the attribute `version` is obsolete, it will be ignored, please remove it to avoid potential confusion
the attribute `version` is obsolete, it will be ignored, please remove it to avoid potential confusion
Delete the line; nothing else changes.
# before
version: "3.8"
services:
web:
image: nginx
# after
services:
web:
image: nginx
If you need a fixed project name, use the top-level name: key instead (exposed as COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME). Only keep version if the same file must also run under the retired Python docker-compose v1.
Symptom
Every docker compose up prints:
WARN[0000] /path/docker-compose.yml: the attribute `version` is obsolete, it will be ignored, please remove it to avoid potential confusion
Agents keep generating compose files that start with version: "3.8".
Cause
The top-level version key came from Compose v1 file formats 2.x/3.x. The Compose Specification (2020) made it informational only: Compose always validates against the latest schema regardless of version. Recent Compose v2 releases (2024) started warning about it. A Compose maintainer on issue #12068: "version is indeed obsolete, since compose specification was introduced in 2020. Just stop using it".
Verify
docker compose config >/dev/null prints no warning.
Sources
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