Container Structure Test

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First Added:March 3, 2023 Updated: July 29, 2026

Container Structure Test. (Google Container Tools) validates built container images before push or deploy: command output, filesystem paths, file contents, and image metadata.

Blurb

validate the structure of your container images. Contribute to GoogleContainerTools/container-structure-test development by creating an account on GitHub.

Summary

Garden stance: We adopt Container Structure Test for our estate.

Key points:

TopicNotes
ConfigOne or more YAML test files; version schema in project docs
CIFail the job on any test failure; pin the CST binary version
SpeedFaster than booting a cluster; slower than pure unit tests
ScopeImage contract only, not runtime policy or network behavior

References

Details

TopicNotes
ConfigOne or more YAML test files; version schema in project docs
CIFail the job on any test failure; pin the CST binary version
SpeedFaster than booting a cluster; slower than pure unit tests
ScopeImage contract only, not runtime policy or network behavior

References