pi-hole

Update docker.io/pihole/pihole Docker tag to v2025.10.1

Michi Kofler-Häusler

27 Oct 2025 — 8 min read

On all three nodes I upgraded Pi-hole successfully by means of fully automated Watchtower Docker container update with dependency update facilitated by Mend's Renovate Bot.

This MR contains the following updates:

Package	Update	Change
docker.io/pihole/pihole	minor	`2025.08.0` -> `2025.10.1`

Release Notes

pi-hole/docker-pi-hole (docker.io/pihole/pihole)

`v2025.10.1`

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Just a couple of docker tweaks - should fix the issues seen in #1918

What's Changed

Don't use hard-coded FTL.log path by @yubiuser in #1924
Revert pihole-FTL wait-forcommand ffd3cbb (#1927)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/compare/2025.10.0...2025.10.1

`v2025.10.0`

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What's Changed (Docker Specific)

Add pihole-FTL bash completion by @yubiuser in #1880
Use FTL's build-in wait-for command for checking the logs by @yubiuser in #1898

Full Changelog: https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/compare/2025.08.0...2025.10.0

Release notes for other components

FTL v6.3

What's Changed

Tests - fix PTR test by @rrobgill in pi-hole/FTL#2516
Reply to address queries in .localhost domain (RFC6171) by @rrobgill in pi-hole/FTL#2517
dhcp-discover: Fix string processing by @rrobgill in pi-hole/FTL#2519
[RFC] Prevent .internal queries from being upstreamed. Draft draft-davies-internal-tld-03 by @Tooa in pi-hole/FTL#2474
Add dns.localise by @Manakuremati in pi-hole/FTL#2524
Webserver: Allow webhome to be root by @rrobgill in pi-hole/FTL#2521
api/network Avoid NULL string comparison logspam by @rrobgill in pi-hole/FTL#2526
request_info.is_authenticated needs to be initialized explicitly with… by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2533
Allow forcing color in CLI output by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2538
Simplify CI build by removing the composite action by @yubiuser in pi-hole/FTL#2511
Rename flushing arp > flushing network by @yubiuser in pi-hole/FTL#2541
Update embedded SQLite3 engine to 3.50.2 by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2544
Add pihole-FTL create-default-config option and use it to upload pihole.toml to ftl.pi-hole.net by @yubiuser in pi-hole/FTL#2540
Allow low-level header manipulation from Lua pages by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2535
Fix foreign fork MRs by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2543
Update package-lock.json to fix npm vuln by @XhmikosR in pi-hole/FTL#2555
Update rapidoc to v9.3.8 by @XhmikosR in pi-hole/FTL#2556
Add missing 'took' fields to API spec response examples by @tsutsu3 in pi-hole/FTL#2466
Remove domain type from domainNeeded help text by @yubiuser in pi-hole/FTL#2564
Update embedded dnsmasq to v2.92test16 by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2570
Config typo correction by @rrobgill in pi-hole/FTL#2572
Support IPv6 in the DHCP API by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2554
Add sigrtmin option by @jacklul in pi-hole/FTL#2574
NTP ipv6 crash fix - ntp reply & logging by @rrobgill in pi-hole/FTL#2569
Add 'never-stale' to stale issue exempt lable list by @yubiuser in pi-hole/FTL#2578
Upgrade TOML library to tomlc17 by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2579
Add warning to the config markdown by @yubiuser in pi-hole/FTL#2580
Automatically detect DNS interface when empty in pihole.toml by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2456
Make type a required parameter for PUT and DELETE /lists by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2530
Update embedded SQLite3 to 3.50.3 by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2576
Remove remaining traces of ARP flush by @yubiuser in pi-hole/FTL#2545
Improve CNAME behavior of pi.hole by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2585
Add colors to the --config output by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2584
fix: change type of disk parameter for GET /queries by @ninjack-dev in pi-hole/FTL#2589
Improve default CSP headers by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2575
Improve already running detection by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2591
Update embedded SQLite3 to 3.50.4 by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2592
Fix debug output association by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2594
Fix FTL running behing reverse-proxy with prefix by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2595
Update embedded dnsmasq by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2587
Implement netlink ARP cache handling by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2600
Add autocomplete feature by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2593
Update embedded dnsmasq to v2.92test19 by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2603
Fix dns.interface comment by @rdwebdesign in pi-hole/FTL#2597
Fix logic in automatic interface determination (when dns.interface = "") by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2607
Fix default value autocomplete suggestions by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2609
Update dnsmasq to v2.92test21 by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2614
Fix cache-optimizer queries in Query Log by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2619
Update embedded CivetWeb by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2621
Do not set domainname when the kernel replies with "(none)" by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2620
Fix dns.hosts help text to show multiple hostnames per IP are allowed by @rdwebdesign in pi-hole/FTL#2623
Improve memory handling by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2617
Pin github actions to SHA by @yubiuser in pi-hole/FTL#2615
Bump the github_action-dependencies group across 1 directory with 6 updates by @dependabot[bot] in pi-hole/FTL#2628
Be more gracefully when validating dns_hosts by @yubiuser in pi-hole/FTL#2624
Implement automatic TLS/SSL certificate renewals by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2463
Fix HOSTS file rotation test which was hiding in fast runners by @yubiuser in pi-hole/FTL#2630
Suggest IP addresses instead of names for upstream by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2444
Make restarting optional in API config endpoints by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2632
Ensure queries with ID 0 are stored to the long-term queries database by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2633
Ensure we can log until the very end by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2634
Bump github/codeql-action from 3.30.3 to 3.30.5 in the github_action-dependencies group across 1 directory by @dependabot[bot] in pi-hole/FTL#2636
Fix long-term database insertion by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2583
Add webserver.advancedOpts by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2635
Add new dns.domain.local and rename dns.domain -> dns.domain.name by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2531
Bump the github_action-dependencies group across 1 directory with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in pi-hole/FTL#2641
Allow escaping special single-character wildcard "_" when doing partial matching by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2550
Expose both total and enabled for gravity tables by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2177
Improve gravity database resilience by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2605
Add custom SQLite busy callback by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2602
Add %MEM and %CPU of FTL to GET info/system by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2645
Try to load system load averages from /proc/loadavg first by @tpjanssen in pi-hole/FTL#2644
Fix database busy handler initialization by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2646
Fix POST /lists example by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2649
Improve CPU utilization reporting by @DL6ER in pi-hole/FTL#2647

New Contributors

@Tooa made their first contribution in pi-hole/FTL#2474
@Manakuremati made their first contribution in pi-hole/FTL#2524
@ninjack-dev made their first contribution in pi-hole/FTL#2589
@tpjanssen made their first contribution in pi-hole/FTL#2644

Full Changelog: https://github.com/pi-hole/FTL/compare/v6.2.3...v6.3

Core v6.2

What's Changed

Remove readonly from list.sh to avoid errors by @rdwebdesign in pi-hole/pi-hole#6349
Remove netcat from the list of dependencies by @darkexplosiveqwx in pi-hole/pi-hole#6343
Re-order authentication errors in verbose mode by @yubiuser in pi-hole/pi-hole#6338
Speed up pihole --query by @rrobgill in pi-hole/pi-hole#6334
Use RTMIN value provided by FTL when possible by @jacklul in pi-hole/pi-hole#6358
Speed up pihole api by @rrobgill in pi-hole/pi-hole#6336
Update man page - remove "reconfigure" option by @rdwebdesign in pi-hole/pi-hole#6361
Tweak ARP flushing function by @yubiuser in pi-hole/pi-hole#6319
Fix gravity and error on pihole-FTL --config failures by @yubiuser in pi-hole/pi-hole#6352
Use 'true'/'false' strings instead of 0/1 integers for boolean root user check in pihole command by @yubiuser in pi-hole/pi-hole#6351
Do not call pihole-FTL --config interactively by @DL6ER in pi-hole/pi-hole#6368
Explicitly check for the existence of FTL binary before attempting to stop it. Prevents warning message on fresh installs by @PromoFaux in pi-hole/pi-hole#6364
Add "setpassword" to pihole Bash completion by @deHakkelaar in pi-hole/pi-hole#6369
Add FTL bash autocomplete by @yubiuser in pi-hole/pi-hole#6376
Alpine Linux Support and Tests by @mgziminsky in pi-hole/pi-hole#6275
uninstall refactor and improvement by @rrobgill in pi-hole/pi-hole#6339
Fix typo found during install by @jbirddog in pi-hole/pi-hole#6406
Add Debian 13 Trixie to the test suite by @yubiuser in pi-hole/pi-hole#6382
Adjust .shellcheckrc to 0.11 and enable some optional checks by @yubiuser in pi-hole/pi-hole#6374
Use SHA to pin github actions by @yubiuser in pi-hole/pi-hole#6392
Rename views, upgrade gravity database and bump gravity database version by @DL6ER in pi-hole/pi-hole#6386

New Contributors

@mgziminsky made their first contribution in pi-hole/pi-hole#6275
@jbirddog made their first contribution in pi-hole/pi-hole#6406

Full Changelog: https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/compare/v6.1.4...v6.2

Web v6.3

What's Changed

Clarify client description priorities on the groups/client interface by @DL6ER in pi-hole/web#3521
Remove superfluous settings-level-expert class by @yubiuser in pi-hole/web#3503
Remove link to rate limit documentation which does not add further etails by @yubiuser in pi-hole/web#3526
Add some color to gravity output by @yubiuser in pi-hole/web#3530
settings-system : Avoid division by zero in DNS metrics by @rrobgill in pi-hole/web#3533
Make the "Add to denied/allowed domains" buttons red and green by @darkexplosiveqwx in pi-hole/web#3551
Remove query type from domainNeeded option by @yubiuser in pi-hole/web#3557
Handle pie chart item style conditionally by @yubiuser in pi-hole/web#3532
Use label-primary for number of enabled list icon on sidebar by @yubiuser in pi-hole/web#3563
Use innerHTML instead of append to fix gravity color output by @yubiuser in pi-hole/web#3566
Trim whitespaces before adding custom DNS record by @yubiuser in pi-hole/web#3569
Bind address to new element instead of raw HTML construction by @DL6ER in pi-hole/web#3567
Use /flush/network instead of /flush/arp by @yubiuser in pi-hole/web#3553
Prevents getting stuck loading unlimited query log results by @ablankenship10 in pi-hole/web#3592
Fix 2FA icon styles #3431 by @idotj in pi-hole/web#3585
Fix header.lp closing head tag formatting by @h3xcat in pi-hole/web#3607
Fix the link on the upstream chart legend by @rdwebdesign in pi-hole/web#3606
Rename config key dns.domain > dns.domain.name by @yubiuser in pi-hole/web#3611
Improve line graph tooltip by @yubiuser in pi-hole/web#3601
Make DNSSEC icon conditional in Queries Log (redo of pi-hole/web#3399/) by @yubiuser in pi-hole/web#3535
Query Log: The underscore is special by @DL6ER in pi-hole/web#3578
Fix addList function to include type in API request URL by @PromoFaux in pi-hole/web#3620
Pin github action to SHA by @yubiuser in pi-hole/web#3593
Adjust domain count according to pi-hole/FTL#2177 by @yubiuser in pi-hole/web#3619
Also pin editorconfigchecker by sha by @yubiuser in pi-hole/web#3621
Update FTL %cpu and %mem everytime total CPU stats are updated by @yubiuser in pi-hole/web#3622