[midPoint] Question about the image tagging strategy

[HERTZOG Philippe]

Hello,

On the evolveum/midpoint - Docker Image<https://hub.docker.com/r/evolveum/midpoint> page, there is a note stating "With these images, even the concrete version images (e.g., 4.11.0) are not immutable tags"   and "Images released after the June 2026 change<https://docs.evolveum.com/midpoint/install/containers/container-image-2026-change/>, starting with maintenance releases 4.8.12, 4.9.7, 4.10.3 and 4.11.0, are floating tags, just like 4.11 and later releases, and the images are patched on the base image level (OS+Java+deps) as necessary".

If I understand this means that if I set un a pod to use image 4.11.x it is possible that between time the pod will run with an image that has changed compared to the time I tested and validated the version?
If so, doesn't this introduce some complication to take track of the version running in production. Even if I use an internal repo, I will have to find out at what version of the 4.11.x tagged image my local image refers to.

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