upper limit of 200 image pulls in a six hour period - Pro and Team subscriptions do not have limits For details please see the [FAQ]( and our recent blog posts regarding the [new inactive image retention]( and [pull rate limit policies](. If you have a free account you may upgrade to a Pro or Team subscription [here](. The updated Docker Terms of Service are available [here](. Thank you for using Docker. Jean-Laurent de Morlhon VP, Engineering Docker © Docker, Inc., 2020 318 Cambridge Ave Palo Alto, CA 94306 [Docker Privacy Policy](