Release notes for previous versions

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This page contains release notes for older versions of Docker Desktop for Mac.

Stable Releases of 2018

Docker Community Edition 18.06.1-ce-mac73 2018-08-29

  • Upgrades

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

    • Fix local DNS failing to resolve inside containers.

Docker Community Edition 18.06.0-ce-mac70 2018-07-25

  • Upgrades

  • New

    • Kubernetes Support. You can now run a single-node Kubernetes cluster from the "Kubernetes" Pane in Docker For Mac Preferences and use kubectl commands as well as docker commands. See the Kubernetes section
    • Add an experimental SOCKS server to allow access to container networks, see docker/for-mac#2670. Also see docker/for-mac#2721
    • Re-enable raw as the default disk format for users running macOS 10.13.4 and higher. Note this change only takes effect after a "reset to factory defaults" or "remove all data" (from the Whale menu -> Preferences -> Reset). Related to docker/for-mac#2625

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

    • AUFS storage driver is deprecated in Docker Desktop and AUFS support will be removed in the next major release. You can continue with AUFS in Docker Desktop 18.06.x, but you will need to reset disk image (in Preferences > Reset menu) before updating to the next major update. You can check documentation to save images and back up volumes
    • OS X El Captain 10.11 is deprecated in Docker Desktop. You will not be able to install updates after Docker Desktop 18.06.x. We recommend upgrading to the latest version of macOS.
    • Fix bug which would cause VM logs to be written to RAM rather than disk in some cases, and the VM to hang. See docker/for-mac#2984
    • Fix network connection leak triggered by haproxy TCP health-checks docker/for-mac#1132
    • Better message to reset vmnetd when it's disabled. See docker/for-mac#3035
    • Fix VPNKit memory leak. Fixes moby/vpnkit#371
    • Virtual Machine default disk path is stored relative to $HOME. Fixes docker/for-mac#2928, docker/for-mac#1209
    • Use Simple NTP to minimise clock drift between the VM and the host. Fixes docker/for-mac#2076
    • Fix a race between calling stat on a file and calling close of a file descriptor referencing the file that could result in the stat failing with EBADF (often presented as "File not found"). Fixes docker/for-mac#2870
    • Do not allow install of Docker for Mac on macOS Yosemite 10.10, this version is not supported since Docker for Mac 17.09.0.
    • Fix button order in reset dialog windows. Fixes docker/for-mac#2827
    • Fix upgrade straight from pre-17.12 versions where Docker for Mac cannot restart once the upgrade has been performed. Fixes docker/for-mac#2739
    • Added log rotation for docker-ce logs inside the virtual machine.

Docker Community Edition 18.03.1-ce-mac65 2018-04-30

Docker Community Edition 18.03.1-ce-mac64 2018-04-26

Docker Community Edition 18.03.0-ce-mac60 2018-03-30

  • Bug fixes and minor changes
    • Fix Upgrade straight from 17.09 versions where Docker for Mac cannot restart once the upgrade has been performed. Fixes docker/for-mac#2739

Docker Community Edition 18.03.0-ce-mac59 2018-03-26

  • Upgrades

  • New

    • VM Swap size can be changed in settings. See docker/for-mac#2566, docker/for-mac#2389
    • New menu item to restart Docker.
    • Support NFS Volume sharing.
    • The directory holding the disk images has been renamed (from ~/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/com.docker.driver.amd64-linux to ~/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/vms/0`).

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

    • Fix daemon not starting properly when setting TLS-related options. Fixes docker/for-mac#2663
    • DNS name host.docker.internal should be used for host resolution from containers. Older aliases (still valid) are deprecated in favor of this one. (See https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-west-let-localhost-be-localhost-06).
    • Fix for the HTTP/S transparent proxy when using "localhost" names (e.g. host.docker.internal).
    • Fix empty registry added by mistake in some cases in the Preference Daemon Pane. Fixes docker/for-mac#2537
    • Clearer error message when incompatible hardware is detected.
    • Fix some cases where selecting "Reset" after an error did not reset properly.
    • Fix incorrect NTP config. Fixes docker/for-mac#2529
    • Migration of Docker Toolbox images is not proposed anymore in Docker For Mac installer (still possible to migrate Toolbox images manually).

Docker Community Edition 17.12.0-ce-mac55 2018-02-27

  • Bug fixes and minor changes
    • Revert the default disk format to qcow2 for users running macOS 10.13 (High Sierra). There are confirmed reports of file corruption using the raw format which uses sparse files on APFS. Note this change only takes effect after a reset to factory defaults (from the Whale menu -> Preferences -> Reset). Related to docker/for-mac#2625
    • Fix VPNKit proxy for docker.for.mac.http.internal.

Docker Community Edition 17.12.0-ce-mac49 2018-01-19

Docker Community Edition 17.12.0-ce-mac47 2018-01-12

  • Bug fixes and minor changes
    • Fix for docker push to an insecure registry. Fixes docker/for-mac#2392
    • Separate internal ports used to proxy HTTP and HTTPS content.

Docker Community Edition 17.12.0-ce-mac46 2018-01-09

  • Upgrades

  • New

    • VM entirely built with Linuxkit
    • VM disk size can be changed in disk preferences. (See docker/for-mac#1037)
    • For systems running APFS on SSD on High Sierra, use raw format VM disks by default. This improves disk throughput (from 320MiB/sec to 600MiB/sec in dd on a 2015 MacBook Pro) and disk space handling. Existing disks are kept in qcow format, if you want to switch to raw format you need to "Remove all data" or "Reset to factory defaults".
    • DNS name docker.for.mac.host.internal should be used instead of docker.for.mac.localhost (still valid) for host resolution from containers, since since there is an RFC banning the use of subdomains of localhost. See https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-west-let-localhost-be-localhost-06.

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

    • Display various component versions in About box.
    • Avoid VM reboot when changing host proxy settings.
    • Don't break HTTP traffic between containers by forwarding them via the external proxy. (See docker/for-mac#981)
    • Filesharing settings are now stored in settings.json.
    • Daemon restart button has been moved to settings / Reset Tab.
    • Better VM state handling & error messages in case of VM crashes.
    • Fix login into private repository with certificate issue. (See docker/for-mac#2201)

Stable Releases of 2017

Docker Community Edition 17.09.1-ce-mac42 2017-12-11

Docker Community Edition 17.09.0-ce-mac35 2017-10-06

  • Bug fix
    • Fix Docker For Mac unable to start in some cases : removed use of libgmp sometimes causing the vpnkit process to die.

Docker Community Edition 17.09.0-ce-mac33 2017-10-03

  • Do not show Toolbox migration assistant when there are existing Docker For Mac data.

Docker Community Edition 17.09.0-ce-mac32 2017-10-02

  • Upgrades

  • New

    • Add daemon options validation
    • VPNKit: add support for ping!
    • VPNKit: add slirp/port-max-idle-timeout to allow the timeout to be adjusted or even disabled
    • VPNKit: bridge mode is default everywhere now
    • Transparent proxy using macOS system proxies (if defined) directly
    • GUI settings are now stored in ~/Library/Group\ Containers/group.com.docker/settings.json. daemon.json in now a file in ~/.docker/
    • You can now change the default IP address used by Hyperkit if it collides with your network

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

    • Fix instability on High Sierra (docker/for-mac#2069, docker/for-mac#2062, docker/for-mac#2052, docker/for-mac#2029, docker/for-mac#2024)
    • Fix password encoding/decoding (docker/for-mac#2008, docker/for-mac#2016, docker/for-mac#1919, docker/for-mac#712, docker/for-mac#1220).
    • Kernel: Enable TASK_XACCT and TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING (docker/for-mac#1608)
    • Rotate logs in the VM more often
    • VPNKit: change protocol to support error messages reported back from the server
    • VPNKit: fix a bug which causes a socket to leak if the corresponding TCP connection is idle for more than 5 minutes (related to docker/for-mac#1374)
    • VPNKit: improve the logging around the Unix domain socket connections
    • VPNKit: automatically trim whitespace from int or bool database keys
    • Diagnose can be cancelled & Improved help information. Fixes docker/for-mac#1134, docker/for-mac#1474
    • Support paging of docker-cloud repositories & orgs. Fixes docker/for-mac#1538

Docker Community Edition 17.06.2-ce-mac27 2017-09-06

Upgrades

Docker Community Edition 17.06.1-ce-mac24, 2017-08-21

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

Docker Community Edition 17.06.0-ce-mac18, 2017-06-28s

Upgrades

New

  • Integration with Docker Cloud: control remote Swarms from the local CLI and view your repositories.
  • GUI Option to opt out of credential store
  • GUI option to reset Docker data without losing all settings (fixes docker/for-mac#1309)
  • Add an experimental DNS name for the host: docker.for.mac.localhost
  • Support for client (i.e. "login") certificates for authenticating registry access (fixes docker/for-mac#1320)
  • OSXFS: support for cached mount flag to improve performance of macOS mounts when strict consistency is not necessary

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Resync HTTP(S) proxy settings on application start
  • Interpret system proxy setting of localhost correctly (see docker/for-mac#1511)
  • All Docker binaries bundled with Docker for Mac are now signed
  • Display all Docker Cloud organizations and repositories in the whale menu (fixes docker/for-mac#1538)
  • OSXFS: improved latency for many common operations, such as read and write, by approximately 25%
  • Fixed GUI crash when text table view was selected and windows re-opened (fixes docker/for-mac#1477)
  • Reset to default / uninstall also remove config.json and osxkeychain credentials
  • More detailed VirtualBox uninstall requirements ( docker/for-mac#1343)
  • Request time sync after waking up to improve docker/for-mac#17
  • VPNKit: Improved DNS timeout handling (fixes docker/for-mac#202)
  • VPNKit: Use DNSServiceRef API by default (only enabled for new installs or after factory reset)
  • Add a reset to factory defaults button when application crashes
  • Toolbox import dialog now defaults to "Skip"
  • Buffered data should be treated correctly when Docker client requests are upgraded to raw streams
  • Removed an error message from the output related to experimental features handling
  • vmnetd should not crash when user home directory is on an external drive
  • Improved settings database schema handling
  • Disk trimming should work as expected
  • Diagnostics now contains more settings data

Docker Community Edition 17.03.1-ce-mac12, 2017-05-12s

Upgrades

  • Security fix for CVE-2017-7308

Docker Community Edition 17.03.1-ce-mac5, 2017-03-29s

Upgrades

Docker Community Edition 17.03.0-ce-mac1, 2017-03-02- Renamed to Docker Community Edition

New

  • Integration with Docker Cloud: control remote Swarms from the local CLI and view your repositories. This feature is going to be rolled out to all users progressively
  • Docker will now securely store your IDs in the macOS keychain

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Allow to reset faulty daemon.json through a link in advanced subpanel
  • More options when moving disk image
  • Add link to experimental features
  • Filesharing and daemon table empty fields are editable
  • Hide restart button in settings window
  • Fix bug where update window hides when app not focused
  • Don't use port 4222 inside the Linux VM
  • Add page_poison=1 to boot args
  • Add a new disk flushing option
  • DNS forwarder ignores responses from malfunctioning servers (docker/for-mac#1025)
  • DNS forwarder send all queries in parallel, process results in order
  • DNS forwarder includes servers with zones in general searches (docker/for-mac#997)
  • Parses aliases from /etc/hosts (docker/for-mac#983)
  • Can resolve DNS requests via servers listed in the /etc/resolver directory on the host
  • Limit vCPUs to 64
  • Fixed for swap not being mounted
  • Fixed aufs xattr delete issue (docker/docker#30245)
  • osxfs: Catch EPERM when reading extended attributes of non-files
  • VPNKit: Fixed unmarshalling of DNS packets containing pointers to pointers to labels
  • VPNKit: Set the Recursion Available bit on DNS responses from the cache
  • VPNKit: Avoid diagnostics to capture too much data
  • VPNKit: Fixed a source of occasional packet loss (truncation) on the virtual ethernet link
  • HyperKit: Dump guest physical and linear address from VMCS when dumping state
  • HyperKit: Kernel boots with panic=1 arg

Docker for Mac 1.13.1, 2017-02-09s

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Add link to experimental features
  • New 1.13 cancellable operations should now be properly handled by the Docker for desktop
  • daemon.json should render nicely in the UI
  • Allow to reset faulty daemon.json through a link in advanced subpanel

Docker for Mac 1.13.0, 2017-01-19s

Upgrades

New

  • The storage location of the Linux volume can now be moved
  • Reclaim disk size on reboot
  • You can now edit filesharing paths
  • Memory can be allocated with 256 MiB steps
  • Proxy can now be completely disabled
  • Support for arm, aarch64, ppc64le architectures using qemu
  • Dedicated preference pane for advanced configuration of the docker daemon (edit daemon.json)
  • Docker Experimental mode can be toggled
  • Better support for Split DNS VPN configurations
  • Use more DNS servers, respect order

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • You cannot edit settings while docker is restarting
  • Support Copy/Paste in About box
  • Auto update polling every 24h
  • Kernel boots with vsyscall=emulate arg and CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL is set to NONE in Moby
  • Fixed vsock deadlock under heavy write load
  • If you opt-out of analytics, you're prompted for approval before a bug report is sent
  • Fixed bug where search domain could be read as DomainName
  • Dedicated preference pane for HTTP proxy settings
  • Dedicated preference pane for CPU & Memory computing resources
  • Privacy settings moved to the general preference pane
  • Fixed an issue where the preference pane disappeared when the welcome whale menu was closed
  • HyperKit: code cleanup and minor fixes
  • Improvements to Logging and Diagnostics
  • osxfs: switch to libev/kqueue to improve latency
  • VPNKit: improvements to DNS handling
  • VPNKit: Improved diagnostics
  • VPNKit: Forwarded UDP datagrams should have correct source port numbers
  • VPNKit: add a local cache of DNS responses
  • VPNKit: If one request fails, allow other concurrent requests to succeed. For example this allows IPv4 servers to work even if IPv6 is broken.
  • VPNKit: Fix bug that could cause the connection tracking to underestimate the number of active connections

Stable Releases of 2016

Docker for Mac 1.12.5, 2016-12-20s

Upgrades

  • Docker 1.12.5
  • Docker Compose 1.9.0

Skipped Docker for Mac 1.12.4

We did not distribute a 1.12.4 stable release

Docker for Mac 1.12.3, 2016-11-09s

Upgrades

  • Docker 1.12.3
  • Linux Kernel 4.4.27
  • Notary 0.4.2
  • Docker Machine 0.8.2
  • Docker Compose 1.8.1
  • Kernel vsock driver v7
  • aufs 20160912

Bug fixes and minor changes

General

  • Fixed an issue where the whale animation during setting change was inconsistent

  • Fixed an issue where some windows stayed hidden behind another app

  • Fixed an issue where the Docker status would continue to be yellow/animated after the VM had started correctly

  • Fixed an issue where Docker for Mac was incorrectly reported as updated

  • Channel is now displayed in About box

  • Crash reports are sent over Bugsnag rather than HockeyApp

  • Fixed an issue where some windows did not claim focus correctly

  • Added UI when switching channel to prevent user losing containers and settings

  • Check disk capacity before Toolbox import

  • Import certificates in etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt

  • disk: make the "flush" behaviour configurable for database-like workloads. This works around a performance regression in 1.12.1.

Networking

  • Proxy: Fixed application of system or custom proxy settings over container restart

  • DNS: reduce the number of UDP sockets consumed on the host

  • VPNkit: improve the connection-limiting code to avoid running out of sockets on the host

  • UDP: handle diagrams bigger than 2035, up to the configured macOS kernel limit

  • UDP: make the forwarding more robust; drop packets and continue rather than stopping

File sharing

Moby

Docker for Mac 1.12.1, 2016-09-16

New

  • Support for macOS 10.12 Sierra

Upgrades

  • Docker 1.12.1
  • Docker machine 0.8.1
  • Linux kernel 4.4.20
  • aufs 20160905

Bug fixes and minor changes

General

  • Fixed communications glitch when UI talks to com.docker.vmnetd Fixes docker/for-mac#90

  • docker-diagnose: display and record the time the diagnosis was captured

  • Don't compute the container folder in com.docker.vmnetd Fixes docker/for-mac#47

  • Warn the user if BlueStacks is installed (potential kernel panic)

  • Automatic update interval changed from 1 hour to 24 hours

  • Include Zsh completions

  • UI Fixes

Networking

  • VPNKit supports search domains

  • slirp: support up to 8 external DNS servers

  • slirp: reduce the number of sockets used by UDP NAT, reduce the probability that NAT rules will time out earlier than expected

  • Entries from /etc/hosts should now resolve from within containers

  • Allow ports to be bound on host addresses other than 0.0.0.0 and 127.0.0.1 Fixes issue reported in docker/for-mac#68

  • Use Mac System Configuration database to detect DNS

File sharing (osxfs)

  • Fixed thread leak

  • Fixed a malfunction of new directories that have the same name as an old directory that is still open

  • Rename events now trigger DELETE and/or MODIFY inotify events (saving with TextEdit works now)

  • Fixed an issue that caused inotify failure and crashes

  • Fixed a directory file descriptor leak

  • Fixed socket chowns

Moby

  • Use default sysfs settings, transparent huge pages disabled

  • cgroup mount to support systemd in containers

  • Increase Moby fs.file-max to 524288

  • Fixed Moby Diagnostics and Update Kernel

HyperKit

  • HyperKit updated with dtrace support and lock fixes

Docker for Mac 2016-08-11 1.12.0-afix release contains osxfs improvements.

The fixed issues may have been seen as failures with apt-get and npm in containers, missed inotify events or unexpected unmounts.

Bug fixes

  • osxfs: fixed an issue causing access to children of renamed directories to fail (symptoms: npm failures, apt-get failures)

  • osxfs: fixed an issue causing some ATTRIB and CREATE inotify events to fail delivery and other inotify events to stop

  • osxfs: fixed an issue causing all inotify events to stop when an ancestor directory of a mounted directory was mounted

  • osxfs: fixed an issue causing volumes mounted under other mounts to spontaneously unmount

Docker for Mac 1.12.0, 2016-07-28table release

Components

  • Docker 1.12.0
  • Docker Machine 0.8.0
  • Docker Compose 1.8.0