Build manifest

Every image carries /opt/ovos/build-manifest.json: the exact provenance of the build. Attach it to bug reports — it maps your image to exact package pins.

python3 -m json.tool /opt/ovos/build-manifest.json | less

Schema

Key	Meaning
variant	lite / offline (base) — lang builds keep the base variant name
lang	language code for language images, empty for base images
build_date	UTC ISO timestamp of provisioning
base_os	PRETTY_NAME of the underlying Raspberry Pi OS
python_abi	e.g. cp311 — the ABI prebuilt wheels were selected for
constraints	the ovos-releases constraints file URL used for pinning
base_image_url	the image this build layered on top of
git_sha	raspOVOS commit that built the image
workflow_run	link to the GitHub Actions run
resolved_packages	full pip freeze of the OVOS venv at build time

The manifest is written by scripts/write_build_manifest.sh at the end of provisioning and re-written by each language build so lang is accurate.