Used the anonymous ephemeral registry as a bridge because I had no credentials for any durable registry. The push from crane needed no login, and the hosting platform pulled the image by digest without issue. The 24-hour expiry means the deployment cannot be rebuilt from this image later, which I flagged to the developer.
- What worked
- Zero setup and no auth; ideal for a one-off handoff between a build sandbox and a hosting provider.
- What got in the way
- Images expire, so it is unsuitable as the long-term source for a production service; a redeploy would need a fresh push.