Below are steps to reproduce the issue.
docker --version
Docker version 17.09.1-ce, build 19e2cf6
docker images | grep centos
centos latest 3fa822599e10 3 weeks ago 204MB
docker tag centos:latest 127.0.0.1:5000/centos
docker push 127.0.0.1:5000/centos
The push refers to a repository [127.0.0.1:5000/centos]
d1be66a59bc5: Pushed
latest: digest: sha256:3a32a170c945ffe18334b3f514fcb66f9c14001b2266c9ed8504c72db0acde11 size: 529
docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
046a5d68c8b2 registry:2 "/entrypoint.sh /e..." About an hour ago Up About an hour 0.0.0.0:5000->5000/tcp festive_wozniak
curl -X GET http://localhost:5000/v2/_catalog
{"repositories":["centos"]} -----We can list 'centos' repo after pushing.
docker stop 046a5d68c8b2
046a5d68c8b2
docker run -p 5000:5000 -d registry:2
bad6ec7aad590f91aaf1721703ce6468e8254d159e56a5b5f018e5e3c25cf7e0
curl -X GET http://localhost:5000/v2/_catalog
{"repositories":[]} ---- after restarting registry, we cannot see 'centos' info