Container Name and Image query

[mastercodefu]

Hi Just wanting to check as am pretty new to docker, i have recently moved over to nicks version due to the original not being maintained and thought things are running ok until when i noticed the container name has changed and Image to the below. Is this normal as none of my other container names have changed.

Now is show as the below. Is this normal

[nicholas-fedor]

This is normal behavior, as it's part of Watchtower's self-update process to rename the old Watchtower container to a random Docker container name before starting the new Watchtower container.

[mastercodefu]

Thanks for answering Nick and appreciate your work on the project.

Is there a way for it to keep the image name the same as it started etc nickfedor/watchtower:latest as is confusing looking at with a random name and also is there a way for it to delete old containers it's left unused?

[Nindaleth]

It must be a relatively new issue, it's tracked in #1146

[nicholas-fedor]

Is there a way for it to keep the image name the same as it started etc nickfedor/watchtower:latest as is confusing looking at with a random name?

The randomizing of the old Watchtower container's name is a necessity to avoid collisions.
With that said, I am looking at improving notifications to help alleviate some confusion that may be caused by the current use of the randomized container name.

Is there a way for it to delete old containers it's left unused?

Yes, this is the intended behavior and bug fixes are under development to help ensure this.

[mastercodefu]

Appreciate you explaining and look forward to following. Have a great New Year !