From bff904caac3d8bc4dc793a5b967b8a2ffd2e3da2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ketan Patel <k2patel@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 00:11:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Retire the legacy distroless tag after latest publication

---
 .gitea/workflows/build-push.yml |  9 ++++++-
 build/retire-distroless-tag.py  | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 build/retire-distroless-tag.py

diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build-push.yml b/.gitea/workflows/build-push.yml
index f12efe6..f7feb82 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build-push.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build-push.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Docker CLI
         run: |
           apt-get update
-          apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends docker.io
+          apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends docker.io python3
           rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
       - name: Log in to Docker Hub
@@ -69,3 +69,10 @@ jobs:
           labels: |
             org.opencontainers.image.source=https://git.k2patel.in/k2patel/docker-flood-client
             org.opencontainers.image.revision=${{ github.sha }}
+
+      - name: Retire the separate distroless tag
+        env:
+          DOCKER_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
+          DOCKER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_TOKEN }}
+          DOCKER_REPOSITORY: k2patel/floodui
+        run: python3 build/retire-distroless-tag.py
diff --git a/build/retire-distroless-tag.py b/build/retire-distroless-tag.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbb1226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/retire-distroless-tag.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+"""Remove only the retired distroless tag, after a successful latest publication."""
+import json
+import os
+from urllib.error import HTTPError
+from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
+
+repo = os.environ['DOCKER_REPOSITORY']
+if repo not in {'k2patel/rtorrent', 'k2patel/floodui'}:
+    raise SystemExit('Unexpected repository')
+base = 'https://hub.docker.com/v2/repositories/' + repo + '/tags/'
+
+def request(url, method='GET', data=None, token=None):
+    headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
+    if token:
+        headers['Authorization'] = 'Bearer ' + token
+    req = Request(url, method=method, headers=headers,
+                  data=json.dumps(data).encode() if data is not None else None)
+    with urlopen(req, timeout=30) as response:
+        body = response.read()
+        return json.loads(body) if body else None
+
+try:
+    latest = request(base + 'latest/')
+    try:
+        old = request(base + 'distroless/')
+    except HTTPError as error:
+        if error.code == 404:
+            print(repo + ': only latest remains; no legacy tag to retire')
+            raise SystemExit(0)
+        raise
+    if not latest.get('digest'):
+        raise SystemExit('Refusing cleanup without a published latest digest')
+    auth = request('https://hub.docker.com/v2/users/login', method='POST', data={
+        'username': os.environ['DOCKER_USERNAME'], 'password': os.environ['DOCKER_TOKEN']})
+    token = auth['token']
+    request(base + 'distroless/', method='DELETE', token=token)
+    # Verify the latest image remained unchanged.
+    if request(base + 'latest/')['digest'] != latest['digest']:
+        raise SystemExit('latest changed during tag retirement; inspect the registry')
+    print(repo + ': retired distroless tag; latest retained at ' + latest['digest'])
+except HTTPError as error:
+    # Never print an authentication response or token.
+    raise SystemExit(f'Docker Hub tag retirement failed: HTTP {error.code}. Token needs delete permission.')