docker commit saves project name with image

[ddurrantDaifukuna]

Description

When I commit a container that was run through docker compose, the project name persists with the image. Meaning when I use docker run, it shows up in docker desktop the same as if I ran it with docker compose.

The below image was after running docker run, not docker compose up

Reproduce

1. follow steps in docker compose set up guide
   https://docs.docker.com/compose/gettingstarted/
   only need the redis part to replicate this issue

services:
  redis:
    image: redis:alpine

2. docker compose up
3. docker commit <container ID> dummy.repo/test
4. docker run -d dummy.repo/test

Expected behavior

docker run -d dummy.repo/test should show up with no project name
That or docker commit should have an option to leave project name blank

docker version

Client:
 Version:           29.7.2
 API version:       1.55
 Go version:        go1.26.5
 Git commit:        a7dcaa6
 Built:             Wed Aug  5 18:31:33 2026
 OS/Arch:           windows/amd64
 Context:           desktop-linux

Server: Docker Desktop 4.88.1 (237512)
 Engine:
  Version:          29.7.2
  API version:      1.55 (minimum version 1.40)
  Go version:       go1.26.5
  Git commit:       6a43e3d
  Built:            Wed Aug  5 18:28:36 2026
  OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          v2.3.3
  GitCommit:        aad11006b869517fcd3009450b6f82da282e1a9b
 runc:
  Version:          1.4.3
  GitCommit:        v1.4.3-0-gbb14dabe
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0

docker info

Client:
 Version:    29.7.2
 Context:    desktop-linux
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  agent: Docker AI Agent Runner (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.124.0
    Path:     C:\Users\ddurrant\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-agent.exe
  ai: Docker AI Agent - Ask Gordon (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.30.0
    Path:     C:\Users\ddurrant\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-ai.exe
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.36.1-desktop.1
    Path:     C:\Users\ddurrant\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-buildx.exe
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v5.4.0
    Path:     C:\Users\ddurrant\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-compose.exe
  debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  0.0.47
    Path:     C:\Users\ddurrant\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-debug.exe
  desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.4.3
    Path:     C:\Users\ddurrant\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-desktop.exe
  dhi: CLI for managing Docker Hardened Images (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.0.7
    Path:     C:\Users\ddurrant\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-dhi.exe
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.31
    Path:     C:\Users\ddurrant\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-extension.exe
  init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.4.0
    Path:     C:\Users\ddurrant\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-init.exe
  mcp: Docker MCP Plugin (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.43.3
    Path:     C:\Users\ddurrant\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-mcp.exe
  model: Docker Model Runner (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.2.6
    Path:     C:\Users\ddurrant\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-model.exe
  offload: Docker Offload (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.6.13
    Path:     C:\Users\ddurrant\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-offload.exe
  pass: Docker Pass Secrets Manager Plugin (beta) (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.1
    Path:     C:\Users\ddurrant\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-pass.exe
  sandbox: "docker sandbox" is deprecated, use Docker Sandboxes instead (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.13.0
    Path:     C:\Users\ddurrant\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-sandbox.exe
  scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.24.0
    Path:     C:\Users\ddurrant\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-scout.exe

Server:
 Containers: 6
  Running: 4
  Paused: 0
  Stopped: 2
 Images: 9
 Server Version: 29.7.2
 Storage Driver: overlayfs
  driver-type: io.containerd.snapshotter.v1
 Logging Driver: json-file
 Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
 Cgroup Version: 2
 Plugins:
  Volume: local
  Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
  Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local splunk syslog
 CDI spec directories:
  /etc/cdi
  /var/run/cdi
 Discovered Devices:
  cdi: docker.com/gpu=webgpu
 Swarm: inactive
 Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 nvidia runc
 Default Runtime: runc
 Init Binary: docker-init
 containerd version: aad11006b869517fcd3009450b6f82da282e1a9b
 runc version: v1.4.3-0-gbb14dabe
 init version: de40ad0
 Security Options:
  seccomp
   Profile: builtin
  cgroupns
 Kernel Version: 6.18.33.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2
 Operating System: Docker Desktop
 OSType: linux
 Architecture: x86_64
 CPUs: 16
 Total Memory: 29.2GiB
 Name: docker-desktop
 ID: 2099e05a-c6e5-43c5-b51e-70eb4e476624
 Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
 Debug Mode: false
 HTTP Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 HTTPS Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 No Proxy: hubproxy.docker.internal
 Labels:
  com.docker.desktop.address=npipe://\\.\pipe\docker_cli
 Experimental: false
 Insecure Registries:
  hubproxy.docker.internal:5555
  ::1/128
  127.0.0.0/8
 Live Restore Enabled: false
 Firewall Backend: iptables

Additional Info

No response

[thaJeztah]

Thanks for reporting; this looks to be an issue on the daemon side, and a duplicate of moby/moby#36321

There's a draft PR to fix it (moby/moby#42037), but also plans for compose to switch to using annotations instead of labels.

I'll close this as duplicate of moby/moby#36321 to keep the discussion central, but feel free to subscribe to that ticket (or comment there if there's relevant information to add).