Latest tag is always pushed, even when not specified

Description

I want to publish only a tag with the project version. However, an latest tag is always pushed.

I believe this is caused by https://github.com/fabric8io/docker-maven-plugin/blob/3118642fb47024830dcf1e29aea2f2e173bc6e9f/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/service/RegistryService.java#L62-L64 For docker based builds, there is always the latest pushed.

For jib based builds, only the configured tags are pushed: https://github.com/fabric8io/docker-maven-plugin/blob/3118642fb47024830dcf1e29aea2f2e173bc6e9f/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/service/JibBuildService.java#L87-L98

My configuration:

<plugin>
				<groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
				<artifactId>docker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
				<version>0.37.0</version>
				<extensions>true</extensions>
				<configuration>
					<imagePullPolicy>Always</imagePullPolicy>
					<images>
						<image>
							<name>${docker.name}</name>
							
							<build>
								<dockerFile>src/main/docker/Dockerfile</dockerFile>
								<contextDir>${project.basedir}</contextDir>
                                                                <tags>
									<tag>${project.version}</tag>
								</tags>
							</build>
						</image>
					</images>
				</configuration>
				<executions>
					<execution>
						<id>build-image</id>
						<phase>package</phase>
						<goals>
							<goal>build</goal>
						</goals>
					</execution>
					<execution>
						<id>push</id>
						<phase>deploy</phase>
						<goals>
							<goal>push</goal>
						</goals>
					</execution>
				</executions>
			</plugin>

Info

• docker-maven-plugin version : 0.37.0
• Maven version (mvn -v) : Apache Maven 3.8.1 (05c21c65bdfed0f71a2f2ada8b84da59348c4c5d) Maven home: C:\eclipse\tools\apache-maven\bin.. Java version: 17, vendor: Eclipse Adoptium, runtime: C:\eclipse\tools\java\17 Default locale: de_DE, platform encoding: Cp1252 OS name: “windows 10”, version: “10.0”, arch: “amd64”, family: “windows”

• Docker version : Docker version 20.10.8, build 3967b7d
• If it’s a bug, how to reproduce : Create a new project, and push an image using the config above. Only the project.version is specified, but latest tag is still pushed.
• Sample project : [GitHub Clone URL]

[rohanKanojia]

@Postremus : Thanks a lot! Once we merge I’ll cut a patch release maybe today or tomorrow.

[Postremus]

Yep. Will create a revert pr this evening.