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[BUG] Docker Compose pull fails when a required env_file is missing #12081

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@KostaGorod

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I Believe this is part of previous requests #1973 & #9181.

which defines that some commands don't need to validate full config.

my issue that when I pull images, using env_file with required=true.
the pull fails due to missing env file.

My expectation is that the required is part of running the compose (and validating), not pulling.
If there is situation that env_file is expected as part of pull (which I'm not aware of such situations), I would expect option to declare that its required only for commands such up but ignored for pull.
for example required: "runtime"

Steps To Reproduce

  1. add to docker-compose.yml
env_file:
  - path: .myservice.env
    required: true
  1. run docker compose pull
  2. command fails due to missing file. - undesired behavior
  3. edit to required: false
  4. command succeeded.
  5. but now docker compose up ignores missing file as well

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Docker Compose version v2.25.0

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