GitHub devcontainer: image ghcr.io/devcontainers/templates/python:5.0.0 not found

[rugk]

I get this when I try to create a GitHub Codespace:

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2025-12-09 16:43:06.162Z: Configuration starting...
2025-12-09 16:43:06.174Z: Cloning...

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2025-12-09 16:43:06.210Z: Creating container...
2025-12-09 16:43:06.210Z: Cleaning up docker images...
2025-12-09 16:43:06.703Z: $ devcontainer up --id-label Type=codespaces --workspace-folder /var/lib/docker/codespacemount/workspace/neotaste_scraper --mount type=bind,source=/.codespaces/agent/mount/cache,target=/vscode --user-data-folder /var/lib/docker/codespacemount/.persistedshare --container-data-folder .vscode-remote/data/Machine --container-system-data-folder /var/vscode-remote --log-level trace --log-format json --update-remote-user-uid-default never --mount-workspace-git-root false --omit-config-remote-env-from-metadata --skip-non-blocking-commands --skip-post-create --remove-existing-container --config "/var/lib/docker/codespacemount/workspace/neotaste_scraper/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json" --override-config /root/.codespaces/shared/merged_devcontainer.json --default-user-env-probe loginInteractiveShell --container-session-data-folder /workspaces/.codespaces/.persistedshare/devcontainers-cli/cache --secrets-file /root/.codespaces/shared/user-secrets-envs.json
2025-12-09 16:43:06.831Z: @devcontainers/cli 0.80.0. Node.js v18.20.6. linux 6.8.0-1030-azure x64.
2025-12-09 16:43:08.386Z: {"outcome":"error","message":"Command failed: docker inspect --type image ghcr.io/devcontainers/templates/python:5.0.0","description":"An error occurred setting up the container."}
2025-12-09 16:43:08.386Z: Error: Command failed: docker inspect --type image ghcr.io/devcontainers/templates/python:5.0.0
2025-12-09 16:43:08.386Z:     at w6 (/.codespaces/agent/bin/node_modules/@devcontainers/cli/dist/spec-node/devContainersSpecCLI.js:467:1253)
2025-12-09 16:43:08.387Z:     at ax (/.codespaces/agent/bin/node_modules/@devcontainers/cli/dist/spec-node/devContainersSpecCLI.js:467:997)
2025-12-09 16:43:08.387Z:     at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
2025-12-09 16:43:08.388Z:     at async Y6 (/.codespaces/agent/bin/node_modules/@devcontainers/cli/dist/spec-node/devContainersSpecCLI.js:484:3842)
2025-12-09 16:43:08.388Z:     at async BC (/.codespaces/agent/bin/node_modules/@devcontainers/cli/dist/spec-node/devContainersSpecCLI.js:484:4957)
2025-12-09 16:43:08.389Z:     at async p7 (/.codespaces/agent/bin/node_modules/@devcontainers/cli/dist/spec-node/devContainersSpecCLI.js:665:202)
2025-12-09 16:43:08.389Z:     at async d7 (/.codespaces/agent/bin/node_modules/@devcontainers/cli/dist/spec-node/devContainersSpecCLI.js:664:14804)
2025-12-09 16:43:08.390Z:     at async /.codespaces/agent/bin/node_modules/@devcontainers/cli/dist/spec-node/devContainersSpecCLI.js:484:1188
2025-12-09 16:43:08.394Z: devcontainer process exited with exit code 1

====================================== ERROR ====================================
2025-12-09 16:43:08.396Z: Failed to create container.
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2025-12-09 16:43:08.396Z: Error: Command failed: docker inspect --type image ghcr.io/devcontainers/templates/python:5.0.0
2025-12-09 16:43:08.397Z: Error code: 1302 (UnifiedContainersErrorFatalCreatingContainer)

====================================== ERROR ====================================
2025-12-09 16:43:08.402Z: Container creation failed.
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2025-12-09 16:43:08.411Z: 

===================================== WARNING ===================================
2025-12-09 16:43:08.412Z: Creating recovery container.
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2025-12-09 16:43:08.540Z: Creating container...
2025-12-09 16:43:08.585Z: $ devcontainer up --id-label Type=codespaces --workspace-folder /var/lib/docker/codespacemount/workspace/neotaste_scraper --mount type=bind,source=/.codespaces/agent/mount/cache,target=/vscode --user-data-folder /var/lib/docker/codespacemount/.persistedshare --container-data-folder .vscode-remote/data/Machine --container-system-data-folder /var/vscode-remote --log-level trace --log-format json --update-remote-user-uid-default never --mount-workspace-git-root false --omit-config-remote-env-from-metadata --skip-non-blocking-commands --skip-post-create --config "/var/lib/docker/codespacemount/workspace/neotaste_scraper/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json" --override-config /root/.codespaces/shared/merged_devcontainer.json --default-user-env-probe loginInteractiveShell --container-session-data-folder /workspaces/.codespaces/.persistedshare/devcontainers-cli/cache --secrets-file /root/.codespaces/shared/user-secrets-envs.json
2025-12-09 16:43:08.711Z: @devcontainers/cli 0.80.0. Node.js v18.20.6. linux 6.8.0-1030-azure x64.
2025-12-09 16:43:09.186Z: $alpine -c echo Container started
2025-12-09 16:43:09.205Z: Unable to find image 'mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:alpine' locally
2025-12-09 16:43:09.353Z: alpine: 2025-12-09 16:43:09.353Z: Pulling from devcontainers/base
2025-12-09 16:43:09.406Z: 
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// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the
// README at: https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/tree/main/src/python
{
	"name": "Python 3",
	// Or use a Dockerfile or Docker Compose file. More info: https://containers.dev/guide/dockerfile
	"image": "ghcr.io/devcontainers/templates/python:5.0.0",
	"features": {
		"ghcr.io/paul-gilber/devcontainer-features/jinja2-cli-homebrew:1": {
			"version": "latest"
		},
		"ghcr.io/devcontainers-extra/features/flake8:2": {
			"version": "latest",
			"plugins": "flake8-black flake8-isort flake8-print flake8-bandit flake8-pylint flake8-builtins flake8-spellcheck flake8-pytest-style flake8-django flake8-fastapi"
		},
		"ghcr.io/itsalljustdata/devcontainers-custom-features/python-virtualenv:1": {}
	},

For full file see rugk/neotaste_scraper#20 aka https://github.com/rugk/neotaste_scraper/blob/5c0e3eb2f63105458d3110772e8a32b27f8546a2/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

Full creation log: https://gist.github.com/rugk/f2dd45e36232e4341ba1861b0988a958

Ideas

That s very strange, because https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/pkgs/container/templates%2Fpython lists the image as existing with that tag?

It's reproducible (at least twice rebuilds I tried now).

Cross-post: devcontainers/images#1691 ( am not sure where this fits better)