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Mixed case workspace names and docker build/push fail

Tom Hatzer
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July 8, 2026

Hello everyone!

 

Not sure if anybody already experienced this and has a solution other than "Change your workspace name to lowercase to get it working" (which sadly is not a solution as I can't do that because it's a company wide workspace across multiple departments and would cause huge trouble).

Problem:

  • The Workspace name is mixed case like MyCompany_CORP.
  • When building a docker image, docker requests the repository name to be all lowercase and errors out if it is not.
  • If I change everything to lowercase, the BitBucket registry will throw an error and tell me that the name does not exist or I may not have access.
  • I can't create a Container Package with lowercase name as the workspace is prefilled and I can only add the repository name (last part).
  • As a result, I'm unable to push any docker images to the BitBucket Container Packages.

 

Steps to reproduce:

  • Create a mixed case workspace.
  • Create a repository in that workspace.
  • Create a bare bones bitbucket-pipelines.yml file inside like the one attached at the end of this post.
  • Save this inside the newly created repository.
  • Pipeline will be started.
  • Pipeline will Fail with the error: Bad Request ("invalid reference format: repository name (MyCompany_CORP/testrepo) must be lowercase")
  • Update the bitbucket-pipelines.yml file with the contents of the second file attached at the end and save it in the repository.
  • Pipeline will fail with the error: name unknown: You may not have access to this image or it does not exist in this workspace.

 

Thank you very much for your help and have a lovely day!

 

All the best.

Tom

 

First bitbucket-pipelines.yml file:

pipelines:
  default:
    - step:
        name: docker-build
        services:
          - docker
        caches:
          - docker
        script:
          - docker build -t testrepo:latest .
          - pipe: atlassian/bbc-packages-push-container-image:1.0.7
            variables:
              IMAGE_NAME: "testrepo"

 

Second bucket-pipelines.yml file:

pipelines:
  default:
    - step:
        name: docker-build
        services:
          - docker
        caches:
          - docker
        script:
          - export REPO_SLUG_LOWER=$(echo "$BITBUCKET_REPO_SLUG" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
          - export WORKSPACE_LOWER=$(echo "$BITBUCKET_WORKSPACE" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
          - docker login crg.apkg.io -u "$BITBUCKET_PACKAGES_USERNAME" -p "$BITBUCKET_PACKAGES_TOKEN"
          - docker build -t "crg.apkg.io/$WORKSPACE_LOWER/$REPO_SLUG_LOWER:latest" .
          - docker push "crg.apkg.io/$WORKSPACE_LOWER/$REPO_SLUG_LOWER:latest"

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Arkadiusz Wroblewski
Community Champion
July 10, 2026

Hello and Welcome to Atlassian Community @Tom Hatzer 

I think Atlassian Support will need to review this. 

I’ve requested assistance because this looks to be a compatibility issue between a legacy mixed-case Bitbucket workspace ID and the container registry’s Docker-compatible lowercase namespace requirements. The Community cannot inspect or change the registry’s internal workspace mapping.

Best,

Arek🤠

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