From deba4d6cd51c753d23f5f2e9c8bbbb9da75c8b06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mikhail Koliada <88318005+mikhailkoliada@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 18:43:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] README: recommend always using main for custom images (#8946)

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 README.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 05cba07fb..4d3e3bf7b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -205,3 +205,9 @@ For some tools, we always install the latest at the time of the deployment; for
    <summary><b><i>How do I request that a new tool be pre-installed on the image?</b></i></summary>
 Please create an issue and get an approval from us to add this tool to the image before creating the pull request.
 </details>
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+<details>
+   <summary><b><i>What branch should I use to build custom image?</b></i></summary>
+We strongly encourage customers to build their own images using the main branch.
+This repository contains multiple branches and releases that serve as document milestones to reflect what software is installed in the images at certain point of time. Current builds are not idempotent and if one tries to build a runner image using the specific tag it is not guaranteed that the build will succeed.
+</details>