diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 182c4aa..f490fe8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,4 +8,9 @@ regctl
 # ignore snooze file
 snooze.list
 # ignore updates file
-updates_available.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+updates_available.txt
+# ignore user compose files
+compose.yaml
+compose.yml
+docker-compose.yaml
+docker-compose.yml
diff --git a/default.config b/default.config
index f9076a2..3c68605 100644
--- a/default.config
+++ b/default.config
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 # DISABLE_DOCKCHECK_NOTIFICATION=false
 ## Uncomment and set to true to disable notifications when notify scripts themselves have updates.
 # DISABLE_NOTIFY_NOTIFICATION=false
+## Uncomment and set to true to enable a final action summary notification.
+# ENABLE_SUMMARY_NOTIFICATION=false
 #
 ## Apprise configuration variables. Set APPRISE_PAYLOAD to make a CLI call or set APPRISE_URL to make an API request instead.
 # APPRISE_PAYLOAD='mailto://myemail:mypass@gmail.com
diff --git a/dockcheck.sh b/dockcheck.sh
index 24e7c62..6968a94 100755
--- a/dockcheck.sh
+++ b/dockcheck.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-VERSION="v0.7.6"
-# ChangeNotes: Bugfixes and sanitation. Cleanup of default.config - migrate settings manually (optional).
+VERSION="v0.7.7"
+# ChangeNotes: Start/restart stacks once. Skip failed pulls. Final summary notification.
 Github="https://github.com/mag37/dockcheck"
 RawUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/dockcheck.sh"
 
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ GotUpdates=()
 NoUpdates=()
 GotErrors=()
 SelectedUpdates=()
+Actions=()
 CurlArgs="--retry ${CurlRetryCount:=3} --retry-delay ${CurlRetryDelay:=1}  --connect-timeout ${CurlConnectTimeout:=5} -sf"
 regbin=""
 jqbin=""
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ fi
 if [[ "$DontUpdate" == true ]]; then AutoMode=true; fi
 if [[ "$MonoMode" == true ]]; then declare c_{red,green,yellow,blue,teal,reset}=""; fi
 if [[ "$Notify" == true ]]; then
+  source "${ScriptWorkDir}/notify_templates/notify_v2.sh"
   source_if_exists_or_fail "${ScriptWorkDir}/notify.sh" || source_if_exists_or_fail "${ScriptWorkDir}/notify_templates/notify_v2.sh" || Notify=false
 fi
 if [[ -n "$Exclude" ]]; then
@@ -610,8 +612,10 @@ if [[ -n "${GotUpdates:-}" ]]; then
         if [[ "$DRunUp" == true ]]; then
           docker pull "$ContImage"
           printf "%s\n" "$i got a new image downloaded, rebuild manually with preferred 'docker run'-parameters"
+	  Actions+=("Pull $ContImage;Success;Manual rebuild with 'docker run'-parameters required")
         else
           printf "\n%b%s%b has no compose labels, probably started with docker run - %bskipping%b\n\n" "$c_yellow" "$i" "$c_reset" "$c_yellow" "$c_reset"
+	  Actions+=("Pull $ContImage;Skipped;Started with docker run")
         fi
         continue
       fi
@@ -619,8 +623,12 @@ if [[ -n "${GotUpdates:-}" ]]; then
       if docker pull "$ContImage"; then
         # Removal of the <none>-tag image left behind from backup
         if [[ ! -z "${ContRepoDigests:-}" ]] && [[ -n "${BackupForDays:-}" ]]; then docker rmi "$ContRepoDigests"; fi
+	SuccessfulUpdates+=("$i")
+	Actions+=("Pull $ContImage;Success")
       else
-        printf "\n%bDocker error, exiting!%b\n" "$c_red" "$c_reset" ; exit 1
+	printf "\n%bError pulling update for %S. Skipping. %b\n" "$c_red" "$i" "$c_reset"
+        FailedUpdates+=("$i")
+	Actions+=("Pull $ContImage;Error")
       fi
 
     done
@@ -630,8 +638,9 @@ if [[ -n "${GotUpdates:-}" ]]; then
       printf "%bSkipping container recreation due to -R.%b\n" "$c_yellow" "$c_reset"
     else
       printf "%bRecreating updated containers.%b\n" "$c_blue" "$c_reset"
+      RestartedStacks=()
       CurrentQue=0
-      for i in "${SelectedUpdates[@]}"; do
+      for i in "${SuccessfulUpdates[@]}"; do
         ((CurrentQue+=1))
         unset CompleteConfs
         # Extract labels and metadata
@@ -654,16 +663,18 @@ if [[ -n "${GotUpdates:-}" ]]; then
 
         if [[ "$ContStateRunning" == "true" ]]; then
           printf "\n%bNow recreating (%s/%s): %b%s%b\n" "$c_teal" "$CurrentQue" "$NumberofUpdates" "$c_blue" "$i" "$c_reset"
+	  { [[ "${RestartedStacks[@]}" == *"$ContPath"* ]] && { [[ $OnlySpecific != true ]] || [[ $ContOnlySpecific != true ]] } } && printf "%bStack already restarted. Skipping.%b\n" "$c_yellow" "$c_reset"
         else
           printf  "\n%bSkipping recreation of %b%s%b as it's not running.%b\n" "$c_yellow" "$c_blue" "$i" "$c_yellow" "$c_reset"
+	  Actions+=("Recreate $i;Skipped;Not Running")
           continue
         fi
 
         # Checking if compose-values are empty - hence started with docker run
-        [[ -z "$ContPath" ]] && { echo "Not a compose container, skipping."; continue; }
+	[[ -z "$ContPath" ]] && { echo "Not a compose container, skipping."; Actions+=("Recreate $i;Skipped;Not compose") ; continue; }
 
         # cd to the compose-file directory to account for people who use relative volumes
-        cd "$ContPath" || { printf "\n%bPath error - skipping%b %s" "$c_red" "$c_reset" "$i"; continue; }
+	cd "$ContPath" || { printf "\n%bPath error - skipping%b %s" "$c_red" "$c_reset" "$i"; Actions+=("Recreate $i;Skipped;Path error") ; continue; }
         # Reformatting path + multi compose
         if [[ $ContConfigFile == '/'* ]]; then
           CompleteConfs=$(for conf in ${ContConfigFile//,/ }; do printf -- "-f %s " "$conf"; done)
@@ -678,9 +689,13 @@ if [[ -n "${GotUpdates:-}" ]]; then
 
         # Check if the whole stack should be restarted
         if [[ "$ContRestartStack" == true ]] || [[ "$ForceRestartStacks" == true ]]; then
-          ${DockerBin} ${CompleteConfs} stop; ${DockerBin} ${CompleteConfs} ${ContEnvs} up -d || { printf "\n%bDocker error, exiting!%b\n" "$c_red" "$c_reset" ; exit 1; }
+          [[ "${RestartedStacks[@]}" != *"$ContPath"* ]] && { ${DockerBin} ${CompleteConfs} stop; ${DockerBin} ${CompleteConfs} ${ContEnvs} up -d && Actions+=("Recreate $i;Success;Full stack restart") || { printf "\n%bFailed to recreate $i, skipping.%b\n" "$c_red" "$c_reset" ; Actions+=("Recreate $i;Error;Failed to start stack") ; } }
+	  RestartedStacks+=("$ContPath")
         else
-          ${DockerBin} ${CompleteConfs} ${ContEnvs} up -d ${SpecificContainer} || { printf "\n%bDocker error, exiting!%b\n" "$c_red" "$c_reset" ; exit 1; }
+          { [[ "${RestartedStacks[@]}" != *"$ContPath"* ]] || [[ -n "${SpecificContainer:-}" ]] } && { ${DockerBin} ${CompleteConfs} ${ContEnvs} up -d ${SpecificContainer} && Actions+=("Recreate $i;Success;${SpecificContainer:-Stack}") || { printf "\n%bFailed to recreate $i, skipping.%b\n" "$c_red" "$c_reset" ; Actions+=("Recreate $i;Error;Failed to start ${SpecificContainer:-Stack}") ; } }
+	  if [[ -z "${SpecificContainer:-}" ]]; then
+            RestartedStacks+=("$ContPath")
+	  fi
         fi
       done
     fi
@@ -689,7 +704,7 @@ if [[ -n "${GotUpdates:-}" ]]; then
     # Trigger pruning only when backup-function is not used
     if [[ -z "${BackupForDays:-}" ]]; then
       if [[ "$AutoPrune" == false ]] && [[ "$AutoMode" == false ]]; then printf "\n"; read -rep "Would you like to prune all dangling images? y/[n]: " AutoPrune; fi
-      if [[ "$AutoPrune" == true ]] || [[ "$AutoPrune" =~ [yY] ]]; then printf "\nAuto pruning.."; docker image prune -f; fi
+      if [[ "$AutoPrune" == true ]] || [[ "$AutoPrune" =~ [yY] ]]; then printf "\nAuto pruning.."; docker image prune -f && Actions+=("Prune images;Success"); fi
     fi
 
   else
@@ -702,4 +717,7 @@ fi
 # Clean up old backup image tags if -b is used
 [[ -n "${BackupForDays:-}" ]] && remove_backups
 
+# Send final summary notification if enabled
+[[ "${Notify}" == true ]] && [[ "${ENABLE_SUMMARY_NOTIFICATION:-}" == true ]] && [[ "${#Actions[@]} -gt 0" ]] && { exec_if_exists_or_fail send_summary_notification || printf "Could not source summary notification function.\n"; }
+
 exit 0
diff --git a/notify_templates/notify_v2.sh b/notify_templates/notify_v2.sh
index a44870a..2ed7246 100644
--- a/notify_templates/notify_v2.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_v2.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-NOTIFY_V2_VERSION="v0.7"
+NOTIFY_V2_VERSION="v0.8"
 #
 # If migrating from an older notify template, remove your existing notify.sh file.
 # Leave (or place) this file in the "notify_templates" subdirectory within the same directory as the main dockcheck.sh script.
@@ -180,7 +180,9 @@ format_output() {
   local FormattedTextTemplate="$3"
   local tempcsv=""
 
-  if [[ ! "${UpdateType}" == "dockcheck_update" ]]; then
+  if [[ "${UpdateType}" == "summary" ]]; then
+    tempcsv="${UpdToString//;/,}"
+  elif [[ ! "${UpdateType}" == "dockcheck_update" ]]; then
     tempcsv="${UpdToString//  ->  /,}"
     tempcsv="${tempcsv//.sh /.sh,}"
   else
@@ -194,12 +196,17 @@ format_output() {
       FormattedOutput="${tempcsv}"
     fi
   elif [[ "${OutputFormat}" == "json" ]]; then
-    if [[ -z "${UpdToString}" ]]; then
+    if [[ "${UpdateType}" == "summary" ]] && [[ -z "${UpdToString}" ]]; then
+      FormattedOutput='{"actions": []}'
+    elif [[ -z "${UpdToString}" ]]; then
       FormattedOutput='{"updates": []}'
     else
       if [[ "${UpdateType}" == "container_update" ]]; then
         # container updates case
         FormattedOutput=$(jq --compact-output --null-input --arg updates "${tempcsv}" '($updates | split("\\n")) | map(split(",")) | {"updates": map({"container_name": .[0], "release_notes": .[1]})} | del(..|nulls)')
+      elif [[ "${UpdateType}" == "summary" ]]; then
+        # final summary notification case
+	FormattedOutput=$(jq --compact-output --null-input --arg actions "${tempcsv}" '($actions | split("\\n")) | map(split(",")) | {"actions": map({"action": .[0], "result": .[1], "description": .[2]})} | del(..|nulls)')
       elif [[ "${UpdateType}" == "notify_update" ]]; then
         # script updates case
         FormattedOutput=$(jq --compact-output --null-input --arg updates "${tempcsv}" '($updates | split("\\n")) | map(split(",")) | {"updates": map({"script_name": .[0], "installed_version": .[1], "latest_version": .[2]})}')
@@ -216,6 +223,8 @@ format_output() {
     else
       if [[ "${UpdateType}" == "container_update" ]]; then
         FormattedOutput="${FormattedTextTemplate/<insert_text_cu>/${UpdToString}}"
+      elif [[ "${UpdateType}" == "summary" ]]; then
+        FormattedOutput="${FormattedTextTemplate/<insert_text_sn>/${UpdToString}}"
       elif [[ "${UpdateType}" == "notify_update" ]]; then
         FormattedOutput="${FormattedTextTemplate/<insert_text_nu>/${UpdToString}}"
       elif [[ "${UpdateType}" == "dockcheck_update" ]]; then
@@ -301,6 +310,42 @@ send_notification() {
   return 0
 }
 
+### Set ENABLE_SUMMARY_NOTIFICATION=true in dockcheck.config
+### to send a final action summary notification
+send_summary_notification() {
+  Notified="false"
+
+  MessageTitle="$FromHost - Action summary"
+
+  UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Actions[@]}" )
+  UpdToString="${UpdToString%, }"
+  UpdToString=${UpdToString%\\n}
+
+  for channel in "${enabled_notify_channels[@]}"; do
+    local SkipNotification=$(skip_notification "${channel}" "1" "summary")
+    if [[ "${SkipNotification}" == "false" ]]; then
+      local template=$(get_channel_template "${channel}")
+
+      # Formats UpdToString variable per channel settings
+      format_output "summary" "$(output_format "${channel}")" "🐋 Actions taken by $FromHost:\n<insert_text_sn>\n"
+
+      # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+      printf -v MessageBody "${FormattedOutput}"
+
+      printf "\nSending ${channel} summary notification"
+      exec_if_exists_or_fail trigger_${template}_notification "${channel}" || \
+      printf "\nAttempted to send summary notification to channel ${channel}, but the function was not found. Make sure notify_${template}.sh is available in the ${ScriptWorkDir} directory or notify_templates subdirectory."
+      Notified="true"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  if [[ "${Notified}" == "true" ]]; then
+    printf "\n"
+  fi
+
+  return 0
+}
+
 ### Set DISABLE_DOCKCHECK_NOTIFICATION=false in dockcheck.config
 ### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
 dockcheck_notification() {