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aiidalab_launch/__main__.py

@@ -359,12 +359,6 @@ async def _async_start(
                 fg="yellow",
             )
 
-    if instance.image is None:
-        raise click.ClickException(
-            f"Unable to find image '{profile.image}'. "
-            "Try to use '--pull' to pull the image prior to start."
-        )
-
     # Check if the container configuration has changed.
     if instance.container:
         configuration_changed = any(instance.configuration_changes())

tests/conftest.py

@@ -57,6 +57,19 @@ def docker_client():
         pytest.skip("docker not available")
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(scope="function")
+def remove_created_images(docker_client):
+    """Remove all images created by the tests."""
+    images = docker_client.images.list()
+    yield
+    for image in docker_client.images.list():
+        if image not in images:
+            try:
+                image.remove()
+            except docker.errors.APIError:
+                pass
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
 def _select_default_image(monkeypatch_session, pytestconfig):
     _default_image = pytestconfig.getoption("default_image")

tests/test_util.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ def test_get_latest_version_timeout(mock_pypi_request_timeout):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("enable_docker_pull")
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("remove_created_images")
 def test_image_is_latest(docker_client):
     """Test that the latest version is identified correctly."""
     # download the alpine image for testing
@@ -25,3 +26,19 @@ def test_image_is_latest(docker_client):
 
     # check that the image is identified as latest
     assert image_is_latest(docker_client, image_name)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("enable_docker_pull")
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("remove_created_images")
+def test_image_is_not_latest(docker_client):
+    """Test that the outdate version is identified correctly and will ask for pull the latest."""
+    # download the alpine image for testing
+    old_image_name = "alpine:2.6"
+    latest_image_name = "alpine:latest"
+
+    # pull the old image and retag it as latest to mock the outdated image
+    old_image = docker_client.images.pull(old_image_name)
+    old_image.tag(latest_image_name)
+
+    # check that the image is identified as latest
+    assert not image_is_latest(docker_client, latest_image_name)