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[Fix] docker compose --parallel ignored in Compose v5 #3797

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flopez7 merged 4 commits into from
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[Fix] docker compose --parallel ignored in Compose v5 #3797

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update build-services and services-up to use xargs for parallel execu…
flopez7 Feb 17, 2026
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fix: add TODO comment to revisit compose-native parallel builds in se…
flopez7 Feb 17, 2026
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Merge branch 'develop' into fix/docker/parallel
flopez7 Feb 18, 2026
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adjust parallel build limit for Docker Compose to improve performance
flopez7 Feb 20, 2026
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14 changes: 11 additions & 3 deletions docker-setup/Makefile
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build-services services-up services-stop

export COMPOSE_BAKE=false
DOCKER_PARALLEL ?= 4
DOCKER_PARALLEL ?= 2

check-env-file:
@if [ ! -f "./.env.compose.local" ]; then \
Expand All @@ -17,11 +17,19 @@ infra-stop:
@docker compose --env-file .env.compose.local stop postgres redis minio minio-client

build-services: check-env-file
@docker compose --env-file .env.compose.local --parallel $(DOCKER_PARALLEL) up --no-start
@# TODO: Revisit compose-native parallel builds once Docker Compose v5 parallel limits are reliable again.
@docker compose --env-file .env.compose.local config --services | \
xargs -n $(DOCKER_PARALLEL) docker compose --env-file .env.compose.local build
@docker compose --env-file .env.compose.local up --no-start

services-up: check-env-file
@service_names="$(wordlist 2, $(words $(MAKECMDGOALS)), $(MAKECMDGOALS))"; \
docker compose --env-file .env.compose.local --parallel $(DOCKER_PARALLEL) up -d $$service_names
@# TODO: Revisit compose-native parallel builds once Docker Compose v5 parallel limits are reliable again.
if [ -n "$$service_names" ]; then \
printf '%s\n' $$service_names | xargs -n $(DOCKER_PARALLEL) docker compose --env-file .env.compose.local up -d; \
else \
docker compose --env-file .env.compose.local config --services | xargs -n $(DOCKER_PARALLEL) docker compose --env-file .env.compose.local up -d; \
fi

services-stop:
@service_names="$(wordlist 2, $(words $(MAKECMDGOALS)), $(MAKECMDGOALS))"; \
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