Patched bugfix to not recreate stopped containers

README.md

@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
 ___
 ## Changelog
 
+- **v0.7.5**:
+    - Added new option **DaysKept**; `-k N` and `-K`:
+      - Backup an image before pulling a new version for easy rollback in case of breakage.
+      - Removes backed up images older than *N* days.
+      - List currently backed up images with `-K`.
 - **v0.7.4**:
     - Added new option `-R`:
       - Will skip container recreation after pulling images.
@@ -38,16 +43,6 @@ ___
     - List reformatting for "available updates" numbering to easier highlight and copy:
       - Padded with zero, changed `)` to `-`, example: `02 - homer`
       - Can be selected by writing `2,3,4` or `02,03,04`.
-- **v0.7.1**:
-    - Added support for multiple notifications using the same template
-    - Added support for notification output format
-    - Added support for file output
-    - Added optional configuration variables per channel to (replace `<channel>` with any channel name):
-      - `<channel>_TEMPLATE` : Specify a template
-      - `<channel>_SKIPSNOOZE` : Skip snooze
-      - `<channel>_CONTAINERSONLY` : Only notify for docker container related updates
-      - `<channel>_ALLOWEMPTY` : Always send notifications, even when empty
-      - `<channel>_OUTPUT` : Define output format
 ___
 
 
@@ -68,6 +63,8 @@ Options:
 -F     Only compose up the specific container, not the whole compose stack (useful for master-compose structure).
 -h     Print this Help.
 -i     Inform - send a preconfigured notification.
+-k N   DaysKept - enable backups of images prior to update and prunes backups older than N days.
+-K     List currently backed up images, then exit.
 -I     Prints custom releasenote urls alongside each container with updates in CLI output (requires urls.list).
 -l     Only include containers with label set. See readme.
 -m     Monochrome mode, no printf colour codes and hides progress bar.
@@ -245,6 +242,22 @@ The `urls.list` file is just an example and I'd gladly see that people contribut
 Pass `-x N` where N is number of subprocesses allowed, experiment in your environment to find a suitable max!  
 Change the default value by editing the `MaxAsync=N` variable in `dockcheck.sh`. To disable the subprocess function set `MaxAsync=0`.
 
+## Image Backups; `-k N` to backup previous images as custom (retagged) images for easy rollback
+When the option `DaysKept` is set **dockcheck** will store the image being updated as a backup, retagged with a different name and removed due to age configured (*DaysKept*) in a future run.  
+Let's say we're updating `b4bz/homer:latest` - then before replacing the current image it will be retagged with the name `dockcheck/homer:2025-10-26_1132_latest`
+- `dockcheck` as repo name to not interfere with others.
+- `homer` is the image.
+- `2025-10-26_1132` is the time when running the script.
+- `latest` is the tag of the image.
+
+Then if an update breaks you could temporarily roll back to the previoius working state by changing the docker compose image to `image: dockcheck/homer:2025-10-26_1132_latest` and get it up and running again, then continue troubleshooting the breaking update.  
+
+The backed up images will be removed if they're older than *DaysKept* value (passed as `-k N` or set in the `dockcheck.config` with `DaysKept=N`) and then pruned.  
+If configured for eg. 7 days, force earlier cleaning by just passing a lower number of days, eg. `-k 2` to clean everything older than 2 days.  
+Backed up images will not be removed if neither `-k` flag nor `DaysKept` config variable is set.
+
+Use the capital option `-K` to list currently backed up images. Or list all images with `docker images`.  
+To manually remove any backed up images, do `docker rmi dockcheck/homer:2025-10-26_1132_latest`.  
 
 ## Extra plugins and tools:
 

default.config

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #CurlRetryCount=3    # Max number of curl retries
 #CurlConnectTimeout=5    # Time to wait for curl to establish a connection before failing
 #DisplaySourcedFiles=false    # Display what files are being sourced/used
+#DaysKept=7    # Enable backups of images and removes backups older than N days.
 
 ### Notify settings
 ## All commented values are examples only. Modify as needed.

dockcheck.sh

@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ Help() {
   echo "-i     Inform - send a preconfigured notification."
   echo "-I     Prints custom releasenote urls alongside each container with updates in CLI output (requires urls.list)."
   echo "-k N   Number of days to store image backups before pruning - this also enables the backup function."
+  echo "-K     List currently backed up images, then exit."
   echo "-l     Only include containers with label set. See readme."
+  echo "-k N   DaysKept - enable backups of images prior to update and prunes backups older than N days."
   echo "-m     Monochrome mode, no printf colour codes and hides progress bar."
   echo "-M     Prints custom releasenote urls as markdown (requires template support)."
   echo "-n     No updates; only checking availability without interaction."
@@ -59,6 +61,12 @@ Help() {
   echo "Project source: $Github"
 }
 
+# Print current backups function
+print_backups() {
+  printf "\n%b---%b Currently backed up images %b---%b\n\n" "$c_teal" "$c_blue" "$c_teal" "$c_reset"
+  docker images | sed -ne '/^REPOSITORY/p' -ne '/^dockcheck/p'
+}
+
 # Initialise variables
 Timeout=${Timeout:-10}
 MaxAsync=${MaxAsync:-1}
@@ -103,7 +111,7 @@ c_reset="\033[0m"
 RunTimestamp=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d_%H%M')
 RunEpoch=$(date +'%s')
 
-while getopts "ayfFhiIlmMnprsuvc:e:d:k:t:x:R" options; do
+while getopts "ayfFhiIlmMnprsuvc:e:d:k:Kt:x:R" options; do
   case "${options}" in
     a|y) AutoMode=true ;;
     c)   CollectorTextFileDirectory="${OPTARG}" ;;
@@ -114,6 +122,7 @@ while getopts "ayfFhiIlmMnprsuvc:e:d:k:t:x:R" options; do
     i)   Notify=true ;;
     I)   PrintReleaseURL=true ;;
     k)   DaysKept="${OPTARG}" ;;
+    K)   print_backups; exit 0 ;;
     l)   OnlyLabel=true ;;
     m)   MonoMode=true ;;
     M)   PrintMarkdownURL=true ;;
@@ -615,14 +624,22 @@ if [[ -n "${GotUpdates:-}" ]]; then
         [[ "$ContRestartStack" == "null" ]] && ContRestartStack=""
         ContOnlySpecific=$($jqbin -r '."mag37.dockcheck.only-specific-container"' <<< "$ContLabels")
         [[ "$ContOnlySpecific" == "null" ]] && ContRestartStack=""
+        ContStateRunning=$($jqbin -r '."State"."Running"' <<< "$ContConfig")
+        [[ "$ContStateRunning" == "null" ]] && ContStateRunning=""
+
+        if [[ "$ContStateRunning" == "true" ]]; then
+          printf "\n%bNow recreating (%s/%s): %b%s%b\n" "$c_teal" "$CurrentQue" "$NumberofUpdates" "$c_blue" "$i" "$c_reset"
+        else
+          printf  "\n%bSkipping recreation of %b%s%b as it's not running.%b\n" "$c_yellow" "$c_blue" "$i" "$c_yellow" "$c_reset"
+          continue
+        fi
 
-        printf "\n%bNow recreating (%s/%s): %b%s%b\n" "$c_teal" "$CurrentQue" "$NumberofUpdates" "$c_blue" "$i" "$c_reset"
         # Checking if compose-values are empty - hence started with docker run
         [[ -z "$ContPath" ]] && { echo "Not a compose container, skipping."; continue; }
 
         # cd to the compose-file directory to account for people who use relative volumes
         cd "$ContPath" || { printf "\n%bPath error - skipping%b %s" "$c_red" "$c_reset" "$i"; continue; }
-        ## Reformatting path + multi compose
+        # Reformatting path + multi compose
         if [[ $ContConfigFile == '/'* ]]; then
           CompleteConfs=$(for conf in ${ContConfigFile//,/ }; do printf -- "-f %s " "$conf"; done)
         else