Docker Compose version v2.25.0 reports version is obsolete

[BJReplay]

Problem Docker Compose version 2.25.0 now reports that version is obsolete.

This appears when using the compose-dash.sh helper - for example:

./compose-dash.sh down && ./compose-dash.sh up -d
Including powerwall.extend.yml
Running Docker Compose...
WARN[0000] powerwall.yml: `version` is obsolete
[+] Running 10/10
 ✔ Container pwdusage                   Removed                                                                   10.7s
 ✔ Container homeassistant              Removed                                                                    5.1s
 ✔ Container weather411                 Removed                                                                    1.2s
 ✔ Container grafana                    Removed                                                                    1.2s
 ✔ Container ecowitt                    Removed                                                                   10.8s
 ✔ Container telegraf                   Removed                                                                    0.8s
 ✔ Container weatherdesktop             Removed                                                                    3.8s
 ✔ Container pypowerwall                Removed                                                                    0.5s
 ✔ Container influxdb                   Removed                                                                    0.5s
 ✔ Network powerwall-dashboard_default  Removed                                                                    0.3s
Including powerwall.extend.yml
Running Docker Compose...
WARN[0000] powerwall.yml: `version` is obsolete
[+] Running 9/10
 ⠸ Network powerwall-dashboard_default  Created                                                                    3.4s
 ✔ Container homeassistant              Started                                                                    0.8s
 ✔ Container pypowerwall                Started                                                                    1.9s
 ✔ Container influxdb                   Started                                                                    1.9s
 ✔ Container weatherdesktop             Started                                                                    1.4s
 ✔ Container ecowitt                    Started                                                                    2.8s
 ✔ Container weather411                 Started                                                                    3.0s
 ✔ Container grafana                    Started                                                                    3.1s
 ✔ Container pwdusage                   Started                                                                    2.6s
 ✔ Container telegraf                   Started                                                                    2.7s

To Reproduce

1. Update to the latest versions of docker compose (e.g. sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade -y)
2. cd Powerwall-Dashboard
3. ./compose-dash.sh down && ./compose-dash.sh up -d
4. See error

Host System

• WSL2 (Ubuntu 22.10) on Windows 11
• Also reproducible on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Additional context Noticed this on all my Docker Compose examples (Powerwall-Dashboard and others) after this update to Docker.

Checking shows that Version has been optional for a long time.

https://docs.docker.com/compose/compose-file/04-version-and-name/

This bug on Docker Compose notes this new issue: https://github.com/docker/compose/issues/11628

Version has been optional since at least 2020.

I can pull together a PR to remove version from the yml files if desired (to avoid the warning), but it's hard to say if they will then cause a problem with any very early (V1) platforms.

[jasonacox]

Thanks @BJReplay - but correct me if I'm wrong, this is a "warning" not an error, or are you seeing this no longer work?

In any case, we can explore removing it. If you remove the version: "3.5" line do you see any problems?

[BJReplay]

Thanks @jasonacox I was updating my issue (as I accidently) submitted before I'd finished while you commented.

Yes, it's just a warning - it still works.

If you remove the version line entirely, the warning goes away.

I'll do a little more research and see if I can find out when it became optional and see if I can work out the earliest version of Docker or Docker Compose that would break if we removed it. I'll get back here, and if you agree, I can put together a PR to remove it.

[BuongiornoTexas]

I suspect it will need to stay as long powerwall-dashboard continues to support older versions of compose. I've got a vague memory that version 3.8 of the yaml spec is the last one to need it?

[BJReplay]

I'm almost certain we're using version 2 format (because it uses the services element).

It's supported by docker 1.10 released Feb 4, 2016.

https://docs.docker.com/compose/intro/history/#compose-file-format-versioning describes the history:

Version one of the Docker Compose command-line binary was first released in 2014. It was written in Python, and is invoked with docker-compose. Typically, Compose V1 projects include a top-level version element in the compose.yml file, with values ranging from 2.0 to 3.8, which refer to the specific file formats.

Version two of the Docker Compose command-line binary was announced in 2020, is written in Go, and is invoked with docker compose. Compose V2 ignores the version top-level element in the compose.yml file.

https://docs.docker.com/compose/compose-file/compose-file-v2/

[BJReplay]

Note there are a couple of potentially confusing versions here: Versions of Docker Compose (V1 and V2) and versions of the compose file format (V1, V2 and V3).

This is a good jumping off point: https://docs.docker.com/compose/intro/history/

My gut feel is that unless someone is running a very old (pre Compose 1.6.0 in 2016) system, we can remove version.

[BJReplay]

I've got a vague memory that version 3.8 of the yaml spec is the last one to need it?

From my reading, not actually needed after 2.0 - was optional from that point on.

[BJReplay]

I've put together a PR - feel free to accept or reject based on your assessment :)

My take on it is that:

1. version should be removed
2. docker compose (rather than docker-compose) and the set up for docker-compose (rather than the python module - which is V1 docker compose) probably should be part of the main instructions (hence the change to the readme) but I haven't changed anything else.

[Ellen-Gu]

I've put together a PR - feel free to accept or reject based on your assessment :)

My take on it is that:

1. version should be removed
2. docker compose (rather than docker-compose) and the set up for docker-compose (rather than the python module - which is V1 docker compose) probably should be part of the main instructions (hence the change to the readme) but I haven't changed anything else.

I encountered this warning today.

As BJReplay stated, I removed the line from my yml file then the warning disappeared. Till now I do not have any problem with the new container established by the modified yml file.

The line I commented out is as the following:

#version: "3.8"

[BJReplay]

Closing as fix merged.