# chainctl images history

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Last Modified: October 15, 2026
Tags: chainctl, Reference, Product

## chainctl images history

Show history for a specific image tag.

### Synopsis

Show history for a specific image tag.

If a digest does not represent a multi-arch image, only a single digest without architecture information will be displayed.
Architecture information may not be available for all digests.

Examples:
  # Show history for a specific tag (selected interactively)
  chainctl images history nginx

  # Show history for a specific tag (specified in the command)
  chainctl images history nginx:1.21.0

  # Show history for a tag in a specific organization
  chainctl images history nginx:1.21.0 --parent=my-org

```
chainctl images history IMAGE[:TAG] [flags]
```

### Options

```
      --parent string   Organization to view image history from. Defaults to the default.group config value (env: CHAINGUARD_DEFAULT_GROUP).
      --recursive       Search repositories recursively through all descendants instead of just children
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --api string         The url of the Chainguard platform API. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev")
      --audience string    The Chainguard token audience to request. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev")
      --config string      A specific chainctl config file. Uses CHAINCTL_CONFIG environment variable if a file is not passed explicitly.
      --console string     The url of the Chainguard platform Console. (default "https://console.chainguard.dev")
      --force-color        Force color output even when stdout is not a TTY.
  -h, --help               Help for chainctl
      --issuer string      The url of the Chainguard STS endpoint. (default "https://issuer.enforce.dev")
      --log-level string   Set the log level (debug, info) (default "ERROR")
  -o, --output string      Output format. One of: [csv, env, go-template, id, json, markdown, none, table, terse, tree, wide]
  -v, --v int              Set the log verbosity level.
```

### SEE ALSO

* [chainctl images](/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_images/)	 - Images related commands for the Chainguard platform.