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[GH-ISSUE #1499] invalid filter 'reference' #770

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opened 2026-03-01 21:46:13 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-01 21:46:13 +03:00

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Originally created by @pindab0ter on GitHub (Dec 9, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/1499

Bug report info

act version:            0.2.34
GOOS:                   darwin
GOARCH:                 arm64
NumCPU:                 10
Docker host:            DOCKER_HOST environment variable is unset/empty.
Sockets found:
	/var/run/docker.sock
	/Users/hans/.docker/run/docker.sock
Config files:           
	/Users/hans/.actrc:
		-P ubuntu-latest=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
		-P ubuntu-22.04=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-22.04
		-P ubuntu-20.04=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-20.04
		-P ubuntu-18.04=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-18.04
Build info:
	Go version:            go1.19.3
	Module path:           command-line-arguments
	Main version:          
	Main path:             
	Main checksum:         
	Build settings:
		-compiler:            gc
		-ldflags:             -X main.version=0.2.34
		CGO_ENABLED:          1
		CGO_CFLAGS:           
		CGO_CPPFLAGS:         
		CGO_CXXFLAGS:         
		CGO_LDFLAGS:          
		GOARCH:               arm64
		GOOS:                 darwin
Docker Engine:
	Engine version:        22.06.0-beta.0-407-g7a5cce156e.m
	Engine runtime:        runc
	Cgroup version:        2
	Cgroup driver:         cgroupfs
	Storage driver:        stargz
	Registry URI:          https://index.docker.io/v1/
	OS:                    Docker Desktop
	OS type:               linux
	OS version:            
	OS arch:               aarch64
	OS kernel:             5.15.49-linuxkit
	OS CPU:                5
	OS memory:             7951 MB
	Security options:
		name=seccomp,profile=builtin
		name=cgroupns

Command used with act

act
act --container-architecture linux/amd64 // To silence Apple M1 warning. No difference otherwise

Describe issue

I’m only getting this output:

[Run tests/php-tests] 🚀  Start image=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
[Run tests/php-tests]   🐳  docker pull image=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest platform=linux/amd64 username= forcePull=false
Error: unable to determine if image already exists for image 'catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest' (linux/amd64): Error response from daemon: invalid filter 'reference'

Docker is running (Docker version 20.10.21, build baeda1f), I've tried pruning both images and volumes.

I've removed ~/.actrc and tried brew uninstall --zap act && brew install act. I'm still getting the same output.

Link to GitHub repository

No response

Workflow content

name: Run tests

on: [push, pull_request]

jobs:
  php-tests:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    services:
      mariadb:
        image: mariadb:10
        ports:
          - 3306:3306
        env:
          MARIADB_DATABASE: keurslager_de_haas_intranet_test
          MARIADB_USER: root
          MARIADB_ALLOW_EMPTY_ROOT_PASSWORD: yes
        options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=3

    steps:
    - name: Checkout code
      uses: actions/checkout@v3

    - name: Get Composer Cache Directory
      id: composer-cache
      run: echo "$(composer config cache-files-dir) >> $COMPOSER_CACHE_DIR"

    - name: Cache Composer dependencies
      uses: actions/cache@v3
      with:
        path: ${COMPOSER_CACHE_DIR}
        key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
        restore-keys: |
          ${{ runner.os }}-composer-

    - uses: actions/cache@v3
      with:
        path: ${COMPOSER_CACHE_DIR}
        key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
        restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-

    - name: Setup PHP and install dependencies
      uses: php-actions/composer@v6
      with:
        php_version: 8.1
        php_extensions: intl bcmath

    - name: Setup Node
      uses: actions/setup-node@v3
      with:
        cache: 'npm'

    - name: Install Node dependencies
      run: npm install && npm run production

    - name: Generate application key
      run: cp .env.example .env && php artisan key:generate

    - name: Run test suite
      run: vendor/bin/pest

Relevant log output

WARN  ⚠ You are using Apple M1 chip and you have not specified container architecture, you might encounter issues while running act. If so, try running it with '--container-architecture linux/amd64'. ⚠
DEBU[0000] Loading environment from /Users/hans/Developer/intranet.keurslagerdehaas.nl/.env
DEBU[0000] Loading secrets from /Users/hans/Developer/intranet.keurslagerdehaas.nl/.secrets
DEBU[0000] Loading workflows from '/Users/hans/Developer/intranet.keurslagerdehaas.nl/.github/workflows'
DEBU[0000] Loading workflows recursively
DEBU[0000] Found workflow 'tests.yml' in '/Users/hans/Developer/intranet.keurslagerdehaas.nl/.github/workflows/tests.yml'
DEBU[0000] Reading workflow '/Users/hans/Developer/intranet.keurslagerdehaas.nl/.github/workflows/tests.yml'
DEBU[0000] Preparing plan with all jobs
DEBU[0000] Using default workflow event: push
DEBU[0000] Planning jobs for event: push
DEBU[0000] Loading slug from git directory '/Users/hans/Developer/intranet.keurslagerdehaas.nl/.git'
DEBU[0000] Loading revision from git directory '/Users/hans/Developer/intranet.keurslagerdehaas.nl/.git'
DEBU[0000] Found revision: 762876870a85c466452b2a204ff86816b15976e6
DEBU[0000] HEAD points to '762876870a85c466452b2a204ff86816b15976e6'
DEBU[0000] using github ref: refs/heads/feature/github-actions
DEBU[0000] Found revision: 762876870a85c466452b2a204ff86816b15976e6
[Run tests/php-tests] [DEBUG] evaluating expression 'success()'
[Run tests/php-tests] [DEBUG] expression 'success()' evaluated to 'true'
[Run tests/php-tests] 🚀  Start image=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
[Run tests/php-tests]   🐳  docker pull image=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest platform= username= forcePull=false
[Run tests/php-tests] [DEBUG]   🐳  docker pull catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
[Run tests/php-tests] [DEBUG] Image exists? false
Error: unable to determine if image already exists for image 'catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest' (): Error response from daemon: invalid filter 'reference'

Additional information

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Originally created by @pindab0ter on GitHub (Dec 9, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/1499 ### Bug report info ```plain text act version: 0.2.34 GOOS: darwin GOARCH: arm64 NumCPU: 10 Docker host: DOCKER_HOST environment variable is unset/empty. Sockets found: /var/run/docker.sock /Users/hans/.docker/run/docker.sock Config files: /Users/hans/.actrc: -P ubuntu-latest=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest -P ubuntu-22.04=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-22.04 -P ubuntu-20.04=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-20.04 -P ubuntu-18.04=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-18.04 Build info: Go version: go1.19.3 Module path: command-line-arguments Main version: Main path: Main checksum: Build settings: -compiler: gc -ldflags: -X main.version=0.2.34 CGO_ENABLED: 1 CGO_CFLAGS: CGO_CPPFLAGS: CGO_CXXFLAGS: CGO_LDFLAGS: GOARCH: arm64 GOOS: darwin Docker Engine: Engine version: 22.06.0-beta.0-407-g7a5cce156e.m Engine runtime: runc Cgroup version: 2 Cgroup driver: cgroupfs Storage driver: stargz Registry URI: https://index.docker.io/v1/ OS: Docker Desktop OS type: linux OS version: OS arch: aarch64 OS kernel: 5.15.49-linuxkit OS CPU: 5 OS memory: 7951 MB Security options: name=seccomp,profile=builtin name=cgroupns ``` ### Command used with act ```sh act act --container-architecture linux/amd64 // To silence Apple M1 warning. No difference otherwise ``` ### Describe issue I’m only getting this output: ``` [Run tests/php-tests] 🚀 Start image=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest [Run tests/php-tests] 🐳 docker pull image=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest platform=linux/amd64 username= forcePull=false Error: unable to determine if image already exists for image 'catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest' (linux/amd64): Error response from daemon: invalid filter 'reference' ``` Docker is running (`Docker version 20.10.21, build baeda1f`), I've tried pruning both images and volumes. I've removed `~/.actrc` and tried `brew uninstall --zap act && brew install act`. I'm still getting the same output. ### Link to GitHub repository _No response_ ### Workflow content ```yml name: Run tests on: [push, pull_request] jobs: php-tests: runs-on: ubuntu-latest services: mariadb: image: mariadb:10 ports: - 3306:3306 env: MARIADB_DATABASE: keurslager_de_haas_intranet_test MARIADB_USER: root MARIADB_ALLOW_EMPTY_ROOT_PASSWORD: yes options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=3 steps: - name: Checkout code uses: actions/checkout@v3 - name: Get Composer Cache Directory id: composer-cache run: echo "$(composer config cache-files-dir) >> $COMPOSER_CACHE_DIR" - name: Cache Composer dependencies uses: actions/cache@v3 with: path: ${COMPOSER_CACHE_DIR} key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }} restore-keys: | ${{ runner.os }}-composer- - uses: actions/cache@v3 with: path: ${COMPOSER_CACHE_DIR} key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }} restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-composer- - name: Setup PHP and install dependencies uses: php-actions/composer@v6 with: php_version: 8.1 php_extensions: intl bcmath - name: Setup Node uses: actions/setup-node@v3 with: cache: 'npm' - name: Install Node dependencies run: npm install && npm run production - name: Generate application key run: cp .env.example .env && php artisan key:generate - name: Run test suite run: vendor/bin/pest ``` ### Relevant log output ```sh WARN ⚠ You are using Apple M1 chip and you have not specified container architecture, you might encounter issues while running act. If so, try running it with '--container-architecture linux/amd64'. ⚠ DEBU[0000] Loading environment from /Users/hans/Developer/intranet.keurslagerdehaas.nl/.env DEBU[0000] Loading secrets from /Users/hans/Developer/intranet.keurslagerdehaas.nl/.secrets DEBU[0000] Loading workflows from '/Users/hans/Developer/intranet.keurslagerdehaas.nl/.github/workflows' DEBU[0000] Loading workflows recursively DEBU[0000] Found workflow 'tests.yml' in '/Users/hans/Developer/intranet.keurslagerdehaas.nl/.github/workflows/tests.yml' DEBU[0000] Reading workflow '/Users/hans/Developer/intranet.keurslagerdehaas.nl/.github/workflows/tests.yml' DEBU[0000] Preparing plan with all jobs DEBU[0000] Using default workflow event: push DEBU[0000] Planning jobs for event: push DEBU[0000] Loading slug from git directory '/Users/hans/Developer/intranet.keurslagerdehaas.nl/.git' DEBU[0000] Loading revision from git directory '/Users/hans/Developer/intranet.keurslagerdehaas.nl/.git' DEBU[0000] Found revision: 762876870a85c466452b2a204ff86816b15976e6 DEBU[0000] HEAD points to '762876870a85c466452b2a204ff86816b15976e6' DEBU[0000] using github ref: refs/heads/feature/github-actions DEBU[0000] Found revision: 762876870a85c466452b2a204ff86816b15976e6 [Run tests/php-tests] [DEBUG] evaluating expression 'success()' [Run tests/php-tests] [DEBUG] expression 'success()' evaluated to 'true' [Run tests/php-tests] 🚀 Start image=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest [Run tests/php-tests] 🐳 docker pull image=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest platform= username= forcePull=false [Run tests/php-tests] [DEBUG] 🐳 docker pull catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest [Run tests/php-tests] [DEBUG] Image exists? false Error: unable to determine if image already exists for image 'catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest' (): Error response from daemon: invalid filter 'reference' ``` ### Additional information I chose not to share workflow content

kerem

2026-03-01 21:46:13 +03:00

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2026-03-01 21:46:13 +03:00

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@ChristopherHX commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2022):

What about not using beta features with known issues of docker?

The reference filter isn’t implemented yet and will return the error invalid filter 'reference' when listing images.

See here to disable it
https://docs.docker.com/desktop/containerd/

Duplicate of #1390

@ChristopherHX commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2022): What about not using beta features with known issues of docker? > The reference filter isn’t implemented yet and will return the error invalid filter 'reference' when listing images. See here to disable it https://docs.docker.com/desktop/containerd/ Duplicate of #1390

kerem commented

2026-03-01 21:46:14 +03:00

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@pindab0ter commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2022):

This did indeed fix the issue. I would suggest adding an error message stating that containerd isn't supported, mentioning the link you sent me.

As of now, the error message doesn't tell you anything about what (as an end user) causes things to not work.

Edit: I don't think your tone is very helpful. I hadn't remembered that I had enabled those features. Furthermore, I didn't know about any known issues.

@pindab0ter commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2022): This did indeed fix the issue. I would suggest adding an error message stating that containerd isn't supported, mentioning the link you sent me. As of now, the error message doesn't tell you anything about what (as an end user) causes things to not work. Edit: I don't think your tone is very helpful. I hadn't remembered that I had enabled those features. Furthermore, I didn't know about any known issues.

kerem commented

2026-03-01 21:46:14 +03:00

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@ChristopherHX commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2022):

I would suggest adding an error message stating that containerd isn't supported

How can act determine if docker engine uses parts of containerd as part of a beta experiment? It is still detected as Docker Desktop and not containerd. Sorry I'm not a docker expert.
I think it is easier to not use the 'reference' filter.

As of now, the error message doesn't tell you anything about what (as an end user) causes things to not work.

Yes it is useless, and the message is from docker desktop containerd

I hadn't remembered that I had enabled those features

This seem to be opt out, if you are using docker desktop beta. Act is unable to change that.

Please discuss on the original issue, I changed the title to be more useful https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/1390. I don't think it is useful to have multiple issues about the same topic, you can use github search to find older issues https://github.com/nektos/act/search?q=invalid+filter+%27reference%27&type=issues

@ChristopherHX commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2022): > I would suggest adding an error message stating that containerd isn't supported How can act determine if docker engine uses parts of containerd as part of a beta experiment? It is still detected as Docker Desktop and not containerd. Sorry I'm not a docker expert. I think it is easier to not use the 'reference' filter. > As of now, the error message doesn't tell you anything about what (as an end user) causes things to not work. Yes it is useless, and the message is from docker desktop containerd > I hadn't remembered that I had enabled those features This seem to be opt out, if you are using docker desktop beta. Act is unable to change that. Please discuss on the original issue, I changed the title to be more useful https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/1390. I don't think it is useful to have multiple issues about the same topic, you can use github search to find older issues https://github.com/nektos/act/search?q=invalid+filter+%27reference%27&type=issues

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