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Docker Hub pull counting: images, architectures and version checks

Image pulls and usage pricing are not interchangeable counters. This rule preserves Docker Hub’s stated manifest and architecture counting and does not infer that every version check is exempt from pull-rate limits.

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Direct answer

What is the rule?

Docker Hub does not count version checks toward usage pricing; a normal image counts as 1 pull, while a multi-architecture image counts as 1 pull per architecture.

Scope
Docker Hub usage and limits
Rule verified
October 13, 2026
Source checked
October 19, 2026

Published evidence

Rule details

How pulls are counted

Version checks do not count toward usage pricing; their pull-rate treatment is not stated. A normal image counts as one pull for a single manifest. A multi-architecture image counts as one pull for each different architecture.

Applicability

Service: Docker Hub. Plan, authentication, and network scope: not stated. Policy version: not stated.

Evidence trail

Official sources

Attribution and license

Source content: Docker Docs, Copyright 2013–2026 Docker, Inc., licensed under the Apache License 2.0: https://github.com/docker/docs/blob/c64e3927efd44147bfe87b98886dc2333c236725/LICENSE. Modified by RuleRoster: source prose was restructured into typed rule fields and a concise answer; verified 2026-10-13. No root NOTICE file was present at the reviewed revision. No endorsement by Docker is implied.

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Record dates

Published
October 13, 2026
Rule verified
October 13, 2026
Source checked
October 19, 2026
Review due
October 26, 2026

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