3 years ago

In Part 1 of this blog we went into a deep dive that analyzed all of the images stored in Docker Hub, the world’s largest container registry. We detailed the following pull rate limits to Docker subscription plans that will take effect November 1, 2020: Docker defines pull rate limits as the number of manifest requests to Docker Hub. Rate limits for Docker image pulls are based on the account type of the user requesting the image – not the account type of the image’s owner.

So an image pull is actually one or two manifest requests, and zero to infinite blob (layer) requests.

For users that need higher image pull limits, Docker also offers unlimited image pull as a feature of the Pro and Team plans.