Nobody owns updating base images and CVE reports keep landing on my desk. Design the automation that fixes this.

Base layers are dependencies: digest-pin them, let bots bump them weekly, and let CVE disclosures trigger scoped rebuilds through the normal pipeline. Days, not quarters.

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Base layers are dependencies: digest-pin them, let bots bump them weekly, and let CVE disclosures trigger scoped rebuilds through the normal pipeline. Days, not quarters.

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