Docker Desktop for Windows Edge Release notes

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This page contains information about Docker Desktop Edge releases. Edge releases give you early access to our newest features. Note that some of the features may be experimental, and some of them may not ever reach the Stable release.

For Docker Desktop system requirements, see What to know before you install.

Docker Desktop Community 2.5.4

2020-12-07

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Fixed an issue causing the background update to fail when the current user is not an administrator.
  • Downgraded the kernel to 4.19.121 to reduce the CPU usage of hyperkit. Fixes docker/for-mac#5044

Docker Desktop Community 2.5.3

2020-11-30

Upgrades

Docker Desktop Community 2.5.2

2020-11-26

New

  • Use of three digit version number.
  • Starting with Docker Desktop 2.5.2, updates will be much smaller as they will be applied using delta patches.

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Fixed an unexpected EOF error when trying to start a non-existing container with -v /var/run/docker.sock:. See docker/for-mac#5025.

Docker Desktop Community 2.5.1.0

2020-11-18

This release contains a Kubernetes upgrade. Note that your local Kubernetes cluster will be reset after installing Docker Desktop.

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Renamed 'Run Diagnostics' to 'Get support'.
  • Fixed an issue with the WSL 2 backend where some network plugins may fail to load, provoking a crash of the Docker daemon.
  • Fixed an unexpected EOF error when trying to start a non-existing container. See docker/for-mac#5025.

Docker Desktop Community 2.4.2.0

2020-10-19

New

Upgrades

  • Deprecation
    • Docker Desktop cannot be installed on Windows 1703 (build 15063) anymore.

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Fixed an issue that can intermittently cause the WSL 2 backend to fail to start.
  • Fixed an issue related to NFS mounting. See docker/for-mac#4958.
  • Fixed an issue with http proxy exclude lists containing entries such as localhost or 127.0.0.1. Fixes docker/for-win#8750.
  • When WSL integration process unexpectedly stops, the user is now notified and can decide to restart it or not, instead of always try to restart it in a loop. fixes docker/for-win#8968.
  • Fixed an issue related to container logs that lag under heavy load. Fixes docker/for-win#8216.
  • Diagnostics: avoid hanging when Kubernetes is in a broken state.
  • When sharing a file into a container (e.g. docker run -v ~/.gitconfig) Docker Desktop does not watch the parent directory. Fixes docker/for-mac#4981.
  • Always flush file system caches synchronously on container start. See docker/for-mac#4943.

Docker Desktop Community 2.4.1.0

2020-10-01

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Fixed the path to the installer log file default location when the username contains a space. Fixes docker/for-win#7941.

Docker Desktop Community 2.3.7.0

2020-09-17

New

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

WSL 2

  • Fixed an issue that intermittently made the backend fail to start.
  • Fixed a proxy crash that happened when glibc was not compatible. See docker/for-win#8183.
  • Fixed an issue where restarting Docker Desktop may delete files mounted in a container.
  • Fixed an issue where restarting Docker Desktop truncates files when a single file is mounted in a container. See docker/for-win#8439.

Other fixes

  • Fixed the VM debug shell used for low-level debugging.
  • Fixed compatibility with Go 1.15 clients. See docker/for-mac#4855.
  • Avoid exposing /host_mnt paths in docker container inspect and docker volume inspect. Fixes docker/for-mac#4859.
  • Fixed container logs lagging under heavy load. See docker/for-win#8216.

Known issues

  • The clock_gettime64 system call returns EPERM rather than ENOSYS in i386 images. To work around this issue, disable seccomp by using the --privileged flag. See docker/for-win#8326.

Docker Desktop Community 2.3.6.2

2020-09-09

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

Docker Desktop Community 2.3.6.0

2020-09-01

New

  • In partnership with Snyk, Docker Desktop launches vulnerability scanning for Docker local images.
  • Docker ECS plugin has been replaced by ECS cloud integration
  • Docker UI:
    • The Images view now has search and filter options.
    • You can now push an image to Docker Hub using the Remote repositories drop-down menu.

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

Docker Desktop Community 2.3.5.1

2020-08-25

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Fixed an issue which broke WSL 2 integration when stopping Docker Desktop while containers with bind mounts are present. See docker/for-win#8164

Docker Desktop Community 2.3.5.0

2020-08-20

New

  • The Images view on the Dashboard now allows you to interact with images on Docker Hub. You can now pull a remote repository with specific tags from Docker Hub, or view the details of the repository on the Docker Hub page. To access the new Images view, from the Docker menu, select Dashboard > Images.

  • Docker Desktop now enables BuildKit by default after a reset to factory defaults. To revert to the old docker build experience, go to Preferences > Docker Engine and then disable the BuildKit feature.

  • Docker Desktop now supports running on WSL 2 on the latest updates of Windows 10 versions 1903 and 1909 (in addition to the existing support for version 2004). This also means that Docker Desktop can be installed on those builds of Windows 10 Home.

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Moved Dashboard to the top of the whale menu.
  • The systray icon now responds to dark or light mode. See docker/for-win#4113
  • Improved the error handling when dockerd crashes.
  • Fixed minor bugs in the Images view.

Docker Desktop Community 2.3.4.0

2020-07-28

New

  • Docker Desktop introduces the new Images view to the Docker Dashboard. The Images view allows users to view a list of Docker images on the disk, run an image as a container, pull the latest version of an image from Docker Hub, inspect images, and remove any unwanted images from the disk.

    To access the new Images view, from the Docker menu, select Dashboard > Images.

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • UI changes to dark or light theme depending on Windows default app mode.
  • Copying the container logs from the dashboard does not copy the ANSI color codes to the clipboard anymore.

Docker Desktop Community 2.3.3.2

2020-07-21

Upgrades

Docker Desktop Community 2.3.3.1

2020-07-10

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Fixed a bug where the ECS plugin was not visible from WSL 2.

Docker Desktop Community 2.3.3.0

2020-07-09

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Compose-on-Kubernetes is no longer included in the Docker Desktop installer. You can download it separately from the compose-on-kubernetes release page.

Docker Desktop Community 2.3.2.1

2020-06-29

Security

  • Fixed a regression in Docker Desktop Edge 2.3.2.0 on Windows where the Docker API was exposed by default on a random port on all interfaces.

Docker Desktop Community 2.3.2.0

2020-06-25

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Fixed application startup if hosts is specified inside the Docker daemon.json. See docker/for-win#6895.
  • Fixed opening a CLI from the dashboard for Windows containers. See docker/for-win#7079.
  • Fixed an issue where adding a folder on a non-existing drive in the settings would create an empty entry. See docker/for-win#6797.
  • Fixed an issue when updating Windows to a WSL 2 capable version, where a configuration file is locked by the old Hyper-V VM.
  • Pinning the application to the taskbar and clicking on it will launch the container view if Docker is already running.
  • Left-clicking on the Docker icon in the system tray now launches the container view Dashboard. See docker/for-win#6650.
  • Fixed an issue which blocks Docker Desktop startup if localhost:2375 is used by another program. See docker/for-win#6929 and docker/for-win#6961.
  • Docker contexts are now synced between Windows and WSL 2 distributions.
  • Docker Desktop now prompts users to share drives for paths like ////c/Users/foo, rather than only paths like C:\Users\foo and C:/Users/foo.
  • The installer now returns a non-zero exit code on error or when the user cancels the installation.
  • Avoid failing withFixed an issue which caused Docker Desktop to fail with Function not implemented error during file I/O on shared volumes. See docker/for-win#5955.
  • Fixed an issue when bind mounting a mounted host directory inside a container. See docker/for-win#5089.
  • Removed the legacy Kubernetes context docker-for-desktop. The context docker-desktop should be used instead. See docker/for-win#5089.

Docker Desktop Community 2.3.1.0

2020-05-20

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

Hyper-V

WSL 2

  • Configure CLI to use Docker Desktop credential store.
  • Adds a restart button to the popup prompting the user to install the Linux kernel.
  • More reliable bootstrap, do not rely on wslpath for path translation, retry mounts on errors at startup.

Dashboard

  • Fixed containers logs which were sometimes truncated. Fixes docker/for-win#5954
  • Fixed open with vs code button for compose app deployed from a WSL 2 Linux Workspace.

Other fixes

  • Fixed an installer crash when an old and/or partially uninstalled version of Docker Desktop was present on the system. Fixes docker/for-win/6536.
  • Fixed home expansion when using tilde in bind mounts source (for example, -v ~/dir:/vm-dir)
  • localhost and 127.0.0.1 can both be used in the proxy settings to redirect to a proxy on the host. Fixes docker/for-win#5715.
  • Fixed a typo in the backend destroy notification. Fixes docker/for-win#6739.
  • Fixed a crash which sometimes occurred when Docker Desktop loads a corrupted Docker CLI configuration file. Fixes docker/for-win#6657.
  • Fixed a delay when opening the systray menu. Fixes docker/for-win#1011.

Known issues

WSL 2

  • Swarm service bind mounts are not always restored correctly.
  • Bind mounts of files living outside of the root mount point (files within /mnt/c, /tmp, /run...) don't work correctly when multiple containers mount them.

Docker Desktop Community 2.3.0.1

2020-04-28

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Fixed an upgrade bug where users on versions still using the PowerShell-based VM management experience a silent un-installation crash leading to Docker Desktop being uninstalled instead of upgraded.
  • Fixed a crash when failing to login due to no Internet connection.
  • Fixed bug in handling shared volume paths with .. characters. Fixes docker/for-win#5375.
  • WSL 2: Docker Desktop detects when the wsl-distribution is stopped and displays an actionable error message.
  • Fixed a bug in ftruncate which prevented libgit2sharp from cloning repositories on shared volumes. See docker/for-win#5808.
  • Fixed a bug that caused starting and stopping of a Compose application from the UI to fail when the path contains whitespace.

Docker Desktop Community 2.3.0.0

2020-04-20

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

Docker Desktop Edge 2.3.0.0 fixes 10 issues reported on the docker/for-win GitHub repository.

WSL 2

  • Detect when the WSL 2 backend stops and allow the user to restart it.
  • Added support for chmod/chown on WSL 2 bind mounts. Fixed docker/for-win#6284.
  • Fixed a race condition when exposing ports.
  • Prevent the WSL 2 dialog from blocking other windows.
  • Added a check that virtualization is enabled in the BIOS.

Filesharing

  • Fixed a bug when parent directories of shared folders are renamed, leading to spurious File not found errors. Fixes docker/for-win#6200.
  • Fixed bug where a letter and two digit root folder name causes Docker Compose to fail creating directories inside the volume. Fixes docker/for-win#6248.
  • Fixed a bug which prevented containers from seeing file updates on shared volumes, when under load and a container restarts. Fixes docker/for-win#5530
  • Fixed a bug where host paths are incorrectly translated into VM paths. Fixes docker/for-win#6209.
  • Fixed bug receiving file events on long paths (> 260 characters). Fixes docker/for-win#6337.

Other fixes

  • Fixed a bug where containers disappeared from the UI when Kubernetes context is invalid. Fixes docker/for-win#6037.
  • Fixed Windows event logs filtering when copying them to the Docker Desktop log files. Fixes docker/for-win#6258.
  • Fixed a handle leak in vpnkit-bridge. Fixed docker/for-win#5841
  • Fixed a bug when removing Docker Desktop virtual switch.
  • Added a link to the Stable channel from the Docker Desktop UI.
  • IPv6 has been re-enabled in the embedded Linux kernel, so listening on IPv6 addresses works again. Fixed docker/for-win#6206 and docker/for-mac#4415.
  • Made the embedded terminal resizable.
  • Fixed a bug which only respected the "expose on TCP" Docker engine API setting on application restart. Setting will now take effect when the Apply button is clicked.
  • Fixed a bug where diagnostic upload would fail if the username contained spaces.

Docker Desktop Community 2.2.3.0

2020-04-02

Upgrades

New

  • Docker Desktop introduces a new onboarding tutorial upon first startup. The Quick Start tutorial guides users to get started with Docker in a few easy steps. It includes a simple exercise to build an example Docker image, run it as a container, push and save the image to Docker Hub.

Bug fixes and minor changes

Docker Desktop Edge 2.2.3.0 fixes 28 issues reported on the docker/for-win GitHub repository.

WSL 2

  • Docker Desktop only exposes host ports in Linux if the Windows port is available.
  • Docker Desktop now allows users to refresh the list of Linux distributions.
  • Docker Desktop defaults to WSL 2 on install on compatible OS versions.
  • Docker Desktop detects missing Linux kernel and adds a pointer to the Microsoft documentation to download the kernel.

File sharing

  • Kubernetes: Persistent volumes created by claims are now stored in the virtual machine. Fixes for-win/issues/5665.
  • Docker Desktop ensures that host paths accessed by containers are within the shared folders list.
  • Fixed a bug where opening a read-only file would fail with an Operation not permitted error. Fixes docker/for-win#6016 and docker/for-win#6017.
  • Fixed path handling for docker volume create -o type=none -o o=bind -o device=C:\Some\Windows\path.
  • Fixed a bug which prevented open files from being deleted. Fixes docker/for-win#5565.
  • Docker Desktop now avoids locking files on the host which are open in containers.
  • Docker Desktop generates fsnotify.WRITE events in Linux containers when files are changed on the host. docker/for-win#5530
  • Docker Desktop now displays hidden files on shared volumes. Fixes docker/for-win#5808.
  • Fixed cache invalidation and event injection for shared volumes with long paths.
  • Docker Desktop now handles case-insensitivity correctly during file creation.
  • Docker Desktop represents valid directory junctions as directories (rather than symlinks) and handles cache invalidation and event injection properly. Fixes docker/for-win#5582.
  • Fixed a race condition in readlink on shared volumes using "mfsymlinks". Fixes docker/for-win#5793
  • Fixed a bug where files did not change in shared volumes when using volumes_from in docker-compose.yml. Fixes docker/for-win#5530.

Other fixes

  • Reduced the size of the Docker Desktop installer from 960 MB to 400 MB.
  • Added an option to delete container and image data from the Troubleshoot screen.
  • Docker Desktop now reads the Hyper-V VM disk max size on startup and uses it as the value to display in the Settings.
  • Fixed the Hyper-V used disk image size being reported incorrectly.
  • Fixed the Hyper-V VM disk size increase. Fixes docker/for-win#5881.
  • Fixed container time drift when system hibernates. Fixes docker/for-win#4526.
  • Fixed a bug where the Docker Desktop UI could be started without the engine. Fixes docker/for-win#5376.
  • Docker Desktop now uses the least possible privilege for querying the Server service. Fixes docker/for-win#5150.
  • Fixed a bug where diagnostics upload could fail silently.
  • Capturing diagnostics is now faster and easier.
  • Fixed an issue where a container port could not be exposed on a specific host IP. See docker/for-win#5546.
  • Removed port probing from dashboard, just unconditionally showing links to ports that should be available. Fixes docker/for-win#5903.

Known issues

  • Loopback and unspecified IPv6 addresses (:: and ::1) within a container do not currently work. Some web servers and other programs may be using these addresses in their configuration files.

Docker Desktop Community 2.2.2.0

2020-03-02

This release contains a Kubernetes upgrade. Note that your local Kubernetes cluster will be reset after installing Docker Desktop.

Upgrades

New

  • Windows 10 Home users can now use Docker Desktop through the experimental WSL 2 support. This requires Windows Insider Preview Build 19018 or later.
  • Docker Desktop now allows sharing individual folders, rather than whole drives, giving more control to users over what is being shared.

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Added a prerequisite check in the installer for the LanmanServer service. Fixes docker/for-win#5150.
  • DockerNAT has been removed from Docker Desktop as using an IP address to communicate from the host to a container is not a supported feature. To communicate from a container to the host, you must use the special DNS name host.docker.internal. We also recommend using ports to communicate from the host to a container. For more information, see Networking.
  • Ceph support has been removed from Docker Desktop to save disk space.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Windows log file archive to grow indefinitely. Fixes docker/for-win#5113.

Docker Desktop Community 2.2.1.0

2020-02-12

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Fixed an issue that prevented users from creating files with special characters in the filenames within a shared volume. Fixes docker/for-win#5520.
  • Fixed handling of shared volumes with relative paths in docker-compose.yml. Fixes docker/for-win#5516.
  • Fixed handling of shared volumes where the path case (uppercase / lowercase) did not exactly match the host. Fixes docker/for-win#5516.
  • Fixed an issue where changing a file in the Windows file system did not update the file within the container. Fixes docker/for-win#5530, docker/for-win#5550, and docker/for-win#5318.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented users from sharing drives and sometimes incorrectly prompted users to enter file system credentials. Fixes docker/for-win#5567.
  • Fixed an issue which prevented users from mounting nested volumes. Fixes docker/for-win#5540.
  • Fixed a file synchronization issue on bind mounts. Fixes docker/for-win#5533.
  • Fixed an issue where timestamps were reset to zero on files within shared volumes. Fixes docker/for-win#5528 and docker/for-win#5543.
  • Fixed a bug which caused Docker Desktop to fail when sharing file paths longer than 260 characters. Fixes docker/for-win#5572.
  • Fixed an issue where some users were unable to start a container if there is a symlink in a shared volume. Fixes docker/for-win#5582.
  • Fixed a bug where users were unable to modify the Manual proxy configuration settings through the Docker Desktop UI. Fixes docker/for-win#5606 and docker/for-win#5548.
  • Fixed an issue where the Docker Desktop UI failed to start if the no_proxy environment variable has an entry that starts with a dot (.). Fixes docker/for-win/5551.
  • Fixed a bug that did not allow users to access the Docker Desktop UI on machines with a policy preventing access to the Windows registry. Fixes docker/for-win#5536.
  • Fixed an issue where disabling the WSL2 integration and re-enabling it later resulted in broken symlinks. Fixes docker/for-win#5613.
  • Fixed a race condition when starting the WSL engine which caused Docker Desktop to incorrectly report that the containers have exited. Fixes docker/for-win#5607.
  • Fixed an issue where editing code inside a container resulted in an error. Fixes docker/for-win#5528.
  • Fixed a bug where running the command DockerCli.exe -SharedDrives failed to display a list of drives that are shared. Fixes docker/for-win#5625.

Known issues

  • DockerNAT has been removed from Docker Desktop 2.2.0.0 as using an IP address to communicate from the host to a container is not a supported feature. To communicate from a container to the host, you must use the special DNS name host.docker.internal. We also recommend using ports to communicate from the host to a container. For more information, see Networking.

    However, if your current setup relies on IP addresses for communication, you can use a temporary workaround to reinstate DockerNAT. To do this, open C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\MobyLinux.ps1 and add $SwitchName = "DockerNAT" between line 175 and 176. Note that the temporary workaround to reinstate DockerNAT may be removed from future releases.

  • Directory junctions in shared volumes pointing outside the shared volume do not work.

  • It is currently not possible to rename open files within shared volumes.

  • In some cases, Docker containers do not synchronize time with the host when the host machine is put to sleep.

  • It is not possible to use localhost in the proxy settings. You can instead use host.docker.internal to work around this issue.

Docker Desktop Community 2.1.7.0

2019-12-11

Note

Docker Desktop Edge 2.1.7.0 is the release candidate for the upcoming major Stable release. Please help us test this version before the wider release and report any issues in the docker/for-win GitHub repository.

Upgrades

New

  • Added the WSL Integration option in Settings > Resources to select WSL 2 distributions. This option will be visible only after enabling WSL 2 on your machine.
  • File sharing: The new gRPC FUSE system is no longer experimental and is enabled by default even when experimental features are turned off.

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • The Docker Desktop Dashboard now displays port information inline with the container status.
  • Fixed an issue which caused the 'back' button on the Dashboard UI to behave inconsistently when repeatedly switching between container details and the Settings window.
  • Various minor improvements to the Dashboard UI.
  • Fixed a bug that caused a rare crash when uninstalling Docker Desktop.
  • Fixed an issue when overwriting existing files with the WSL 2 CLI bundle, such as kubectl.
  • Fixed an issue where WSL 2 failed to start when the distribution directory is compressed or encrypted. Fixes docker/for-win#5256.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Docker Desktop to fail on startup when there is an incomplete Kubernetes config file.
  • Fixed various stability issues.

Known issues

  • The Dashboard stops updating when you switch the container mode between Linux and Windows. To work around this issue, close and reopen the Dashboard.
  • The new gRPC FUSE file sharing implementation does not support connecting to new drives after Docker Desktop starts (for example, a USB drive). If you would like to share the new drive in Docker Desktop, you must quit Docker Desktop and then start the application to refresh the list of drives in Settings.

Docker Desktop Community 2.1.6.1

2019-11-20

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Fixed an issue that prevented Kubernetes to start with WSL 2 on machines with multiple CPU cores.
  • Fixed a rare issue that caused to Docker Desktop to crash with the error Unable to stop Hyper-V VM: Cannot validate argument on parameter 'SwitchName'. The argument is null or empty.

Known issue

Windows Insider Preview Slow Ring users running OS builds older than 19025 cannot run WSL 2 following upgrade to Docker Desktop Edge 2.1.6.1. WSL 2 requires Windows 10 Insider Preview build 19018 or greater.

Docker Desktop Community 2.1.6.0

2019-11-18

Upgrades

New

Added the ability to start and stop Compose-based applications and view combined logs in the Docker Desktop Dashboard UI.

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Docker Desktop now automatically restarts after an update.
  • Fixed an issue where Docker Desktop auto-start was not being disabled properly on some machines.
  • Fixed a container start error when a container has more than one port with an arbitrary or not-yet-configured external port number. For example, docker run -p 80 -p 443 nginx). Fixes docker/for-win#4935 and docker/compose#6998.
  • Fixed an issue which caused Docker Desktop to crash when resetting to factory defaults while running Windows containers.
  • Fixed multiple issues related to Fast Startup.
  • Injected Docker CLI, CLI plugins, Docker Compose, Notary, and kubectl into WSL distributions when Docker Desktop WSL integration is enabled.
  • Fixed an issue where bind mounts created with Docker Compose from a WSL distribution were incorrectly translated. Fixes docker/for-win#5084.
  • Docker Desktop now supports inotify events on shared filesystems for Windows file sharing.
  • Fixed a cache invalidation bug when a file in a shared volume is renamed on the host for Windows file sharing.
  • Fixed a handle leak when calling Mknod on a shared volume for Windows file sharing.
  • To make VM startup more reliable, Docker Desktop now avoids adding a Hyper-V NIC to the Windows VM when using Hypervisor sockets for Windows file sharing (rather than Samba).

Known issue

Windows Insider Preview Slow Ring users running OS builds older than 19025 cannot run WSL 2 following upgrade to Docker Desktop Edge 2.1.6.0. WSL 2 requires Windows 10 Insider Preview build 19018 or greater.

Docker Desktop Community 2.1.5.0

2019-11-04

This release contains a Kubernetes upgrade. Note that your local Kubernetes cluster will be reset after installation.

Upgrades

New

  • Docker Desktop Dashboard: The new Docker Desktop Dashboard provides a user-friendly interface which enables you to interact with containers and applications, and manage the lifecycle of your applications directly from the UI. In addition, it allows you to access the logs, view container details, and monitor resource utilization to explore the container behavior.

    To access the Dashboard UI, select the Docker menu from the system tray and then click Dashboard.

  • WSL 2 backend: The new Docker Desktop WSL 2 backend replaces the Docker Desktop WSL 2 Tech Preview. The WSL 2 backend architecture introduces support for Kubernetes, provides an updated Docker daemon, offers VPN-friendly networking, and additional features. For more information, see Docker Desktop WSL 2 backend.

  • New file sharing implementation: Docker Desktop introduces a new file sharing implementation which uses gRPC, FUSE, and Hypervisor sockets instead of Samba, CIFS, and Hyper-V networking. The new implementation offers improved I/O performance. Additionally, when using the new file system:

    • Users don't have to expose the Samba port, and therefore do not experience issues related to IT firewall or the drive-sharing policy.
    • There is no need to provide user credentials to Docker Desktop. File access rights are automatically enforced when accessing mounted folders through containers.

    To switch back to the Samba file system:

    From the Docker menu, select Settings > Command line, and then clear the Enable experimental features check box. Alternatively, install a Docker Desktop Stable release.

Known issues

  • When you start a Docker Compose application and then start a Docker App which has the same name as the Compose application, Docker Desktop displays only one application on the Dashboard. However, when you expand the application, containers that belong to both applications are displayed on the Dashboard.

  • When you deploy a Docker App with multiple containers on Kubernetes, Docker Desktop displays each Pod as an application on the Dashboard.

Docker Desktop Community 2.1.4.0

2019-10-15

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Improved the navigation in Settings and Troubleshoot UI.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented users from accessing WSL 2 Tech Preview. Fixes docker/for-win#4734.
  • Docker Machine is no longer included in the Docker Desktop installer. You can download it separately from the Docker Machine releases page.

Docker Desktop Community 2.1.3.0

2019-09-16

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Added a loading overlay to the Settings and Troubleshoot windows to prevent editing conflicts.
  • Deactivated the Reset Kubernetes button when Kubernetes is not activated.

Docker Desktop Community 2.1.2.0

2019-09-09

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Reduced the Virtual Machine (VM) startup time.
  • Added support for Expect: 100-continue headers in the Docker API proxy. Some HTTP clients such as curl send this header when the payload is large, for example, when creating containers. Fixes moby/moby#39693.

Docker Desktop Community 2.1.1.0

2019-08-12

Upgrades

  • Linux Kernel 4.14.131

New

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Fixed a PowerShell script signing issue that caused AuthorizationManager check failed errors on machines with strict group policies on PowerShell script signing. docker/for-win#4376
  • Fixed an issue where attempts to upgrade Docker Desktop to version 2.1.0.0 sometimes failed with the error value cannot be null. docker/for-win#3375, docker/for-win#4381, docker/for-win#4343, docker/for-win#4359
  • Fixed an issue to ensure Docker Desktop Community installer does not prompt for UAC when UAC is disabled.
  • Improved the error messages displayed during VM lifecycle operations. docker/for-win#4348
  • Docker Desktop now supports a configurable user timeout for VMs on slower machines. docker/for-win#4393
  • Enabled Windows features such as Hyper-V and Containers during installation, thereby reducing the need for another restart after installation.

Docker Desktop Community 2.1.0.0

2019-07-30

This release contains Kubernetes security improvements. Note that your local Kubernetes PKI and cluster will be reset after installation.

Upgrades

New

  • Introduced a new user interface for the Docker Desktop Settings menu.
  • The Restart and Reset options are now available on the Troubleshoot menu.

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Changed the host's kubernetes context to ensure docker run -v .kube:kube ... kubectl works.
  • Restricted the cluster-admin role on local Kubernetes cluster to kube-system namespace.
  • Fixed Kubernetes installation with VPNkit subnet.
  • Fixed an issue where Docker Desktop restarts when a user logs out of Windows and logs back in, which results in retaining the
    exported ports on containers.
  • Reduced the VM startup time. swap is not created every time a virtual machine boots.
  • Fixed a bug which caused Docker Desktop to crash when a user cancels switching the version using Windows User Account Control (UAC) settings.
  • Fixed a bug where the process output was not redirected to stdout when gathering diagnostics on Windows, which sometimes resulted in a crash.

Docker Community Edition 2.0.5.0 2019-06-12

This is the Edge channel, which gives you early access to our newest features. Be aware that some of them may be experimental, and some of them may not ever reach the Stable release.

This release contains a Kubernetes upgrade. Note that your local Kubernetes cluster will be reset after installation.

  • Upgrades

  • New

    • Docker Desktop includes the buildx plugin (currently experimental).
    • Selecting the Experimental features checkbox on the Docker Desktop settings Daemon page enables experimental features in the Docker daemon and the Docker CLI.
    • Docker Desktop now checks for stored credentials at startup before attempting to mount any shared drives. This prompts users to reenter the credentials if they are invalid.

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

    • Fixed race condition where Kubernetes sometimes fails to start after the app is restarted.
    • The system tray icon now opens the Docker Desktop menu with left or right mouse button.
    • When displaying the crash report window, Docker Desktop does not send a bugsnag crash report unless the user needs the report to upload diagnostics.
    • Docker Desktop has removed the ability to log in using email address as a username as the Docker command line does not support this.
    • For Linux containers on Windows (LCOW), at least one physical computer running Windows 10 Professional or Windows 10 Enterprise version 1809 or later is required.
    • The Send usage statistics checkbox is selected by default in Docker Desktop for Windows (Community). This option cannot be modified.
    • Docker Desktop has added a new dialog box during startup which allows users to retry mounting a shared drive or remove it from the shared drives list after a failed attempt.

  • Known issues

    • Windows containers networking does not work properly on Windows 1903.

Docker Community Edition 2.0.4.1 2019-05-07

  • Bug fixes and minor changes
    • Upgrade QEMU from 2.8.0 to 3.1.0 to fix an emulation issue when building and running Java applications on Arm64 devices.

Docker Community Edition 2.0.4.0 2019-04-30

  • Upgrades

  • New

    • App: Docker CLI plugin to configure, share, and install applications

      • Extend Compose files with metadata and parameters
      • Reuse the same application across multiple environments (Development/QA/Staging/Production)
      • Multi-orchestrator installation (Swarm or Kubernetes)
      • Push/Pull/Promotion/Signing supported for application, with the same workflow as images
      • Fully CNAB compliant
      • Full support for Docker Contexts

    • Buildx (Tech Preview): Docker CLI plugin for extended build capabilities with BuildKit

      • Familiar UI from docker build
      • Full BuildKit capabilities with container driver
      • Multiple builder instance support
      • Multi-node builds for cross-platform images (out-of-the-box support for linux/arm/v7 and linux/arm64)
      • Concurrent building of compose files
      • High-level build constructs with bake

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

    • Fix Delete of persistent volume claims
    • Truncate UDP DNS responses which are over 512 bytes in size

Docker Community Edition 2.0.3.0 2019-03-05

  • Upgrades

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

    • Fixed docker not added to PATH after install in some cases
    • Fixed port 8080 that was used on localhost when starting Kubernetes.
    • Fixed "create issue" link in diagnostics windows.

Docker Community Edition 2.0.2.1 2019-02-15

Docker Community Edition 2.0.2.0 2019-02-06

Docker Community Edition 2.0.1.0 2019-01-11

  • Upgrades

    WARNING: If you have an existing Kubernetes cluster created with Docker Desktop, this upgrade will reset the cluster. If you need to back up your Kubernetes cluster or persistent volumes you can use Ark.

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

    • Fix service log collection in diagnostics
    • Gather /etc/hosts to help diagnostics
    • Add 18.09 missing daemon options
    • Rename Docker for Windows to Docker Desktop
    • Partially open services ports if possibles
    • Quit will not check if service is running anymore
    • Fix UI lock when changing kubernetes state

Edge Releases of 2018

Docker Community Edition 2.0.0.0-win82 2018-12-07

Docker Community Edition 2.0.0.0-win77 2018-11-14

  • Upgrades

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

    • Windows Containers: Fix group daemon option settings. Fixes docker/for-win#2647
    • Windows Containers: Improve host.docker.internal ip resolution
    • Do not try to update samba share mounts when using Windows containers
    • Improved dns update too verbose in logs
    • VPNKit: Improved scalability of port forwarding.
    • VPNKit: Limit the size of the UDP NAT table. This ensures port forwarding and regular TCP traffic continue even when running very chatty UDP protocols.

Docker Community Edition 2.0.0.0-beta1-win75 2018-09-14

  • Upgrades

  • New

    • New version scheme

  • Deprecation

    • Removed support of AUFS

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

    • LCOW does not anymore need --platform flag on multi-arch images
    • Better WCOW host.docker.internal resolution on host, don't rewrite it if not modified. From docker/for-win#1976
    • Disk size can now be adjusted from 32GiB to drive space.
    • Fix dns update too verbose in logs
    • Fix panic in diagnose

Docker Community Edition 18.06.1-ce-win74 2018-08-29

  • Upgrades

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

    • Fix bug in virtual machine activity detection, preventing Docker Desktop from starting. Fixes docker/for-win#2404
    • Fix bug in detection when Windows service is not running, and proposes to restart the service.
    • Fix local DNS failing to resolve inside containers. Fixes docker/for-win#2301, docker/for-win#2304
    • Fix Kubernetes status display after reset to factory default
    • Fix bug where host.docker.internal is not resolved in some cases. Fixes docker/for-win#2402
    • Use a 1MB vhdx blocksize instead of the default 32MB. See docker/for-win#244. Also see Microsoft Best Practices for running Linux on Hyper-V
    • Fix diagnostics in specific cases when Windows service is not started.
    • Changed samba default file permissions back to avoid issue with too-open rights. Fixes docker/for-win#2170
    • On RS5 insider, fix wrong detection of missing feature "Containers" requiring to install feature + reboot.

Docker Community Edition 18.06.0-ce-win71 2018-07-27

  • Bug fixes and minor changes
    • Fix bug in automatic feature enabling if "Hyper-V" and "Containers" Windows features are not enabled already when starting Docker Desktop.

Docker Community Edition 18.06.0-ce-win69 2018-07-25

Docker Community Edition 18.06.0-ce-rc3-win68 2018-07-19

  • Upgrades

  • New

    • New Kubernetes menu item allowing to switch Kubernetes context & connect to clusters other than the local one.

  • 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 Settings > Reset menu) before updating to the next major update. You can check documentation to save images and back up volumes
    • Fix startup issue with AUFS
    • Fix status bug which could prevent the kubernetes cluster from starting.
    • Fix bug which would cause VM logs to be written to RAM rather than disk in some cases, and the VM to hang.
    • Fix security issue with named pipe connection to docker service.

Docker Community Edition 18.05.0-ce-win67 2018-06-07

  • Upgrades

    • LinuxKit v0.4
    • Linux Kernel 4.9.93 with CEPH, DRBD, RBD, MPLS_ROUTING and MPLS_IPTUNNEL enabled
    • Kubernetes 1.10.3. If Kubernetes is enabled, the upgrade will be performed automatically when starting Docker for Windows.

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

Docker Community Edition 18.05.0-ce-win66 2018-05-17

  • Upgrades

  • New

    • Allow orchestrator selection from the UI in the "Kubernetes" pane, to allow "docker stack" commands to deploy to swarm clusters, even if Kubernetes is enabled in Docker for Windows.

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

Docker Community Edition 18.05.0-ce-rc1-win63 2018-04-26

  • Upgrades

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

    • Fix startup issue due to incompatibility with other programs (like Razer Synapse 3). Fixes docker/for-win#1723
    • Fix Kubernetes hostPath translation for PersistentVolumeClaim (PVC). Previously failing PVCs must be deleted and recreated. Fixes docker/for-win#1758
    • Fix Kubernetes status when resetting to factory defaults.

Docker Community Edition 18.04.0-ce-win62 2018-04-12

Docker Community Edition 18.04.0-ce-rc2-win61 2018-04-09

  • Upgrades

  • New

    • Enable ceph & rbd modules in LinuxKit VM.

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

    • Fix ApyProxy not starting properly when Docker for Windows is started with the HOME environment variable already defined (typically started from the command line). Fixes docker/for-win#1880

Docker Community Edition 18.03.0-ce-win58 2018-03-26

Docker Community Edition 18.03.0-ce-rc4-win57 2018-03-15

Docker Community Edition 18.03.0-ce-rc3-win56 2018-03-13

  • Upgrades

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

    • Fix port Windows Containers port forwarding on windows 10 build 16299 post KB4074588. Fixes docker/for-win#1707, docker/for-win#1737
    • Fix for the HTTP/S transparent proxy when using "localhost" names (for example "host.docker.internal", "docker.for.win.host.internal", "docker.for.win.localhost").
    • If Kubernetes is enabled, switch CLI orchestrator option back to "swarm" when switching to Windows Containers.
    • Fix daemon not starting properly when setting TLS-related options.

Docker Community Edition 18.03.0-ce-rc1-win54 2018-02-27

Docker Community Edition 18.02.0-ce-win52 2018-02-08

Docker Community Edition 18.02.0-ce-rc2-win51 2018-02-02

  • Upgrades

  • New

    • Virtual machine disk size can be changed in settings. Fixes docker/for-win#105
    • New menu item to restart Docker.

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

    • Migration of Docker Toolbox images is not proposed anymore in Docker For Windows installer (still possible to migrate Toolbox images manually).

Docker Community Edition 18.02.0-ce-rc1-win50 2018-01-26

  • Upgrades

  • New

    • Experimental Kubernetes Support. You can now run a single-node Kubernetes cluster from the "Kubernetes" Pane in Docker for Windows settings and use kubectl commands as well as docker commands. See the Kubernetes section.
    • LCOW containers can now be run next to Windows containers (on Windows RS3 build 16299 and later). Use --platform=linux in Windows container mode to run Linux Containers On Windows. Note that LCOW is still experimental, and requires daemon experimental option.

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

Docker Community Edition 18.01.0-ce-win48 2018-01-19

Docker Community Edition 17.12.0-ce-win45 2018-01-05

Edge Releases of 2017

Docker Community Edition 17.12.0-ce-rc4-win44 2017-12-21

Docker Community Edition 17.12.0-ce-rc3-win43 2017-12-15

  • Upgrades

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

    • Fix installer check for not supported Windows CoreCountrySpecific Edition.

Docker Community Edition 17.12.0-ce-rc2-win41 2017-12-13

Docker Community Edition 17.11.0-ce-win40 2017-11-22

Docker Community Edition 17.11.0-ce-rc4-win39 2017-11-17

Docker Community Edition 17.11.0-ce-rc3-win38 2017-11-09

  • Upgrades

  • New

    • Use Microsoft localhost port forwarder for Windows and LCOW Containers when it is available (insider build RS4)

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

    • Fix docker build exits successfully but fails to build image moby/#35413
    • Fix bug during Windows fast-startup process. Fixes for-win/#953
    • Fix uninstaller issue (in some specific cases dockerd process was not killed properly)
    • Do not propose toolbox migration popup after clicking "Try LCOW" on first startup
    • Fix docker.for.win.localhost not working in proxy settings. Fixes for-win/#1130

Docker Community Edition 17.11.0-ce-rc2-win37 2017-11-02

Docker Community Edition 17.10.0-ce-win36 2017-10-24

Docker Community Edition 17.09.0-ce-win34 2017-10-06

  • Bug fixes
    • Fix Docker For Windows unable to start in some cases: removed use of libgmp sometimes causing the VPNkit process to die.

Docker Community Edition 17.09.0-ce-win31 2017-09-29

Docker Community Edition 17.09.0-ce-rc3-win30 2017-09-22

Docker Community Edition 17.09.0-ce-rc2-win29 2017-09-19

  • Upgrades

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

    • Kernel: Enable TASK_XACCT and TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING
    • Rotate logs in the VM more often (docker/for-win#244)
    • VPNkit: do not block startup when ICMP permission is denied. (Fixes docker/for-win#1036, docker/for-win#1035, docker/for-win#1040)
    • Fix minor bug on update checks

Docker Community Edition 17.09.0-ce-rc1-win28 2017-09-07

  • Upgrades

  • New

    • Add Skip this version button in update window

  • Bug fixes and minor changes

    • VPNKit: change protocol to support error messages reported back from the server
    • Reset to default stops all engines and removes settings including all daemon.json files
    • Better backend service checks (related to https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/953)
    • Fix auto updates checkbox, no need to restart the application
    • Fix check for updates menu when auto updates was disable

Docker Community Edition 17.07.0-win26 Release Notes (2017-09-01 17.07.0-win26)

Docker Community Edition 17.07.0-rc4-win25 Release Notes (2017-08-24 17.07.0-win25)

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • VPNKit: Fixed 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)

Note

The link above goes to Docker for Mac issues because a Mac user reported this problem, which applied to both Mac and Windows and was fixed on both.

Docker Community Edition 17.07.0-rc3-win23 Release Notes (2017-08-21 17.07.0-win23)

Upgrades

New

  • Store Linux daemon configuration in ~\.docker\daemon.json instead of settings file
  • Store Windows daemon configuration in C:\ProgramData\Docker\config\daemon.json instead of settings file
  • VPNKit: Added support for ping!
  • VPNKit: Added slirp/port-max-idle-timeout to allow the timeout to be adjusted or even disabled
  • VPNKit: Bridge mode is default everywhere now

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • VPNKit: Improved the logging around the UNIX domain socket connections
  • VPNKit: Automatically trim whitespace from int or bool database keys

Docker Community Edition 17.07.0-ce-rc2-win22 Release Notes (2017-08-11 17.06.0-win22)

Upgrades

Docker Community Edition 17.07.0-ce-rc1-win21 Release Notes (2017-07-31 17.07.0-win21)

Upgrades

New

  • Windows Docker daemon is now started as service for better lifecycle management

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Keep Docker info in the same place as before in the registry, used by Visual Studio 2017 (Fixes docker/for-win#939)
  • Fix config.json not being released properly (Fixes docker/for-win#867)
  • Do not anymore move credentials in credential store at startup

Docker Community Edition 17.06.1-ce-rc1-win20 Release Notes (2017-07-18 17.06.1-win20)

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

Docker Community Edition 17.06.0-win17 Release Notes (2017-06-28 17.06.0-win17)

Upgrades

Docker Community Edition 17.06.0-win16 Release Notes (2017-06-21 17.06.0-rc5-ce-win16)

Upgrades

Docker Community Edition 17.06.0-win15 Release Notes (2017-06-16 17.06.0-rc4-ce-win15)

Upgrades

Docker Community Edition 17.06.0-win14 Release Notes (2017-06-08 17.06.0-rc2-ce-win14)

Upgrades

New

  • Added reset to defaults button in error report window
  • Unified login between Docker CLI and Docker Hub, Docker Cloud.

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Fixed group access check for users logged in with Active Directory (fixes docker/for-win#785)
  • Check environment variables and add some warnings in logs if they can cause docker to fail

Docker Community Edition 17.06.0-win13 Release Notes (2017-06-01 17.06.0-rc1-ce-win13)

Upgrades

New

  • Sharing a drive can be done on demand, the first time a mount is requested
  • Add an experimental DNS name for the host: docker.for.win.localhost
  • Support for client (i.e. "login") certificates for authenticating registry access (fixes docker/for-win#569)

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Many processes that were running in admin mode are now running within the user identity
  • Cloud federation command lines now opens in the user home directory
  • Named pipes are now created with more constrained security descriptors to improve security
  • Security fix: Users must be part of a specific group "docker-users" to run Docker for Windows

Docker Community Edition 17.0.5-win11 Release Notes (2017-05-12 17.05.0-ce-win11)

Upgrades

  • Security fix for CVE-2017-7308

Docker Community Edition 17.0.5-win9 Release Notes (2017-05-09 17.05.0-ce-win9)

Upgrades

Security

  • Disable TCP exposition of the Daemon (tcp://localhost:2375), now an opt-in feature.

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Reset to default / uninstall and also reset docker cli settings and logout user from Docker Cloud and registries
  • Detected a bitlocker policy preventing windows containers from working
  • Fixed an issue on filesharing when explicitly disabled on VMswitch interface
  • Fixed virtual machine not starting when machine had very long name
  • Fixed a bug where Windows daemon.json file was not written (fixes docker/for-win#670)

Docker Community Edition 17.0.5-win8 Release Notes (2017-04-13 17.05.0-ce-rc1-win8)

Upgrades

Docker Community Edition 17.0.4-win7 Release Notes (2017-04-06 17.04.0-ce-win7)

New

  • New installer experience
  • Experimental Windows Server 2016 support

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Added patches to the kernel to fix VMBus crash

Docker Community Edition 17.04.0-ce-win6 Release Notes (2017-04-03 17.04.0-ce-rc2-win6)

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Named pipe client connection should not trigger dead locks on docker run with data in stdin anymore
  • Buffered data should be treated correctly when docker client requests are upgraded to raw streams

Docker Community Edition 17.03.1 Release Notes (2017-03-28 17.03.1-ce-rc1-win3)

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • VPNKit: capture up to 64KiB of NTP traffic for diagnostics, better handling of DNS

Docker Community Edition 17.03.0 Release Notes (2017-03-06 17.03.0-ce-win1)

New

  • Renamed to Docker Community Edition
  • 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

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • VPNKit: fix unmarshalling of DNS packets containing pointers to pointers to labels
  • Match Hyper-V Integration Services by ID, not name
  • Don't consume 100% CPU when the service is stopped
  • Log the diagnostic id when uploading
  • Improved Firewall handling: stop listing the rules since it can take a lot of time
  • Don't rollback to the previous engine when the desired engine fails to start

Docker Community Edition 17.03.0 Release Notes (2017-02-22 17.03.0-ce-rc1-win1)

New

  • Introduce Docker Community Edition
  • Integration with Docker Cloud: control remote Swarms from the local CLI and view your repositories. This feature is being rolled out to all users progressively.

Upgrades

  • Docker 17.03.0-ce-rc1
  • Linux Kernel 4.9.11

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • VPNKit: Fixed unmarshalling of DNS packets containing pointers to pointers to labels
  • Match Hyper-V Integration Services by ID, not name
  • Don't consume 100% CPU when the service is stopped
  • Log the diagnostic ID when uploading
  • Improved Firewall handling: stop listing the rules since it can take a lot of time
  • Don't rollback to the previous engine when the desired engine fails to start

Beta 41 Release Notes (2017-02-07 1.13.1-rc2-beta41)

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor improvements

  • VPNKit: set the Recursion Available bit on DNS responses from the cache
  • Don't use port 4222 inside the Linux VM

Beta 40 Release Notes (2017-01-31 1.13.1-rc1-beta40)

Upgrades

Bug fixes and minor improvements

  • Fix startup error of ObjectNotFound in Set-VMFirmware
  • Add detailed logs when firewall is configured
  • Add a link to the Experimental Features documentation
  • Fixed the Copyright in About Dialog
  • VPNKit: Avoid diagnostics to capture too much data
  • VPNKit: fix a source of occasional packet loss (truncation) on the virtual ethernet link
  • Fix negotiation of TimeSync protocol version (through kernel update)

Beta 39 Release Notes (2017-01-26 1.13.0-beta39)

Upgrades

  • Linux kernel 4.9.5

New

  • DNS forwarder ignores responses from malfunctioning servers
  • DNS forwarder send all queries in parallel, process results in order
  • DNS forwarder includes servers with zones in general searches
  • Significantly increased single-stream TCP throughput

Bug fixes and minor improvements

Beta 38 Release Notes (2017-01-20 1.13.0-beta38)

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 and 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: Fixed bug which could cause the connection tracking to underestimate the number of active connections

Beta 37 Release Notes (2017-01-16 1.13.0-rc7-beta37)

Upgrades

  • Docker 1.13.0-rc7
  • Notary 0.4.3
  • Linux kernel 4.9.3

Beta 36 Release Notes (2017-01-12 1.13.0-rc6-beta36)

Important

Plugins installed using the experimental "managed plugins" feature in Docker 1.12 must be removed/uninstalled before upgrading.

Upgrades

  • Docker 1.13.0-rc6
  • Docker Compose 1.10-rc2
  • Linux Kernel 4.9.2

Bug fixes and minor improvements

  • Uninstall should be more reliable

Beta 35 Release Notes (2017-01-06 1.13.0-rc5-beta35)

Important

Plugins installed using the experimental "managed plugins" feature in Docker 1.12 must be removed/uninstalled before upgrading.

Upgrades

  • Docker 1.13.0-rc5
  • Docker Compose 1.10-rc1

Edge Releases of 2016

Beta 34 Release Notes (2016-12-20 1.13.0-rc4-beta34)

New

  • Basic UI for Daemon.json editing

Upgrades

  • Docker 1.13.0-rc4
  • Linux Kernel 4.8.15

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Improved Proxy UI
  • Better diagnostics of Windows containers
  • Default Experimental/Debug flags are now set on beta for Windows Containers
  • Windows Containers Reset to default script improvements
  • About Box is now Copy/Paste enabled

Beta 33 Release Notes (2016-12-15 1.13.0-rc3-beta33)

Important

Plugins installed using the experimental "managed plugins" feature in Docker 1.12 must be removed/uninstalled before upgrading.

New

  • VHDX file containing images and non-host mounted volumes can be moved (using "advanced" tab in the UI)

Upgrades

  • Linux Kernel 4.8.14

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Bugsnag reports should work again
  • Fixed a memory leak related to logs and Windows Containers

Beta 32.1 Release Notes (2016-12-09 1.13.0-rc3-beta32.1)

Important

Plugins installed using the experimental "managed plugins" feature in Docker 1.12 must be removed/uninstalled before upgrading.

Hotfixes

  • Fix Hyper-V Windows Feature detection

New

  • Windows containers settings panel
  • Windows containers: Restart from the settings panel
  • Windows containers: Factory default
  • Windows containers: Modify Daemon.json
  • Windows containers: Proxy settings can be modified
  • Support for arm, aarch64, ppc64le architectures using qemu

Upgrades

  • Docker 1.13.0-rc3
  • Docker Machine 0.9.0-rc2
  • Linux Kernel 4.8.12

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Time drifts between Windows and Linux containers should disappear
  • VPNKit: Improved diagnostics
  • Improvements in drive sharing code
  • Removed the legacy "Disable oplocks" trick for enabling Windows Containers on older insider previews

Beta 32 Release Notes (2016-12-07 1.13.0-rc3-beta32)

Important

Plugins installed using the experimental "managed plugins" feature in Docker 1.12 must be removed/uninstalled before upgrading.

New

  • Windows containers settings panel and options are working. In previous releases, settings were not implemented for Windows containers mode.
  • Windows containers: Restart from the settings panel works
  • Windows containers: Factory default
  • Windows containers: Daemon.json can be modified
  • Windows containers: Proxy settings can be modified
  • Support for arm, aarch64, ppc64le architectures using qemu

Upgrades

  • Docker 1.13.0-rc3
  • Docker Machine 0.9.0-rc2
  • Linux Kernel 4.8.12

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Time drifts between Windows and Linux containers should disappear
  • VPNKit: Improved diagnostics
  • Improvements in drive sharing code
  • Removed the legacy "Disable oplocks" trick for enabling Windows Containers on older insider previews

Beta 31 Release Notes (2016-12-01 1.13.0-rc2-beta31)

New

  • HTTP/HTTPS proxy settings are used by the Windows Container daemon to pull images
  • TRIM support for disk (shrinks virtual disk)
  • Virtual machine's time synchronization is forced after the host wakes from sleep mode

Upgrades

  • Docker 1.13.0-rc2
  • Dockerd 1.13.0-rc2 (Windows Containers)
  • Docker Compose 1.9.0
  • Docker Machine 0.9.0-rc1
  • Linux kernel 4.8.10

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • VPNKit: don't permute resource records in responses
  • VPNKit: reduced the amount of log spam
  • Optimized boot process
  • Diagnostics are improved and faster
  • Log the error when the GUI fails to initialize
  • Trend Micro Office Scan made the API proxy think no drive was shared, fixed
  • Show a link to the virtualizaton documentation
  • Flush logs to file more often
  • Fixed the URL to the SMB/firewall documentation
  • Properly remove duplicate firewall rules

Beta 30 Release Notes (2016-11-10 1.12.3-beta30)

Upgrades

  • Docker Compose 1.9.0-rc4
  • Linux kernel 4.4.30

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Optimized disk on stop
  • Always remove the disk on factory reset
  • Improvements to Logging and Diagnostics

Beta 29.3 Release Notes (2016-11-02 1.12.3-beta29.3)

Upgrades

  • Docker Compose 1.9.0-rc2

Beta 29.2 Release Notes (2016-10-27 1.12.2-beta29.2)

Hotfixes

  • Upgrade to Docker 1.12.3

Beta 29.1 Release Notes (2016-10-26 1.12.1-beta29.1)

Hotfixes

  • Fixed missing /dev/pty/ptmx

Beta 29 Release Notes (2016-10-25 1.12.3-rc1-beta29)

Windows Container support relies on the Windows 10 container feature, which is experimental at this point. Windows 10 Pro (1607, build number 14393) requires update KB3192366 (soon to be released through Windows Update) to fully work. Some insider builds may not work.

New

  • Restore the virtual machine's configuration when it was changed by the user
  • Overlay2 is now the default storage driver. After a factory reset overlay2 is automatically used
  • Detect firewall configuration that might block the file sharing
  • Send more GUI usage statistics to help us improve the product

Upgrades

  • Docker 1.12.3-rc1
  • Linux Kernel 4.4.27

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Faster mount/unmount of shared drives
  • Added a timeout to mounting/unmounting a shared drive
  • Added the settings to the diagnostics
  • Increase default ulimit for memlock (fixes https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/801)
  • Make sure we don't use an older Nlog library from the GAC

Beta 28 Release Notes (2016-10-13 1.12.2-rc3-beta28)

Windows Container support relies on the Windows 10 container feature, which is experimental at this point. Windows 10 Pro (1607, build number 14393) requires update KB3192366 (soon to be released through Windows Update) to fully work. Some insider builds may not work.

New

  • Path to HyperV disks in no longer hardcoded, making the Toolbox import work with non-standard path
  • Verify that ALL HyperV features are enabled
  • Make it clear why user cannot switch to Windows Containers with a tooltip in the systray
  • Added Moby console to the logs
  • Save the current engine with the other settings
  • Notary version 0.4.2 installed

Upgrades

  • Docker 1.12.2
  • Kernel 4.4.24

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Fixed a password escaping regression
  • Support writing large values to the database, especially for trusted CAs
  • VPNKit is now restarted if it dies
  • Make sure invalid "DockerNat" switches are not used
  • Preserve the PowerShell stacktraces
  • Write OS and Application versions at the top of each log file

Beta 27 Release Notes (2016-09-28 1.12.2-rc1-beta27)

New

  • Reworked the File Sharing dialog and underlying mechanism
  • Pre-fill username
  • Faster and more reliable feedback when the user/password is not valid
  • Better support for domain users
  • Error message in Logs when File Sharing failed for other reasons

Upgrades

  • Docker 1.12.2-rc1
  • Docker Machine 0.8.2
  • Docker Compose 1.8.1
  • Kernel 4.4.21
  • AUFS 20160912

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Improve the switching between Linux and Windows containers: better errors, more reliable, deal with more edge cases
  • Kill lingering dockerd that users might have still around because they played with Windows Containers before
  • Don't recreate the virtual machine if only the DNS server is set
  • The uninstaller now kills the service if it failed to stop it properly
  • Restart VPNKit and DataKit when the processes die
  • VPNKit: impose a connection limit to avoid exhausting file descriptors
  • VPNKit: handle UDP datagrams larger than 2035 bytes
  • VPNKit: reduce the number of file descriptors consumed by DNS
  • Improve debug information

Beta 26 Release Notes (2016-09-14 1.12.1-beta26)

New

  • Basic support for Windows containers. On Windows 10 build >= 14372, a switch in the systray icon changes which daemon (Linux or Windows) the Docker CLI talks to

  • To support trusted registry transparently, all trusted CAs (root or intermediate) on the Windows host are automatically copied to Moby

  • Reset Credentials also unshares the shared drives

  • Logs are now rotated every day

Upgrades

  • Linux kernel 4.4.20
  • AUFS 20160905

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • We no longer send the same DNS settings twice to the daemon

  • Fixed the lingering net adapters removal on Windows 10 Anniversary Update

  • Uploading a diagnostic now shows a proper status message in the Settings

Beta 25 Release (2016-09-07 1.12.1-beta25)

New

  • Support multiple DNS servers

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Improved name servers discovery
  • VPNKit supports search domains
  • Set CIFS (common internet file system) version to 3.02

Known issues

  • Only UTF-8 passwords are supported for host filesystem sharing

  • Docker automatically disables lingering net adapters. The only way to remove them is manually using devmgmt.msc.

Beta 24 Release (2016-08-23 1.12.1-beta24)

Upgrades

  • Docker 1.12.1
  • Docker Machine 0.8.1
  • Linux kernel 4.4.19
  • AUFS 20160822

Bug fixes and minor changes

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

Known issues

  • Only UTF-8 passwords are supported for host filesystem sharing.

  • Docker automatically disables lingering net adapters. The only way to remove them is manually using devmgmt.msc.

Beta 23 Release (2016-08-16 1.12.1-rc1-beta23)

New

  • Added mfsymlinks smb option to support symlinks on bind mounted folder
  • Added nobrl smb option to support sqlite on bind mounted folders
  • Detect outdated versions of Kitematic

Upgrades

  • Docker 1.12.1-rc1
  • Linux kernel 4.4.17
  • AUFS 20160808

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Fixed password handling for host file system sharing
  • Automatically disable lingering net adapters that prevent Docker from starting or using the network
  • Automatically delete duplicated MobyLinuxVMs on a reset to factory defaults
  • Docker stops asking to import from toolbox after an upgrade
  • Docker can now import from toolbox just after Hyper-V is activated
  • Fixed Moby Diagnostics and Update Kernel
  • Added more debug information to the diagnostics
  • Sending anonymous statistics shouldn't hang anymore when Mixpanel is not available
  • Improved the Hyper-V detection and activation mechanism
  • VPNKit is now compiled with OCaml 4.03 rather than 4.02.3
  • Support newlines in release notes
  • Improved error message when docker daemon is not responding
  • The configuration database is now stored in-memory
  • Preserve the stacktrace of PowerShell errors
  • Display service stacktrace in error windows
  • Moby: use default sysfs settings, transparent huge pages disabled
  • Moby: cgroup mount to support systemd in containers

Known issues

  • Only UTF-8 passwords are supported for host filesystem sharing
  • Docker automatically disables lingering net adapters. The only way to remove them is manually using devmgmt.msc as documented in Troubleshooting.

Beta 22 Release (2016-08-11 1.12.0-beta22)

Unreleased. See Beta 23 for changes.

Known issues

  • Docker automatically disables lingering net adapters. The only way to remove them is manually using devmgmt.msc as documented in Troubleshooting.

Beta 21 Release (2016-07-28 1.12.0-beta21)

New

  • Docker for Windows is now available from two channels: stable and beta. New features and bug fixes go out first in auto-updates to users in the beta channel. Updates to the stable channel are much less frequent and happen in sync with major and minor releases of the Docker Engine. Only features that are well-tested and ready for production are added to the stable channel releases. For downloads of both and more information, see Install Docker Desktop on Windows.

  • Removed the docker host name. Containers with exported ports are reachable via localhost.

  • The UI shows whether the user is on beta or stable channel

Upgrades

  • Docker 1.12.0 with experimental features
  • Docker Machine 0.8.0
  • Docker Compose 1.8.0

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Fixed networking issue when transmitting data to a container via an exposed port.
  • Include the sources for qemu-img
  • Fixed the migration from toolbox when the user has a space in its login
  • Disable the migration from toolbox when hyperV is not yet activated
  • More windows can be closed with ESC
  • Added the channel to crash reports
  • Fixed a path rewriting bug that happens on Windows insider build 14367
  • Simplified the MobyLinux.ps1 script

Known issues

  • Older Kitematic versions are not compatible with Docker for Windows. You need to manually delete the C:\Program Files\Docker\Kitematic folder before you click Open Kitematic... systray link.

Beta 20 Release (2016-07-19 1.12.0-rc4-beta20)

New

  • The UI option to disable port forwarding to localhost has been removed

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Fixed docker.sock permission issues
  • Don't check for update when the settings panel opens
  • Removed obsolete DNS workaround
  • Use the secondary DNS server in more circumstances
  • Limit the number of concurrent port forwards to avoid running out of resources
  • Store the database as a "bare" git repo to avoid corruption problems

Beta 19 Release (2016-07-14 1.12.0-rc4-beta19)

New

  • Added an option to opt-out from sending usage statistics (only on the Edge channel for now)
  • New error dialog box to upload crash reports

Upgrades

  • Docker 1.12.0 RC4
  • Docker Compose 1.8.0 RC2
  • Docker Machine 0.8.0 RC2
  • Linux kernel 4.4.15

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • com.docker.slirp: included the DNS TCP fallback fix, required when UDP responses are truncated
  • docker build/events/logs/stats... won't leak when interrupted with Ctrl-C
  • Disable all buttons on Update Window when a version is downloading

Beta 18.1 Release (2016-07-07 1.12.0-rc3-beta18.1)

Note

Docker 1.12.0 RC3 release introduces a backward incompatible change from RC2. You can fix this by recreating or updating your containers.

Hotfix

  • Fixed issue resulting in error "Hijack is incompatible with use of CloseNotifier", reverts previous fix for Ctrl-C during build.

New

  • Forwarding the ports to localhost is now the default
  • Added http/https proxy configuration to the settings
  • The toolbox default machine can be imported on first launch
  • Added UI when a crash report is collected and uploaded
  • The check for update runs every 6 hours

Upgrades

  • Docker 1.12.0 RC3

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • The docker API proxy was failing to deal with 1.12 features (health check for, for example)
  • When killing the virtual machine process, ignore when the process is already stopped
  • When stopping the virtual machine, always stop the docker proxy
  • Prevent the update windows from downloading the .msi into C:\Program Files\Docker
  • All settings should be disabled when Docker is starting. (This regression was introduced in Beta 17)
  • VPNKit: Improved scalability as number of network connections increases
  • Improve the connection to the database
  • Ignore when the shutdown service is not available

Beta 18 Release (2016-07-06 1.12.0-rc3-beta18)

New

  • Forwarding the ports to localhost is now the default
  • Added http/https proxy configuration to the settings
  • The toolbox default machine can be imported on first launch
  • Added UI when a crash report is collected and uploaded
  • The check for update runs every 6 hours

Upgrades

  • Docker 1.12.0 RC3

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Interrupting a docker build with Ctrl-C actually stops the build
  • The docker API proxy was failing to deal with 1.12 features (health check for, for example)
  • When killing the VM process, ignore when the process is already stopped
  • When stopping the VM, always stop the docker proxy
  • Prevent the update windows from downloading the .msi into C:\Program Files\Docker
  • All settings should be disabled when Docker is starting. (This regression was introduced in Beta 17)
  • VPNKit: Improved scalability as number of network connections increases
  • Improve the connection to the database
  • Ignore when the shutdown service is not available

Beta 17 Release (2016-06-29 1.12.0-rc2-beta17)

Upgrades

  • Linux kernel 4.4.14, aufs 20160627

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Support users with spaces in their login
  • Fix some cases where dotnet restore could hang
  • Fixed docker inspect on an image
  • Removed the console from Hyper-V manager
  • Improved diagnostic for VPN connection and addedlogs for the service port openers
  • Improve Moby's boot sequence to adapt to longer boot time when swarm services are running
  • Forcefully turn off a virtual machine that won't shut down
  • Clicking on a link from the changelog opens a browser
  • Fix links to the documentation
  • Fix the url to download Kitematic
  • Renewed the signing certificates
  • Fixed errors with the firewall and the network switch
  • Fixed parsing errors in the PowerShell script

Beta 16 Release (2016-06-17 1.12.0-rc2-beta16)

Upgrades

  • Docker 1.12.0 RC2
  • docker-compose 1.8.0 RC1
  • docker-machine 0.8.0 RC1
  • Alpine 3.4

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Fixes to the VPN mode
  • Fixed the localhost port forwarding performance issue
  • Auto-detect mounted/unmounted drive in the list of shares
    • Changed the name of the application from "DockerforWindows" to "Docker for Windows"
    • Avoid multiple update windows being displayed at the same time

Beta 15 Release (2016-06-10 1.11.2-beta15)

New

  • New experimental networking mode, exposing container ports on localhost
  • New Settings menu to configure sysctl.conf
  • New Settings menu to configure http proxies
  • The VPN mode setting is removed (VPN mode is now the only supported mode)
  • The vSwitch NAT configuration has been removed

Upgrades

  • Docker 1.11.2
  • Linux 4.4.12, AUFS 20160530

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Moved Import from toolbox option to the General Settings
  • Increased the timeout to write to the configuration database
  • Fixed an issue where sending anonymous stats to Mixpanel made the application stop
  • Faster boot time
  • All named pipes are now prefixed with the word docker
  • Full version number is now displayed in the update window
  • Default daemon config does not have debug enabled anymore
  • More responsive Settings Panel, with new whales also :-)
  • Improved logs and debug information

Beta 14 Release(2016-06-02 1.11.1-beta14)

New

  • Enabled configuration of the docker daemon (edit config.json)
  • The VPN mode is enabled by default
  • Removed DHCP for virtual machine network configuration
  • User configurable NAT prefix and DNS server
  • New feedback window to upload diagnostics dialog
  • New status indicator in Settings window
  • Virtual machine logs are uploaded with a crash report
  • Animated welcome whale

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Support non-ASCII characters in passwords
  • Fixed unshare a drive operation
  • Fixed deserialized of exceptions sent from the service
  • If the backend service is not running, the GUI now starts it
  • The app no longer complains if the backend service is not running and the user just wants to shut down.

Known issues

  • Due to limitation in the Windows NAT implementation, co-existence with other NAT prefixes needs to be carefully managed.

Beta 13 Release (2016-05-25 1.11.1-beta13)

New

This Beta release includes some significant changes:

  • Docker communication is over Hyper-V sockets instead of the network
  • Experimental VPN mode, also known as vpnkit
  • Initial support for datakit for configuration
  • Redesigned Settings panel
  • Docker can now be restarted

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Support Net adapters with a different name than "vEthernet (DockerNAT)"
  • Sharing now has a better support for domain users
  • Fixed Toolbox migration (was broken in Beta12)
  • Enabling Hyper-V (was broken in Beta12)
  • Fixed error message when invalid labels are passed to docker run
  • Mixpanel no longer uses roaming App Data
  • UI improvements
  • Support was added for virtual machines with other IP addresses out of the 10.0.75.0/24 range
  • Improved FAQ

Known issues

  • Due to limitation in the Windows NAT implementation, co-existence with other NAT prefixes needs to be carefully managed.

Beta 12 Release (2016-17-10 1.11.1-beta12)

New

  • The application is now separated in two parts. A back-end service and a front-end GUI. The front-end GUI no longer asks for elevated access.

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Excluded the network drives from the shares list
  • Removed the notification when closing the application
  • Minor GUI improvements

Known issues

  • Due to limitation in the Windows NAT implementation, co-existence with other NAT prefixes needs to be carefully managed.

Beta 11b Release (2016-05-11 1.11.1-beta11b)

Hotfixes

  • Fixed an issue with named pipe permissions that prevented Docker from starting

Beta 11 Release (2016-05-10 1.11.1-beta11)

New

  • The GUI now runs in non-elevated mode and connects to an elevated Windows service
  • Allocate virtual machine memory by 256 MB increments, instead of 1 GB
  • Show a meaningful error when the user has an empty password
  • Improved Troubleshooting page

Upgrades

  • docker-compose 1.7.1 (see changelog)
  • Kernel 4.4.9

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Report the virtual machine's IP in docker port
  • Handle passwords with spaces
  • Show a clear error message when trying to install on Home editions
  • Slower whale animation in the system tray
  • Proxy is restarting itself when it crashes
  • DHCP process handles exceptions gracefully
  • Moby (Backend) fixes:
    • Fixed vsock half closed issue
    • Added NFS support
    • Hostname is now Moby, not Docker
    • Fixes to disk formatting scripts
    • Kernel upgrade to 4.4.9

Known issues

  • Due to limitation in the Windows NAT implementation, co-existence with other NAT prefixes needs to be carefully managed. See Troubleshooting for more details.

  • Logs for the windows service are not aggregated with logs from the GUI. This is expected to be fixed in future versions.

Beta 10 Release (2016-05-03 1.11.0-beta10)

New

  • Improved Settings panel, allows you to configure the virtual machine’s memory and CPUs
  • Co-exists with multiple internal Hyper-V switches and improved DHCP handling
  • Token validation is now done over HTTPS. This should fix issues with some firewalls and antivirus software.

Upgrades

  • Docker 1.11.1

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Fixed Desktop shortcut name and updated icons
  • Preparation to run the backend as service
  • Improved logging and Mixpanel events
  • Improved code quality
  • Improved the build
  • New icons

Known issues

  • Due to limitation in the Windows NAT implementation, co-existence with other NAT prefixes needs to be carefully managed. See Troubleshooting for more details.

Beta 9 Release (2016-04-26 1.11.0-beta9)

New

  • Provide one-click dialog to enable Hyper-V
  • Report clear underlying Hyper-V errors

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Better handling of some networking issues
  • Fixed help menu and start menu getting started URLs
  • Restored “Docker is Initializing” notification on first run
  • Better error messages during authentication
  • Improved logging on error conditions
  • Improved build and tests

Known issues

  • If multiple internal Hyper-V switches exist the Moby virtual machine may not start correctly. We have identified the issue and are working on a solution.

Beta 8 Release (2016-04-20 1.11.0-beta8)

New

  • Auto-update is installed silently, and relaunches the application when it completes
  • Uninstaller can be found in Windows menu
  • Kitematic can be downloaded from the Dashboard menu

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Better UI in the ShareDrive window
  • The firewall alert dialog does not come up as often as previously
  • Configured MobyLinux virtual machine with a fixed memory of 2GB
  • User password is no longer stored on the host-side KVP
  • Uninstall shortcut is available in registry

Beta 7 Release (2016-04-12 1.11.0-beta7)

New

  • Multiple drives can be shared
  • New update window
  • Welcome whale

Upgrades

  • docker 1.11.0-rc5
  • docker-machine 0.7.0-rc3
  • docker-compose 1.7.0-rc2

Bug fixes and minor changes

  • Improved networking configuration and error detection: fixed DHCP renewal and rebind issues
  • Allow DNS/DHCP processes to restart on bind error
  • Less destructive migration from Docker Toolbox
  • Improved documentation
  • Better error handling: Moby restarts itself if start takes too long.
  • Kill proxy and exit docker before a new version is installed
  • The application cannot start twice now
  • The proxy stops automatically when the GUI is not running
  • Removed existing proxy firewall rules before starting Moby
  • The application now collects more and better information on crashes and other issues
  • Improved all dialogs and windows
  • Added the version to installer's first screen
  • Better reset to defaults
  • New regression test framework
  • The installation MSI is now timestamped
  • The Hyper-V install mentions Docker Toolbox only if it is present
  • Improved Bugsnag reports: fixed a dependency bug, and added a unique ID to each new report
  • Improved the build
  • Improved code quality

Known issues

  • Settings are now serialized in JSON. This install loses the current settings.

  • Docker needs to open ports on the firewall. Sometimes, the user sees a firewall alert dialog. The user should allow the ports to be opened.

  • The application was upgraded to 64 bits. The installation path changed to C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker. Users might need to close any Powershell/Cmd windows that were already open before the update to get the new PATH. In some cases, users may need to log off and on again.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed DHCP renewal and rebind
  • Only mention toolbox on Hyper-V install if it's present
  • The application does not start twice now
  • DNS/DHCP processes are allowed to restart on bind error now
  • Removed the window that opens quickly during bugsnag reports
  • Fixed OS reported by Bugsnag
  • Improved the build
  • Improved code quality

Beta 6 Release (2016-04-05 1.11.0.1288)

Enhancements

  • Docs are updated for Beta 6!
  • Support roaming: DNS queries are forwarded to the host
  • Improved startup times by running a DHCP server on the host
  • New settings dialog design
  • Support Windows paths with -v
  • Updated Docker CLI and daemon to 1.11.0-rc3
  • Updated docker-machine to 0.7.0-rc2
  • Updated docker-compose to 1.7.0-rc1
  • Now install docker-credential-wincred
  • Allow non-root users in containers to create files on volume mounts
  • Automatically install Hyper-V
  • The application is now 64 bits
  • Improved wording in all dialog boxes and error messages
  • Removed exit confirmation
  • Show clickable URL in the Install HyperV message box
  • Dashboard link to Kitematic (as on Mac)
  • Moby kernel updated to 4.4.6
  • The registry key was changed to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Docker Inc.\Docker\1.0

Known issues

  • Migration from Docker Toolbox can fail sometimes. If this happens, the workaround is to restart the application.

  • Docker needs to open ports on the firewall, which can activate a firewall alert dialog. Users should allow the ports to be opened.

  • The application was upgraded to 64 bits. The installation path changed to C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker. If users have PowerShell/Cmd windows already open before the update, they might need to close them to catch the new PATH. In some cases, users need to log off and on again.

Bug Fixes

  • Kill virtual machines that cannot be shut down properly

  • Improved the diagnostic information sent with bugsnag reports

  • Settings window shows when the drive is shared or not C: drive can be bind mounted with //c or /c. Used to be //c/

  • Don't try to submit empty tokens

  • Fixed the version shown in the About box

  • Fixed a race condition on the logs

  • Fixed a race condition on the settings

  • Fixed broken links in the documentation

  • Replaced sha1 with actual version in the assemblies

  • Don't start the unused agent process

Beta 5 Release (2016-03-29 1.10.6)

Enhancements

  • Remove debug console
  • Open browser with hyper-v installation instructions
  • Added CloudFront for downloads from Europe
  • Capture qemu logs during toolbox upgrades
  • Rename alpha distribution channel to beta

Bug Fixes

  • Fix diagnose section in bugsnag report
  • Fix msi version
  • Don't truncate Toolbox link

Note

Docker for Windows skipped from Beta 1 to Beta 5 at this point to synch up the version numbering with Docker for Mac, which went into beta cycles a little earlier.

Beta 1 Release (2016-03-24 1.10.6)

Enhancements

  • Display the third party licenses
  • Display the license agreement
  • The application refuses to start if Hyper-V is not enabled
  • Rename console to debug console
  • Remove machine from notification
  • Open the feedback forum
  • Use same MixPanel project for Windows and macOS
  • Align MixPanel events with macOS
  • Added a script to diagnose problems
  • Submit diagnostic with bugsnag reports
  • MixPanel heartbeat every hour

Bug Fixes

  • Accept all versions of Enterprise 10, Pro 10 and Education 10 during installation (Eval, N, ...)
  • Fix Linux kernel crashes with certain applications or somesuch
  • Fix notifications that are not shown
  • Animate the systray whale on reset
  • Shorten the enrollment process timeout
  • Properly unmount shares when the user un-selects the setting
  • Don't install on unsupported builds

Alpha 4 Release (2016-03-10 1.10.4.0)

  • Faster Startup & Shutdown
  • Use host DNS parameters
  • Enrollment System
  • Recreating manually removed vm
  • More MixPanel Events
  • Various Bug Fixes

Alpha 3 Release (2016-03-03 1.10.2.14)

File sharing

  • Create network share automatically
  • Improve Credentials management
  • Support paths with c and C drive

Crashes and Analytics

  • Report crashes with Bugsnag
  • Send analytics through MixPanel

GUI

  • Improve layout of About and Settings dialog
  • Improve Updater
  • Link to Help
  • Link to Send Feeback

General

  • Bug fixes

Alpha 2 Release (2016-02-26 1.10.2.12)

Installer

  • Enhancements
  • Auto-update
  • License agreement

General

  • Bug fixes

Alpha 1 Release (2016-02-22 1.10.1.42-1)

Hypervisor

  • significant performance improvements

Security

  • retrieving credentials from user

Filesystem

  • hot-mounting host filesystem with credential

General

  • state management
  • stability, logging
  • bugfixes, eye candies

Alpha 0 Release (2016-02-09 1.10.0.0-0)

Hypervision

  • Hyper-V-backed virtual machines
  • boots Moby in a few seconds
  • installs CLI in PATH
  • proxies Docker commands to Moby

Filesystem

  • mounts host filesystem to support --volume
  • Samba client with a hardcoded password
  • allows live reload

Networking

  • live debugging Node.js application