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Erroneous relation in docker-compose YAML

Reports erroneous relations in Docker Compose files.

According to the Compose file specification, certain fields may be invalid depending on the other key-value pairs and may cause errors.

For example, one such relation is volume source field, which is invalid when the volume type is tmpfs.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

ComposeErroneousRelation
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Docker-compose

Inspection ID: ComposeErroneousRelation

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection ComposeErroneousRelation

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

Last modified: 18 September 2025