When do Matlab updates get pushed to docker hub?

I am using the official matlab image on Docker Hub to drive CI/CD automation in our workflow. Currently, the Matlab r2024a image uses update 3. The latest matlab update is update 5, and our developers are using update 5 for their development. When will update 5 be pushed to docker hub? Is there a way to specify one update over another?

Answer 1

[Vandit]

Hello Joshua,

To confirm the version of the Matlab Docker image you are using, you can run the following command:

docker run --pull=always --rm mathworks/matlab:latest cat /opt/matlab/R2024a/VersionInfo.xml

This command forces Docker to pull the latest image and display the version information, ensuring that you are using the most recent update.

It appears that the issue may be related to Docker caching. By default, the "docker run" command uses the image on disk and does not pull a new one. To ensure that you are using the most recent image, you can force Docker to pull a fresh image by including the "--pull=always" option in your run command, as shown above.

Please note that images are not tagged based on the update level. Therefore, the only way to pull older update levels of a particular release is if you have the digest for that Docker image.

Hope this helps.