gcloud container images describe

NAME
gcloud container images describe - lists information about the specified image
SYNOPSIS
gcloud container images describeIMAGE_NAME[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
EXAMPLES
Describe the specified image:
gcloudcontainerimagesdescribegcr.io/myproject/myimage@digest
Or:
gcloudcontainerimagesdescribegcr.io/myproject/myimage:tag

Find the digest for a tag:

gcloudcontainerimagesdescribegcr.io/myproject/myimage:tag--format="value(image_summary.digest)"
Or:
gcloudcontainerimagesdescribegcr.io/myproject/myimage:tag--format="value(image_summary.fully_qualified_digest)"
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
IMAGE_NAME
The fully qualified name(s) of image(s) to describe. The name(s) should beformatted as *.gcr.io/PROJECT_ID/IMAGE_PATH@sha256:DIGEST or*.gcr.io/PROJECT_ID/IMAGE_PATH:TAG.
GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands:--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.

Run$gcloud help for details.

NOTES
These variants are also available:
gcloudalphacontainerimagesdescribe
gcloudbetacontainerimagesdescribe

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Last updated 2025-07-22 UTC.