Docker Compose 2.36.0 release notes

What's Changed

🎉 You can now use external binaries as service provider to extend Compose behaviour. For more information about creating your own plugin check the documentation

✨ Improvements

Introduce networks.interface_name by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12771
Add support for COMPOSE_PROGRESS env variable by @AnvarU in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12769
Document extensibility using service.provider and open provider to external binaries by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12777
Introduce build --check by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12765

🐛 Fixes

Build: write --print output to stdout by @emersion in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12756
Fix: concurrent map writes when pulling by @skanehira in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12752
Fix support for remote absolute path by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12786
Fix collect image digests for service images built by bake by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12784
Enable services implicitly declared by a service:xx build dependency by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12785
Fix config --variables not honoring the --format flag by @alessio-perugini in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12809

🔧 Internal

Remove support of Synchronize File Shares integration with Docker Desktop by @glours in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12763
Display proper event message for provider services on up and down by @glours in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12788
E2e test for start_interval by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12795
Document behavior on missing extension by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12802

⚙️ Dependencies

Build(deps): bump github.com/docker/cli from 28.1.0+incompatible to 28.1.1+incompatible by @dependabot in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12761
Build(deps): bump github.com/docker/docker from 28.1.0+incompatible to 28.1.1+incompatible by @dependabot in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12759
Build(deps): bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.71.1 to 1.72.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12760
Build(deps): bump github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 from 2.0.4 to 2.0.5 by @dependabot in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12758
Bump compose-go to v2.6.1 by @glours in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12766
Bump compose-go to v2.6.2 by @glours in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12810
Build(deps): bump github.com/moby/buildkit from 0.21.0 to 0.21.1 by @dependabot in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12796
Build(deps): bump golang.org/x/sync from 0.13.0 to 0.14.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12805
Build(deps): bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.32.0 to 0.33.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12804
Build(deps): bump go.uber.org/mock from 0.5.1 to 0.5.2 by @dependabot in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12792

Full Changelog: https://github.com/docker/compose/compare/v2.35.1...v2.36.0