container clean command

Author: saehejkang

Sources/APIServer/APIServer+Start.swift

@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ extension APIServer {
             routes[XPCRoute.containerCopyIn] = XPCServer.route(harness.copyIn)
             routes[XPCRoute.containerCopyOut] = XPCServer.route(harness.copyOut)
             routes[XPCRoute.containerExport] = XPCServer.route(harness.export)
+            routes[XPCRoute.containerClean] = XPCServer.route(harness.clean)
 
             return service
         }

Sources/ContainerCommands/Application.swift

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public struct Application: AsyncLoggableCommand {
             CommandGroup(
                 name: "Container",
                 subcommands: [
+                    ContainerClean.self,
                     ContainerCopy.self,
                     ContainerCreate.self,
                     ContainerDelete.self,

Sources/ContainerCommands/Container/ContainerClean.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. and the container project authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+import ArgumentParser
+import ContainerAPIClient
+import ContainerizationError
+import Foundation
+
+extension Application {
+    public struct ContainerClean: AsyncLoggableCommand {
+        public init() {}
+        public static let configuration = CommandConfiguration(
+            commandName: "clean",
+            abstract: "Clean one or more running containers"
+        )
+
+        @OptionGroup
+        public var logOptions: Flags.Logging
+
+        @Argument(help: "Container IDs")
+        var containerIds: [String] = []
+
+        public func validate() throws {
+            if containerIds.count == 0 {
+                throw ContainerizationError(.invalidArgument, message: "no containers specified")
+            }
+        }
+
+        public mutating func run() async throws {
+            let client = ContainerClient()
+            let containers = Array(Set(containerIds))
+
+            var errors: [any Error] = []
+            try await withThrowingTaskGroup(of: (any Error)?.self) { group in
+                for container in containers {
+                    group.addTask {
+                        do {
+                            try await client.clean(id: container)
+                            print(container)
+                            return nil
+                        } catch {
+                            return error
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                for try await error in group {
+                    if let error {
+                        errors.append(error)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            if !errors.isEmpty {
+                throw AggregateError(errors)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

Sources/ContainerTestSupport/ContainerFixture+ContainerHelpers.swift

@@ -152,6 +152,11 @@ extension ContainerFixture {
     public func doExport(_ name: String, to path: FilePath) throws {
         try run(["export", name, "-o", path.string]).check()
     }
+
+    /// Cleans a running container.
+    func doClean(name: String) throws {
+        try run(["clean", name]).check()
+    }
 }
 
 // MARK: - Inspect helpers

Sources/Services/ContainerAPIService/Client/ContainerClient.swift

@@ -390,4 +390,19 @@ public struct ContainerClient: Sendable {
             )
         }
     }
+
+    public func clean(id: String) async throws {
+        let request = XPCMessage(route: .containerClean)
+        request.set(key: .id, value: id)
+
+        do {
+            try await xpcClient.send(request)
+        } catch {
+            throw ContainerizationError(
+                .internalError,
+                message: "failed to clean container",
+                cause: error
+            )
+        }
+    }
 }

Sources/Services/ContainerAPIService/Client/XPC+.swift

@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ public enum XPCRoute: String {
     case containerCopyIn
     case containerCopyOut
     case containerExport
+    case containerClean
 
     case pluginLoad
     case pluginGet

Sources/Services/ContainerAPIService/Server/Containers/ContainersHarness.swift

@@ -404,4 +404,18 @@ public struct ContainersHarness: Sendable {
         try await service.exportRootfs(id: id, archive: archiveUrl)
         return message.reply()
     }
+
+    @Sendable
+    public func clean(_ message: XPCMessage) async throws -> XPCMessage {
+        let id = message.string(key: .id)
+        guard let id else {
+            throw ContainerizationError(
+                .invalidArgument,
+                message: "id cannot be empty"
+            )
+        }
+
+        try await service.clean(id: id)
+        return message.reply()
+    }
 }

Sources/Services/ContainerAPIService/Server/Containers/ContainersService.swift

@@ -919,6 +919,18 @@ public actor ContainersService {
         }
     }
 
+    public func clean(id: String) async throws {
+        self.log.debug("\(#function)")
+
+        let state = try self._getContainerState(id: id)
+        guard state.snapshot.status == .running else {
+            throw ContainerizationError(.invalidState, message: "container is not running")
+        }
+
+        let client = try state.getClient()
+        try await client.clean(id: id)
+    }
+
     private func handleContainerExit(id: String, code: ExitStatus? = nil) async throws {
         try await self.lock.withLock(logMetadata: ["acquirer": "\(#function)", "id": "\(id)"]) { [self] context in
             try await handleContainerExit(id: id, code: code, context: context)

Sources/Services/Runtime/RuntimeClient/RuntimeClient.swift

@@ -358,6 +358,21 @@ extension RuntimeClient {
 
         return try JSONDecoder().decode(ContainerStats.self, from: data)
     }
+
+    public func clean(id: String) async throws {
+        let request = XPCMessage(route: RuntimeRoutes.clean.rawValue)
+        request.set(key: RuntimeKeys.id.rawValue, value: id)
+
+        do {
+            try await self.client.send(request)
+        } catch {
+            throw ContainerizationError(
+                .internalError,
+                message: "failed to clean container \(self.id)",
+                cause: error
+            )
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 extension XPCMessage {

Sources/Services/Runtime/RuntimeClient/RuntimeRoutes.swift

@@ -58,4 +58,6 @@ public enum RuntimeRoutes: String {
     case copyOut = "com.apple.container.runtime/copyOut"
     /// Snapshot the container's root filesystem to an image file.
     case snapshotDisk = "com.apple.container.runtime/snapshotDisk"
+    /// Clean up unused space in the container filesystem.
+    case clean = "com.apple.container.runtime/clean"
 }