# ImagePullPolicy

- Kind: `enum`
- Package: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.md)
- Version: `13.3.0`
- Namespace: `Aspire.Hosting.ApplicationModel`
- Target framework: `net8.0`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/blob/bd20f904cde09ecb9c9ae5116a6f13614bf2d7c2/src/Aspire.Hosting/ApplicationModel/ImagePullPolicy.cs)

Image pull policies for container resources.

## Definition

```csharp
namespace Aspire.Hosting.ApplicationModel;

public enum ImagePullPolicy
```

## Enum Members

| Name | Value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Default | 0 | Default image pull policy behavior. Currently this will be the same as the default behavior for your container runtime. |
| Always | 1 | Always pull the image when creating the container. |
| Missing | 2 | Pull the image only if it does not already exist. |
| Never | 3 | Never pull the image from the registry even if it is missing locally. |