# Chainguard's image tagging philosophy: enabling high velocity updates (pt. 1 of 3)

DevFeed: [Chainguard's image tagging philosophy: enabling high velocity updates (pt. 1 of 3)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/chainguard-s-image-tagging-philosophy-enabling-high-velocity-updates-pt-1-of-3-12988.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/chainguards-image-tagging-philosophy-enabling-high-velocity-updates-pt-1-of-3>)

Published: 2023-11-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [chainguard images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard-images.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>)

Tags: [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard.md>), [chainguard-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-images.md>), [container-image](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container-image.md>), [cve](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cve.md>), [distro](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distro.md>), [dockerfiles](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dockerfiles.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [image-tagging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/image-tagging.md>), [series](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/series.md>), [software-security-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-security-practices.md>), [velocity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/velocity.md>)

## AI overview

Part 1 explains Chainguard's image-tagging philosophy for delivering fast updates while keeping image identities clear and usable. It describes epoch-based package revisions, vulnerability fixes, and how updates to packages within multi-package images can be delivered without changing the upstream version.

## Source excerpt

Explore Part 1 of Chainguard's image tagging philosophy series, focusing on enabling high-velocity updates.