fix: return None from image_created_at when timestamp is absent

FROM-scratch images (commit_container output) and registry images built
for reproducibility often omit the created field entirely. Both backends
were calling die() in that case, crashing the cached-image quickstart
before any container started.

image_created_at now returns datetime | None — None when the field is
absent or unparseable, die() only on real inspect failures (non-zero
exit, malformed JSON). stale_checks in both backends skips the staleness
check when None is returned.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

bot_bottle/backend/docker/launch.py

@@ -231,7 +231,11 @@ def stale_checks(plan: DockerBottlePlan) -> None:
         return
     committed = read_committed_image(plan.slug)
     if committed and docker_mod.image_exists(committed):
-        check_stale(f"agent image {committed!r}", docker_mod.image_created_at(committed))
+        ts = docker_mod.image_created_at(committed)
+        if ts is not None:
+            check_stale(f"agent image {committed!r}", ts)
         return
     if docker_mod.image_exists(plan.image):
-        check_stale(f"agent image {plan.image!r}", docker_mod.image_created_at(plan.image))
+        ts = docker_mod.image_created_at(plan.image)
+        if ts is not None:
+            check_stale(f"agent image {plan.image!r}", ts)

bot_bottle/backend/docker/util.py

@@ -200,8 +200,10 @@ def commit_container(container_name: str, image_tag: str) -> None:
     info(f"committed {container_name!r} → {image_tag!r}")
 
 
-def image_created_at(ref: str) -> datetime:
-    """Return Docker's image Created timestamp as an aware UTC datetime."""
+def image_created_at(ref: str) -> datetime | None:
+    """Return Docker's image Created timestamp as an aware UTC datetime, or
+    None when the field is absent or unparseable. Callers should skip the
+    stale check when None is returned."""
     r = subprocess.run(
         ["docker", "image", "inspect", "--format", "{{.Created}}", ref],
         capture_output=True,
@@ -214,10 +216,12 @@ def image_created_at(ref: str) -> datetime:
             f"{(r.stderr or '').strip() or '<no stderr>'}"
         )
     raw = r.stdout.strip()
+    if not raw:
+        return None
     try:
         return _parse_docker_timestamp(raw)
     except ValueError:
-        die(f"docker image inspect for {ref!r} returned invalid Created timestamp: {raw!r}")
+        return None
 
 
 def _parse_docker_timestamp(raw: str) -> datetime: