Since image tags have changed, then the supervisor has no way to identify old supervisor images.
Confirmed this by doing a supervisor update using the update-balena-supervisor script.
Before
root@cceab6e:~# balena images
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
registry2.balena-cloud.com/v2/c4278bb92bdbd1d514b819146a385c59 <none> 291d6f0839e1 7 days ago 214MB
registry2.balena-cloud.com/v2/7b442250226c49e28e2c9f1237b2e8a1 latest ac4cb891dc5b 5 weeks ago 62.8MB
root@cceab6e:~# balena ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
5b3f8aada375 291d6f0839e1 "/usr/bin/entry.sh n…" 18 hours ago Up 18 hours hello_3698079_1825241
5117e8fb66b4 registry2.balena-cloud.com/v2/7b442250226c49e28e2c9f1237b2e8a1:latest "/usr/src/app/entry.…" 18 hours ago Up 18 hours (healthy) balena_supervisor
After
root@cceab6e:~# balena ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
a3f494766de6 registry2.balena-cloud.com/v2/2f787b4a0f149d9f05ebb9f202f4c7ff:latest "/usr/src/app/entry.…" About a minute ago Up About a minute (health: starting) balena_supervisor
5b3f8aada375 291d6f0839e1 "/usr/bin/entry.sh n…" 18 hours ago Up 18 hours hello_3698079_1825241
root@cceab6e:~# balena images
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
registry2.balena-cloud.com/v2/c4278bb92bdbd1d514b819146a385c59 <none> 291d6f0839e1 7 days ago 214MB
registry2.balena-cloud.com/v2/2f787b4a0f149d9f05ebb9f202f4c7ff latest 29afe3a0cd02 2 weeks ago 62.9MB
registry2.balena-cloud.com/v2/7b442250226c49e28e2c9f1237b2e8a1 latest ac4cb891dc5b 5 weeks ago 62.8MB
balena-healthcheck-image
The old supervisor image is still there, but since it has a weird tag it doesn't get deleted
Private discussion link: https://www.flowdock.com/app/rulemotion/r-supervisor/threads/mg4T0O0VJ3w1q1VCPG_YzTCisCN
The supervisor was supposed to clean the old images, but this code won't work with the new way to tag the supervisor images.
https://github.com/balena-os/balena-supervisor/blob/master/src/compose/images.ts#L397-L406
Since image tags have changed, then the supervisor has no way to identify old supervisor images.
Confirmed this by doing a supervisor update using the
update-balena-supervisor
script.Before
After
The old supervisor image is still there, but since it has a weird tag it doesn't get deleted