Docker image tag alpine no longer updated, despite being referenced previously #205

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MrUnknownDE · 2026-04-05T20:37:55+02:00

MrUnknownDE commented

2026-04-05 20:37:55 +02:00

Originally created by @twiesing on 12/29/2025

Hi,

for many years I have been using the Docker image vaultwarden/server:alpine, as this used to be the standard / recommended Alpine-based image (at least to my knowledge).

Recently I noticed that my instance did not automatically update to version 1.35.0, which resulted in Bitwarden clients showing the following error:

"The client copy of this cipher is out of date. Resync the client and try again."

After investigating, I realized that the tag vaultwarden/server:alpine no longer seems to be updated with new releases. The current Alpine-based image now appears to be published as:

vaultwarden/server:latest-alpine

What confused me is that the vaultwarden/server:alpine image has been referenced by the project maintainer in the past, for example here:

https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/issues/1180

Because of this, I assumed the :alpine tag would continue to receive updates. I could not find a clear changelog entry, release note, or documentation update that mentioned the deprecation or replacement of this tag.

As a result, my setup silently stayed on an outdated server version, which only became apparent once clients started showing sync errors.

I’m not sure if I missed an announcement, but I wanted to raise this issue in case it helps improve visibility or documentation for others who might still be using the old :alpine tag.

Thanks for maintaining Vaultwarden and for all the great work!

*Originally created by @twiesing on 12/29/2025* Hi, for many years I have been using the Docker image `vaultwarden/server:alpine`, as this used to be the standard / recommended Alpine-based image (at least to my knowledge). Recently I noticed that my instance did **not** automatically update to version **1.35.0**, which resulted in Bitwarden clients showing the following error: > **"The client copy of this cipher is out of date. Resync the client and try again."** After investigating, I realized that the tag `vaultwarden/server:alpine` no longer seems to be updated with new releases. The current Alpine-based image now appears to be published as: ```text vaultwarden/server:latest-alpine ``` What confused me is that the `vaultwarden/server:alpine` image has been referenced by the project maintainer in the past, for example here: - https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/issues/1180 Because of this, I assumed the `:alpine` tag would continue to receive updates. I could not find a clear changelog entry, release note, or documentation update that mentioned the deprecation or replacement of this tag. As a result, my setup silently stayed on an outdated server version, which only became apparent once clients started showing sync errors. I’m not sure if I missed an announcement, but I wanted to raise this issue in case it helps improve visibility or documentation for others who might still be using the old `:alpine` tag. Thanks for maintaining Vaultwarden and for all the great work!

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Reference: github/vaultwarden#205