api/search: Reset `is_automated` field to `false`

The field will still be present in the response, but will always be
`false`.
Searching for `is-automated=true` will yield no results, while
`is-automated=false` will effectively be a no-op.

Signed-off-by: Paweł Gronowski <pawel.gronowski@docker.com>

api/swagger.yaml

@@ -8774,8 +8774,7 @@ paths:
 
                     <p><br /></p>
 
-                    > **Deprecated**: This field is deprecated and will always
-                    > be "false" in future.
+                    > **Deprecated**: This field is deprecated and will always be "false".
                   type: "boolean"
                   example: false
                 name:
@@ -8818,13 +8817,8 @@ paths:
           description: |
             A JSON encoded value of the filters (a `map[string][]string`) to process on the images list. Available filters:
 
-            - `is-automated=(true|false)` (deprecated, see below)
             - `is-official=(true|false)`
             - `stars=<number>` Matches images that has at least 'number' stars.
-
-            The `is-automated` filter is deprecated. The `is_automated` field has
-            been deprecated by Docker Hub's search API. Consequently, searching
-            for `is-automated=true` will yield no results.
           type: "string"
       tags: ["Image"]
   /images/prune:

api/types/registry/registry.go

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ type SearchResult struct {
 	Name string `json:"name"`
 	// IsAutomated indicates whether the result is automated.
 	//
-	// Deprecated: the "is_automated" field is deprecated and will always be "false" in the future.
+	// Deprecated: the "is_automated" field is deprecated and will always be "false".
 	IsAutomated bool `json:"is_automated"`
 	// Description is a textual description of the repository
 	Description string `json:"description"`

docs/api/version-history.md

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ keywords: "API, Docker, rcli, REST, documentation"
 
 * `POST /containers/create` now supports `VolumeOptions.Subpath` which allows a
   subpath of a named volume to be mounted.
+* `POST /images/search` will always assume a `false` value for the `is-automated`
+  field. Consequently, searching for `is-automated=true` will yield no results,
+  while `is-automated=false` will be a no-op.
 
 ## v1.44 API changes
 

integration-cli/docker_cli_search_test.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/integration-cli/cli"
 	"gotest.tools/v3/assert"
+	is "gotest.tools/v3/assert/cmp"
 )
 
 type DockerCLISearchSuite struct {
@@ -52,9 +53,9 @@ func (s *DockerCLISearchSuite) TestSearchCmdOptions(c *testing.T) {
 
 	outSearchCmdautomated := cli.DockerCmd(c, "search", "--filter", "is-automated=true", "busybox").Combined() // The busybox is a busybox base image, not an AUTOMATED image.
 	outSearchCmdautomatedSlice := strings.Split(outSearchCmdautomated, "\n")
-	for i := range outSearchCmdautomatedSlice {
-		assert.Assert(c, !strings.HasPrefix(outSearchCmdautomatedSlice[i], "busybox "), "The busybox is not an AUTOMATED image: %s", outSearchCmdautomated)
-	}
+
+	// is-automated=true should produce no results (only a header)
+	assert.Check(c, is.Len(outSearchCmdautomatedSlice, 2))
 
 	outSearchCmdNotOfficial := cli.DockerCmd(c, "search", "--filter", "is-official=false", "busybox").Combined() // The busybox is a busybox base image, official image.
 	outSearchCmdNotOfficialSlice := strings.Split(outSearchCmdNotOfficial, "\n")

registry/search.go

@@ -27,11 +27,16 @@ func (s *Service) Search(ctx context.Context, searchFilters filters.Args, term s
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// TODO(thaJeztah): the "is-automated" field is deprecated; reset the field for the next release (v26.0.0). Return early when using "is-automated=true", and ignore "is-automated=false".
 	isAutomated, err := searchFilters.GetBoolOrDefault("is-automated", false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
+	// "is-automated" is deprecated and filtering for `true` will yield no results.
+	if isAutomated {
+		return []registry.SearchResult{}, nil
+	}
+
 	isOfficial, err := searchFilters.GetBoolOrDefault("is-official", false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -51,7 +56,6 @@ func (s *Service) Search(ctx context.Context, searchFilters filters.Args, term s
 		}
 	}
 
-	// TODO(thaJeztah): the "is-automated" field is deprecated. Reset the field for the next release (v26.0.0) if any "true" values are present.
 	unfilteredResult, err := s.searchUnfiltered(ctx, term, limit, authConfig, headers)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -59,11 +63,6 @@ func (s *Service) Search(ctx context.Context, searchFilters filters.Args, term s
 
 	filteredResults := []registry.SearchResult{}
 	for _, result := range unfilteredResult.Results {
-		if searchFilters.Contains("is-automated") {
-			if isAutomated != result.IsAutomated { //nolint:staticcheck // ignore SA1019 for old API versions.
-				continue
-			}
-		}
 		if searchFilters.Contains("is-official") {
 			if isOfficial != result.IsOfficial {
 				continue
@@ -74,6 +73,10 @@ func (s *Service) Search(ctx context.Context, searchFilters filters.Args, term s
 				continue
 			}
 		}
+		// "is-automated" is deprecated and the value in Docker Hub search
+		// results is untrustworthy. Force it to false so as to not mislead our
+		// clients.
+		result.IsAutomated = false //nolint:staticcheck  // ignore SA1019 (field is deprecated)
 		filteredResults = append(filteredResults, result)
 	}
 

registry/search_test.go

@@ -206,25 +206,25 @@ func TestSearch(t *testing.T) {
 					IsAutomated: true, //nolint:staticcheck // ignore SA1019 (field is deprecated).
 				},
 			},
-			expectedResults: []registry.SearchResult{
+			expectedResults: []registry.SearchResult{},
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "is-automated=false, IsAutomated reset to false",
+			filtersArgs: filters.NewArgs(filters.Arg("is-automated", "false")),
+			registryResults: []registry.SearchResult{
 				{
 					Name:        "name",
 					Description: "description",
 					IsAutomated: true, //nolint:staticcheck // ignore SA1019 (field is deprecated).
 				},
 			},
-		},
-		{
-			name:        "is-automated=false, no results",
-			filtersArgs: filters.NewArgs(filters.Arg("is-automated", "false")),
-			registryResults: []registry.SearchResult{
+			expectedResults: []registry.SearchResult{
 				{
 					Name:        "name",
 					Description: "description",
-					IsAutomated: true, //nolint:staticcheck // ignore SA1019 (field is deprecated).
+					IsAutomated: false, //nolint:staticcheck // ignore SA1019 (field is deprecated).
 				},
 			},
-			expectedResults: []registry.SearchResult{},
 		},
 		{
 			name:        "is-automated=false",
@@ -390,15 +390,7 @@ func TestSearch(t *testing.T) {
 					IsAutomated: true, //nolint:staticcheck // ignore SA1019 (field is deprecated).
 				},
 			},
-			expectedResults: []registry.SearchResult{
-				{
-					Name:        "name3",
-					Description: "description3",
-					StarCount:   2,
-					IsOfficial:  true,
-					IsAutomated: true, //nolint:staticcheck // ignore SA1019 (field is deprecated).
-				},
-			},
+			expectedResults: []registry.SearchResult{},
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range successCases {