I can't inspect an artifact by its digest, which artifact is pulled by a tag.
❯ podman artifact inspect quay.io/crio/artifact:singlefile
{
"Manifest": {
"schemaVersion": 2,
"mediaType": "application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json",
"artifactType": "application/x.test.test.test.v1",
"config": {
"mediaType": "application/vnd.oci.empty.v1+json",
"digest": "sha256:44136fa355b3678a1146ad16f7e8649e94fb4fc21fe77e8310c060f61caaff8a",
"size": 2,
"data": "e30="
},
"layers": [
{
"mediaType": "application/vnd.oci.image.layer.v1.tar",
"digest": "sha256:d1cc3064379fca32757730461bd728cb7de430e46a0046aa59ab55c65be7ce3b",
"size": 14,
"annotations": {
"org.opencontainers.image.title": "artifact.txt"
}
}
],
"annotations": {
"org.opencontainers.image.created": "2025-03-13T00:12:12Z"
}
},
"Name": "quay.io/crio/artifact:singlefile",
"Digest": "sha256:d2dbbc46e94529be98d2513fe2a46ef650683af96c584e1287dd966300aaf583"
}
❯ podman artifact inspect quay.io/crio/artifact@sha256:d2dbbc46e94529be98d2513fe2a46ef650683af96c584e1287dd966300aaf583
Error: quay.io/crio/artifact@sha256:d2dbbc46e94529be98d2513fe2a46ef650683af96c584e1287dd966300aaf583: artifact does not exist
After I pull the artifact with its digest, I can specify the artifact by its digest.
❯ podman artifact pull quay.io/crio/artifact@sha256:d2dbbc46e94529be98d2513fe2a46ef650683af96c584e1287dd966300aaf583
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob d1cc3064379f skipped: already exists
Copying config 44136fa355 done |
Writing manifest to image destination
❯ podman artifact list
REPOSITORY TAG DIGEST SIZE
quay.io/crio/artifact singlefile d2dbbc46e945 14B
quay.io/crio/artifact d2dbbc46e945 14B
❯ podman artifact inspect quay.io/crio/artifact@sha256:d2dbbc46e94529be98d2513fe2a46ef650683af96c584e1287dd966300aaf583
{
"Manifest": {
"schemaVersion": 2,
"mediaType": "application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json",
"artifactType": "application/x.test.test.test.v1",
"config": {
"mediaType": "application/vnd.oci.empty.v1+json",
"digest": "sha256:44136fa355b3678a1146ad16f7e8649e94fb4fc21fe77e8310c060f61caaff8a",
"size": 2,
"data": "e30="
},
"layers": [
{
"mediaType": "application/vnd.oci.image.layer.v1.tar",
"digest": "sha256:d1cc3064379fca32757730461bd728cb7de430e46a0046aa59ab55c65be7ce3b",
"size": 14,
"annotations": {
"org.opencontainers.image.title": "artifact.txt"
}
}
],
"annotations": {
"org.opencontainers.image.created": "2025-03-13T00:12:12Z"
}
},
"Name": "quay.io/crio/artifact@sha256:d2dbbc46e94529be98d2513fe2a46ef650683af96c584e1287dd966300aaf583",
"Digest": "sha256:d2dbbc46e94529be98d2513fe2a46ef650683af96c584e1287dd966300aaf583"
}
This behavior is different from images, and should be consistent.
❯ podman version
Client: Podman Engine
Version: 5.7.0-dev
API Version: 5.7.0-dev
Go Version: go1.25.3
Git Commit: 24872421a894f9ffde40fdc256c6886bc732b982
Built: Mon Oct 20 16:18:46 2025
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
go.podman.io/common v0.65.1-0.20251016162239-c4c5e00ad22d
go.podman.io/image/v5 v5.37.1-0.20251016133615-aa970d2c7532
go.podman.io/storage v1.60.1-0.20251016133615-aa970d2c7532
I can't inspect an artifact by its digest, which artifact is pulled by a tag.
After I pull the artifact with its digest, I can specify the artifact by its digest.
This behavior is different from images, and should be consistent.