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docker-compose overrides values from .env with host value if present in host's environment variables #9578

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@Tim-Roy

Description

docker-compose env_file overwrites values from .env with host value if present in host's environment variables. Otherwise correctly applies the value from .env file

Steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. Create a variable that has a set value on the host system
  2. Create a .env file with the same key but different value
  3. include in a service in the docker-compose.yml the following
    env_file:
    • .env
  4. Print container env variables after running docker-compose up --build -d

Describe the results you received:
The value for the env var is the same as the host

Describe the results you expected:
The value for the env var from the .env file

Additional information you deem important (e.g. issue happens only occasionally):
I downgraded docker-compose to v.2.5.1 and this issue is resolved

Output of docker compose version:

v2.6.0

Output of docker info:

Client:
 Context:    default
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc., v0.8.2-docker)

Server:
 Containers: 0
  Running: 0
  Paused: 0
  Stopped: 0
 Images: 0
 Server Version: 20.10.16
 Storage Driver: overlay2
  Backing Filesystem: extfs
  Supports d_type: true
  Native Overlay Diff: false
  userxattr: false
 Logging Driver: json-file
 Cgroup Driver: systemd
 Cgroup Version: 2
 Plugins:
  Volume: local
  Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
  Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local logentries splunk syslog
 Swarm: inactive
 Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 io.containerd.runtime.v1.linux runc
 Default Runtime: runc
 Init Binary: docker-init
 containerd version: 96df0994faabc1944fc614e52b0b3c6feb609a57.m
 runc version: 
 init version: de40ad0
 Security Options:
  apparmor
  seccomp
   Profile: default
  cgroupns
 Kernel Version: 5.17.15-1-MANJARO
 Operating System: Manjaro Linux
 OSType: linux
 Architecture: x86_64
 CPUs: 24
 Total Memory: 31.29GiB
 ID: RU7W:L7AD:6ZWZ:GP6M:YANE:BFLX:ZYHD:TVET:TW4V:7CKW:DODE:6FZL
 Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
 Debug Mode: false
 Registry: https://index.docker.io/v1/
 Labels:
 Experimental: false
 Insecure Registries:
  127.0.0.0/8
 Live Restore Enabled: false

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