Configure BuildKit garbage collection policies in buildkitd.toml for a custom Docker builder
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Documented steps
Create a docker-container or kubernetes builder that honors BuildKit config: docker buildx create --name ci --driver docker-container --use (buildkitd.toml configuration is only honored by non-docker drivers; the default docker driver reads daemon.json instead).
Enable GC and set disk thresholds under the worker section, e.g. [worker.oci] gc = true, reservedSpace = "10GB", maxUsedSpace = "100GB", minFreeSpace = "20%" — values accept plain bytes, unit strings like 512MB, or percentages of total disk (reservedSpace default: 10% of disk or 10GB whichever lower; maxUsedSpace default: 60% of disk or 100GB; minFreeSpace default: 20GB).
Add ordered GC policies as [[worker.oci.gcpolicy]] blocks; policies are evaluated in sequence, most specific first, and broader rules only run if earlier ones don't reclaim enough.
Restart the builder so the config takes effect (docker buildx stop then docker buildx create/inspect --bootstrap, or recreate the builder since containerized buildkitd reads config at startup).
Official docs: https://docs.docker.com/build/cache/garbage-collection/ ; https://docs.docker.com/build/builders/drivers/
Known gotchas
buildkitd.toml uses double-equals for filters (type==source.local) while daemon.json uses single-equals (type=source.local); using the wrong operator silently matches nothing or errors.
buildkitd.toml GC supports filters like mutable/immutable that daemon.json does not.
The default docker driver completely ignores buildkitd.toml — it reads builder.gc from daemon.json; config on the wrong path does nothing.
Policies less than or equal to reservedSpace in effect keep only that amount; the very last all=true policy is the catch-all that removes any cache over the cap.
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