The simplest answer is I am the only user currently so it doesn't matter. Even with users, a short down time to bring down the old images and bring up the new i

The simplest answer is I am the only user currently so it doesn't matter. Even with users, a short down time to bring down the old images and bring up the new images should be manageable. If I ever got to a point where that wasn't sufficient then I would consider that project successful enough to merit investment into zero downtime strategies and probably its own VPS as well. From a more technical side, I haven't seen an issue with Traefik when I take a container down and back up again. The only delay I would anticipate is when you bring a new service online for the first time and Traefik detects it and configures + fetches LetsEncrypt certs for it.