2.37.0

What's Changed

ℹ️ bake is now used as the default images builder, if you don't want to use it you could opt-out by setting the COMPOSE_BAKE env variable to false

✨ Improvements

• Add compose bridge by @glours in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12866
• Include platform and creation date listing image by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12856
• Add support of metadata subcommand for provider services by @glours in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12903
• Use bake by default by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12699

🐛 Fixes

• (Re)start dependent services after watch rebuilt image by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12879
• Resolve symlinks while making dockerfile path absolute by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12884
• Fix support for BUILDKIT_PROGRESS by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12894
• Build dependent service images when required by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12896
• Fix recreate network (and connected containers) on config updates by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12899
• pull does not require env_file being resolved by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12904

🔧 Internal

• Refactor: use slices.Contains to simplify code by @tongjicoder in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12877
• Remove utils.Contains to prefer slice.ContainsFunc by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12878
• Fix typo in suggestion log by @Carlos-err406 in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12893
• Replace uses of golang.org/x/exp/(maps|slices) for stdlib and fix linting by @thaJeztah in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12885
• Debug message to help diagnose platform mismatch by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12905
• (refactoting) Move watch logic into a dedicated Watcher type by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12865

⚙️ Dependencies

• Bump cli-doc-tools to v0.10.0 by @glours in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12855
• Bump github.com/docker/docker, docker/cli v28.2.2 by @thaJeztah in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12875
• Build(deps): bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.72.1 to 1.72.2 by @dependabot in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12872

Full Changelog: https://github.com/docker/compose/compare/v2.36.2...v2.37.0