Make ROCK base image registry configurable.
Metadata
Current evaluation
Request to make the hardcoded ECR base image registry configurable to avoid rate-limit failures in CI builds.
Suggested action: needs triage
Reason: The issue is a valid feature request with clear impact (CI builds failing due to ECR rate limits) and identifies the exact code path (`rockcraft/oci.py` line 99 where `REGISTRY_URL` is hardcoded). However, it has no labels, no maintainer response, and no assignee, so it needs triage to be prioritized. The fix is straightforward: make `REGISTRY_URL` configurable via a top-level argument and propagate it to `Image.from_docker_registry()`.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
Impact:
70
Quick Win:
39
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
85
Actionability:
80
Issue body
### What needs to get done
[`rockcraft.oci.Image` class](https://github.com/canonical/rockcraft/blob/d09ad13493b8dc0cbb95db7285ef4a6d8a166f67/rockcraft/oci.py#L54) needs extending to add configurable registry URL during the `skopeo copy` of the base image to allow from pulling from non-ECR registries.
Will probably need adding a top-level `rockcraft` argument and transparently propagating it down to the actual image URL [composed here](https://github.com/canonical/rockcraft/blob/d09ad13493b8dc0cbb95db7285ef4a6d8a166f67/rockcraft/oci.py#L92) which later gets passed to the `skopeo copy` command.
### Why it needs to get done
Although ECR is considerably more lenient than DockeHub in terms of data pull limits for unverified requests, it still has them, leading to errors like these:
```python3
024-07-29 11:06:56.991 Execute process: ['/snap/rockcraft/1783/bin/skopeo', '--insecure-policy', '--override-arch', 'amd64', 'copy', '--retry-times', '5', 'docker://public.ecr.aws/ubuntu/ubuntu:22.04', 'oci:/root/images/ubuntu:22.04'], kwargs={}
2024-07-29 11:10:30.466 Failed to copy image: Command '['/snap/rockcraft/1783/bin/skopeo', '--insecure-policy', '--override-arch', 'amd64', 'copy', '--retry-times', '5', 'docker://public.ecr.aws/ubuntu/ubuntu:22.04', 'oci:/root/images/ubuntu:22.04']' returned non-zero exit status 1. (time="2024-07-29T11:07:28Z" level=warning msg="Failed, retrying in 1s ... (1/5). Error: initializing source docker://public.ecr.aws/ubuntu/ubuntu:22.04: reading manifest 22.04 in public.ecr.aws/ubuntu/ubuntu: toomanyrequests: Data limit exceeded"
```
Depending on the project being rock'd, these limits can be quite the nuisance.
The [`canonical/harbor-rocks` repo](https://github.com/canonical/harbor-rocks) for example defines rocks for 10 components x 3 versions x 2 architectures = 60 whole images, and it's virtually guaranteed that 2-3 of the build workflows will fail.
It would be nice to be able to use a local registry mirror when `rockcraft build/pack`-ing.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Impact:
70
Quick Win:
39
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
85
Actionability:
80
|
needs triage | Request to make the hardcoded ECR base image registry configurable to avoid rate-limit failures in CI builds. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
52
Quick Win:
21
Complexity:
42
Confidence:
94
Actionability:
68
|
needs triage | Requests a configurable ROCK base-image registry to avoid ECR pull-rate failures. The current code still hard-codes public ECR, and the configuration interface remains unspecified. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
13
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
80
Actionability:
60
|
needs triage | Feature request to make the ROCK base image registry configurable, allowing users to specify a local mirror or alternative registry to avoid ECR rate limits. Currently untriaged and open. | |
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
45
Quick Win:
25
Staleness:
85
Complexity:
45
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
20
|
needs triage | Feature request to make the hardcoded ECR base image registry URL configurable in rockcraft.oci.Image to allow pulling from non-ECR registries and avoid rate-limit failures. Untriaged, no maintainer response, no labels, 763 days old. Code still uses hardcoded REGISTRY_URL = ECR_URL. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
92
Complexity:
25
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
5
|
needs triage | Feature request to make base image registry configurable in rockcraft to bypass ECR/DockerHub rate limits. Untriaged, inactive for ~2 years with no maintainer response or labels. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
90
Complexity:
25
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
0
|
needs triage | Feature request to make the base image registry configurable in rockcraft to bypass ECR rate limits. Untriaged, inactive for nearly two years, awaiting maintainer assessment. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
85
Complexity:
25
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | Feature request to make the base image registry configurable in rockcraft to bypass ECR rate limits. Unlabeled, inactive for over a year with no maintainer response. |
Update history
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Related work
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Related To:
rockcraft#654
(confidence 90%)
Related issue requesting configurable skopeo credentials for base-image pulls; functionally independent but addresses the same ECR rate-limit problem.
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