Unable to properly launch Web API using Docker (Compose)

As the title suggests, I am having issues in running my Web API through Docker. When I launch the project and want to open it using localhost it is unreachable.

My project structure:
Solution/
  • docker-compose (default)
    • docker-compose.override (default)
  • API/
    • dockerfile
The files:
Dockerfile:
# See https://aka.ms/customizecontainer to learn how to customize your debug container and how Visual Studio uses this Dockerfile to build your images for faster debugging.

# This stage is used when running from VS in fast mode (Default for Debug configuration)
FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:9.0 AS base
USER $APP_UID
WORKDIR /app
EXPOSE 8080
EXPOSE 8081


# This stage is used to build the service project
FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:9.0 AS build
ARG BUILD_CONFIGURATION=Release
WORKDIR /src
COPY ["test.API/test.API.csproj", "test.API/"]
RUN dotnet restore "./test.API/test.API.csproj"
COPY . .
WORKDIR "/src/test.API"
RUN dotnet build "./test.API.csproj" -c $BUILD_CONFIGURATION -o /app/build

# This stage is used to publish the service project to be copied to the final stage
FROM build AS publish
ARG BUILD_CONFIGURATION=Release
RUN dotnet publish "./test.API.csproj" -c $BUILD_CONFIGURATION -o /app/publish /p:UseAppHost=false

# This stage is used in production or when running from VS in regular mode (Default when not using the Debug configuration)
FROM base AS final
WORKDIR /app
COPY --from=publish /app/publish .
ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "test.API.dll"]


Docker-compose:
services:
  test.api:
    image: ${DOCKER_REGISTRY-}testapi
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: test.API/Dockerfile
    environment:
      - ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Development
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
      - "8081:8081" 
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