Mutation To Restart and Update a Container

[rkozyak]

Is your feature request related to a problem?

The webUI for Docker currently has options to restart a container or update a container but the API does not. The API currently only allows you to start/stop a container.

Describe the solution you'd like

An additional mutation field for docker to restart and update it.

mutation Docker($restartID: PrefixedID!, $updateID: PrefixedID!) {
  docker {
    restart(id: $restartID) {}
    update(id: $updateID) {}
  }
}

Additional context

Pre-submission Checklist

• I have searched existing issues to ensure this feature hasn't already been requested
• This is not an Unraid Connect related feature (if it is, please submit via the support form instead)
• I have provided clear examples or use cases for the feature

[mrshappy0]

Hey team — I've been building automation against the Unraid GraphQL API and noticed that docker.updateContainer, docker.updateContainers, and docker.updateAllContainers exist in main without any feature flag, but aren't available in the latest released plugin (v4.29.2, Dec 19 2025).

Evidence in main:
https://github.com/unraid/api/blob/main/api/src/unraid-api/graph/resolvers/docker/docker.mutations.resolver.ts#L78-L121

These three mutations are fully implemented and public (no @UseFeatureFlag decorator):

• docker { updateContainer(id: PrefixedID!) }
• docker { updateContainers(ids: [PrefixedID!]!) }
• docker { updateAllContainers }

Confirmed via introspection against v4.29.2 — only docker.start and docker.stop are present in the live schema.

Question: Is there a planned release that will ship these mutations? v4.29.2 is the latest release and it's been ~2 months since the last publish. Would love to know if there's a timeline or if there's a workaround to access these in the current plugin version.

Thanks!

[rkozyak]

You can manually deploy the latest API code to your server, enable the feature flag, and those features will work. I tested and have been using them on OS v7.2.3. I would assume they will be pushed to all with the next OS update.

No restart container mutation but at least update works.

[mrshappy0]

@rkozyak Awesome! I was able to deploy successfully. I'm working on an agent workflow that checks for updates of running docker containers in Unraid. It does an analysis on the new version and classifies which was need review before updating and which ones are safe to update. Then another workflow utilizes this updateContainer mutation to actually update containers. Working wonderfully! All experimental right now but if testing goes well this is a huge time saver.