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Source-backed platform rule
Docker Hub anonymous pull limit: 100 pulls per 6 hours
This is a shared network-based Docker Hub allowance, not 100 pulls for each device. Confirm whether your pull is authenticated and which IPv4 address or IPv6 /64 subnet it uses before applying the limit.
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Direct answer
What is the rule?
Docker Hub limits unauthenticated users to 100 image pulls per 6 hours for each IPv4 address or IPv6 /64 subnet, subject to fair use.
- Scope
- Docker Hub usage and limits
- Rule verified
- October 13, 2026
- Source checked
- October 19, 2026
Published evidence
Rule details
Pull rate limit
Unauthenticated users: 100 image pulls per 6 hours for each IPv4 address or IPv6 /64 subnet, subject to fair use.
Applicability
Service: Docker Hub. Authentication: unauthenticated. Network basis: per IPv4 address or IPv6 /64 subnet. Subject to fair use. Policy version: not stated.
Evidence trail
Official sources
- Docker Hub pull usage and limits
Docker · verified October 13, 2026
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 20, 2026
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