[Ubuntu 24] Docker compose issue with 2.36.0

[vDMG]

Description

Since the latest Ubuntu tools update in the GitHub standard runner, all Docker Compose usage with profiles is broken when used with the --profiles CLI option.

This is a known issue fixed in v2.36.1: docker/compose#12825

This has a major impact on all people relying on Docker Compose with profiles, using the CLI option to explicitly define them.

Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions - Standard Runners
• GitHub Actions - Larger Runners

Runner images affected

• Ubuntu 22.04
• Ubuntu 24.04
• macOS 13
• macOS 13 Arm64
• macOS 14
• macOS 14 Arm64
• macOS 15
• macOS 15 Arm64
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2025

Image version and build link

https://github.com/actions/runner-images/releases/tag/ubuntu24%2F20250527.1

Is it regression?

https://github.com/actions/runner-images/releases/tag/ubuntu24%2F20250511.1

Expected behavior

Bump to the highest fixed version.

Actual behavior

Docker compose does not find the service.

Repro steps

Define a docker compose file with a service that use profiles :

  service-a:
    image: myimage:latest
    profiles:
      - ci

try to run it with docker compose like
docker compose build service-a

[kishorekumar-anchala]

Hi @vDMG - Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. We will look into this issue and will update you after investigating.


[karolinepauls]

The workaround meanwhile is to always specify matching profiles by name.

given a service in docker-compose.yaml:

  pytest:
    profiles: [ "pytest" ]

This no longer works (worked before):

docker compose build pytest

This does work now:

docker compose --profile pytest build pytest

[slagiewka]

If you don't need to run on ubuntu-latest (ubuntu-24.04), ubuntu-22.04 shows no issues in my case.

[vidyasagarnimmagaddi]

Hi @vDMG , the docker compose has been changed to 2.36.2 , in the latest image rollout . thanks closing the issue.