The image is larger than it needs to be due to not clearing its yum cache. Remove the cache. Backport to 4.3
$ oc adm release info --pullspecs registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/ocp/release:4.4.0-0.nightly-2020-02-21-011943 | grep registry Pull From: registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/ocp/release@sha256:9708834b46b57908731dda70f1aa8ab95f8d560b4bab42bdd31d8ae786f701d1 cluster-image-registry-operator quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:01683ae7ef28bbbdde4b43b6888df5982afa2f3bbcc718ea72670e3cf6fc90df docker-registry quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:58e78ae491ae5946c2c3a0919502a0dbac641aaa94e7a91b9913da67e581dac2 operator-registry quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:65ca54d5e20bf395f025f2b8bfb9be57cfa5d9a545f51c67b153a590cc3cc4f3 $docker pull quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:58e78ae491ae5946c2c3a0919502a0dbac641aaa94e7a91b9913da67e581dac2 $oc adm release info --pullspecs registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/ocp/release:4.4.0-0.nightly-2020-02-23-191320 | grep registry Pull From: registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/ocp/release@sha256:f494316ccdcc0a6a00896c71e2ae54b45698f14d9bf1dd262ccf1a5ec3d73a84 cluster-image-registry-operator quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:b22c66f9342234e5a12249a313aeb50bcd320c85ca72c0e0b545af6b5412e4aa docker-registry quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:535499a2e2ee004696f4a16a1cc2a426085aae40576e3d4212f99728adec9278 operator-registry quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:6aaa26e2fcb521d7663b437ed17a96ac66d54578ef05935bd0e5f1457a6899d0 docker pull quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:535499a2e2ee004696f4a16a1cc2a426085aae40576e3d4212f99728adec9278 $docker images | grep ocp-v4.0-art-de quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev <none> ffd8e0628fda 2 days ago 308MB quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev <none> ae40f3e85ecd 9 days ago 1.59GB I compared with the docker-registry image before and after pr merge, reduced size by 1.2G. Mark this as verified.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:0581