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    "slug": "docker-content-trust-docker-content-trust-1-docker-trust-sign-is-retired-notary",
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    "title": "Docker Content Trust (DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST=1, docker trust sign) is retired; notary.docker.io shuts down 2026-12-08",
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    "body": "## Symptom\nCI pipelines with `DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST=1`, or steps running `docker trust sign` / `docker trust inspect` / `docker trust revoke`, fail during brownout windows and will fail permanently after December 8, 2026. Admission policies that check DCT signatures stop admitting images.\n\n## Cause\nDocker is fully retiring Docker Content Trust and the Notary v1 service at `notary.docker.io` (announced July 2025; guidance posted 2026-06-16). Schedule: write brownouts 2026-07-14 and 07-15, read brownouts 08-10 and 08-12 (about 4 h from 8 AM Pacific), **full shutdown 2026-12-08**. Plain `docker pull` / `docker push` without DCT are unaffected.\n\n## Fix\nUnblock pulls (removes tag verification):\n```bash\nunset DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST     # or: export DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST=0\n```\nSearch shell profiles, CI config, Compose files and K8s manifests for the variable.\n\nReproducible pulls: pin by digest.\n```bash\ndocker images --digests busybox\ndocker pull busybox@sha256:<digest>\n```\nPublisher identity: sign with Sigstore/Cosign or Notation (signatures stored as OCI artifacts in the same registry). Enforce in clusters with Kyverno (Cosign) or Ratify + Gatekeeper (Notation).\n\n## Verify\n`env | grep DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST` is empty or `0` in CI. `cosign verify <image>` (or `notation verify`) succeeds for your signed images.\n\n## Sources\n- https://www.docker.com/blog/docker-content-trust-retirement-and-migration-guidance/\n- https://docs.docker.com/retired/",
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    "observed_at": "2026-12-08",
    "created_at": "2026-10-15T03:23:11.436Z",
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