Docker Desktop for Windows Edge Release notes
Estimated reading time: 53 minutesHere are the main improvements and issues per edge release, starting with the current release. The documentation is always updated for each release.
For system requirements, see What to know before you install.
Release notes for edge releases are listed below, stable release notes are also available. (Following the CE release model, ‘beta’ releases are called ‘edge’ releases.) You can learn about both kinds of releases, and download stable and edge product installers at Download Docker for Windows.
Edge Releases of 2019
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
- Upgrades
- Docker 18.09.2, fixes CVE-2019-5736
Docker Community Edition 2.0.2.0 2019-02-06
- Upgrades
- New
- Rebranded UI
- Bug fixes and minor changes
- Kubernetes: use default maximum number of pods for kubelet. docker/for-mac#3453
Docker Community Edition 2.0.1.0 2019-01-11
- Upgrades
- Docker 18.09.1
- Kubernetes 1.13.0
- Kitematic 0.17.6
- Golang 1.10.6, fixes CVEs: CVE-2018-16875, CVE-2018-16873 and CVE-2018-16874
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
- Upgrades
- Bug fixes and minor changes
- Compose: Fixed a bug where build context URLs would fail to build on Windows. Fixes docker/for-win#2918
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
- Docker 18.09.0-ce-beta1
- Linux Kernel 4.9.125
- 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 ajusted 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
- Upgrades
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 backup 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
- Fix VPNKit memory leak. Fixes docker/for-win#2087, moby/vpnkit#371
- Fix potential loss of Kubernetes local cluster certificates on reboot.
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
- Fix restart issue when using Windows fast startup on latest 1709 Windows updates. Fixes docker/for-win#1741, docker/for-win#1741
- DNS name
host.docker.internal
can be used for host resolution from Windows containers. Fixes docker/for-win#1976 - Fix broken link in diagnostics window.
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
- Upgrades
Docker Community Edition 18.04.0-ce-rc2-win61 2018-04-09
- Upgrades
- Docker 18.04.0-ce-rc2
- Kubernetes 1.9.6. If Kubernetes is enabled, the upgrade will be performed automatically when starting Docker for Windows.
- 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
- Fix ApyProxy not starting properly when Docker for Windows is started with the
Docker Community Edition 18.03.0-ce-win58 2018-03-26
- Upgrades
- Bug fixes and minor changes
- Adding Docker for Windows icon on desktop is optional in the installer. Fixes docker/for-win#246
Docker Community Edition 18.03.0-ce-rc4-win57 2018-03-15
- Upgrades
- Docker 18.03.0-ce-rc4
- AUFS 20180312
- Bug fixes and minor changes
- Fix support for AUFS. Fixes docker/for-win#1831
Docker Community Edition 18.03.0-ce-rc3-win56 2018-03-13
- Upgrades
- Docker 18.03.0-ce-rc3
- Docker Machine 0.14.0
- Docker compose 1.20.0-rc2
- Notary 0.6.0
- Linux Kernel 4.9.87
- 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
- Upgrades
- New
- VM Swap size can be changed in settings.
- Support NFS Volume sharing. Also works in Kubernetes. See docker/for-win#1700
- Allow users to activate Windows container during installation (avoid vm disk creation and vm boot when working only on win containers). See docker/for-win#217.
- Bug fixes and minor changes
- DNS name
host.docker.internal
shoud 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 Linuxkit start on Windows Insider. Fixes docker/for-win#1458, docker/for-win#1514, docker/for-win#1640
- Fix risk of privilege escalation. (https://www.tenable.com/sc-report-templates/microsoft-windows-unquoted-service-path-vulnerability)
- All users present in the docker-users group are now able to use docker. Fixes docker/for-win#1732
- Kubernetes Load balanced services are no longer marked as
Pending
. - Fix hostPath mounts in Kubernetes.
- Update Compose on Kubernetes to v0.3.0 rc4. Existing Kubernetes stacks will be removed during migration and need to be re-deployed on the cluster.
- DNS name
Docker Community Edition 18.02.0-ce-win52 2018-02-08
- Upgrades
Docker Community Edition 18.02.0-ce-rc2-win51 2018-02-02
- Upgrades
- Docker 18.02.0-ce-rc2
- Docker compose 1.19.0-rc2
- Kubernetes 1.9.2. If you have Kubernetes enabled, the upgrade will be performed automatically when starting Docker for Windows.
- 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 https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/kubernetes/
- 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 daemonexperimental
option.
- Bug fixes and minor changes
- Better cleanup for Windows containers and images on reset/uninstall. Fixes docker/for-win#1580, docker/for-win#1544, docker/for-win#191
- Do not recreate Desktop icon on upgrade (effective on next upgrade). Fixes docker/for-win#246, docker/for-win#925, docker/for-win#1551
- Fix proxy for docker.for.win.localhost and docker.for.win.host.internal. Fixes docker/for-win#1130
Docker Community Edition 18.01.0-ce-win48 2018-01-19
- Upgrades
- Docker 18.01.0-ce
- Linux Kernel 4.9.75
- Bug fixes and minor changes
- Fix linuxKit port-forwarder sometimes not being able to start. Fixes docker/for-win#1506
- Fix certificate management when connecting to a private registry. Fixes docker/for-win#1512
- Fix Mount compatibility when mounting drives with
-v //c/...
, now mounted in /host_mnt/c in the LinuxKit VM. Fixes docker/for-win#1509, docker/for-win#1516, docker/for-win#1497
Docker Community Edition 17.12.0-ce-win45 2018-01-05
- Upgrades
Edge Releases of 2017
Docker Community Edition 17.12.0-ce-rc4-win44 2017-12-21
- Upgrades
- Bug fixes and minor changes
- Fix DNS “search domain” and “domain name” settings. See docker/for-win#1437.
- Fix VPNkit issue when username has spaces. See docker/for-win#1429.
- Diagnostic improvements to get virtual machine logs before virtual machine shutdown.
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.
- Fix installer check for not supported Windows
Docker Community Edition 17.12.0-ce-rc2-win41 2017-12-13
- Upgrades
- Bug fixes and minor changes
- Fix a class of startup failures where the database fails to start, see docker/for-win#498
- Display various component versions in About box
- Better removal of LCOW images and containers when uninstalling Docker
- Links in update changelog open the default browser instead of IE (fixes docker/for-win#1311)
Docker Community Edition 17.11.0-ce-win40 2017-11-22
- Upgrades
Docker Community Edition 17.11.0-ce-rc4-win39 2017-11-17
- Upgrades
- Docker 17.11.0-ce-rc4
- Docker compose 1.17.1
- Linux Kernel 4.9.60
- Bug fixes and minor changes
- Increased timeout for virtual machine boot startup to 2 minutes.
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
- Upgrades
- Docker 17.11.0-ce-rc2
- Docker compose 1.17.0
- Linuxkit blueprint updated to linuxkit/linuxkit#2633, fixes CVE-2017-15650
- New
- Add localhost port forwarder for Windows and LCOW Containers (thanks @simonferquel)
- Bug fixes and minor changes
- Fix centos:5 and centos:6 images not starting properly with LinuxKit virtual machine (fixes docker/for-win#1245).
Docker Community Edition 17.10.0-ce-win36 2017-10-24
- Upgrades
- New
- Virtual machine entirely built with Linuxkit
- Experimental support for Microsoft Linux Containers On Windows, on Windows 10 RS3.
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
- Upgrades
- Bug fixes and minor changes
- VPNKit: security fix to reduce the risk of DNS cache poisoning attack (reported by Hannes Mehnert https://hannes.nqsb.io/)
Docker Community Edition 17.09.0-ce-rc3-win30 2017-09-22
- Upgrades
Docker Community Edition 17.09.0-ce-rc2-win29 2017-09-19
- Upgrades
- Docker 17.09.0-ce-rc2
- Linux Kernel 4.9.49
- AUFS 20170911
- 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
- Docker 17.09.0-ce-rc1
- Docker compose 1.16.1
- Linux Kernel 4.9.46
- New
- Add
Skip this version
button in update window
- Add
- 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
orbool
database keys
Docker Community Edition 17.07.0-ce-rc2-win22 Release Notes (2017-08-11 17.06.0-win22)
Upgrades
- Docker 17.07.0-ce-rc2
- Linux Kernel 4.9.41
Docker Community Edition 17.07.0-ce-rc1-win21 Release Notes (2017-07-31 17.07.0-win21)
Upgrades
- Docker 17.07.0-ce-rc1
- Docker compose 1.15.0
- Docker Machine 0.12.2
- Linux Kernel 4.9.38
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
- Docker 17.06.1-ce-rc1
- Linux Kernel 4.9.36
- AUFS 20170703
Bug fixes and minor changes
- Fix locked container id file (Fixes docker/for-win#818)
- Avoid expanding variables in PATH env variable (Fixes docker/for-win#859)
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 17.06.0-rc4-ce
- Docker Credential Helpers 0.5.2
- Linux Kernel 4.9.31
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
- Docker 17.06.0-rc1-ce
- Docker Credential Helpers 0.5.1
- Linux Kernel 4.9.30
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
- Docker 17.04.0-ce
- Docker Compose 1.12.0
- Linux Kernel 4.9.19
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
- Docker 17.04.0-ce-rc2
- Docker Compose 1.12.0-rc2
- Linux Kernel 4.9.18
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
- Docker 17.03.1-ce-rc1
- Docker Credential Helpers 0.5.0
- Linux Kernel 4.9.14
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
- Docker 17.03.0-ce
- Docker Compose 1.11.2
- Docker Machine 0.10.0
- Linux Kernel 4.9.12
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
- Docker 1.13.1-rc2
- Docker Compose 1.11.0-rc1
- Linux kernel 4.9.8
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
- Docker 1.13.1-rc1
- Linux kernel 4.9.6
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
- Fix some timeout issues in port forwarding
- Fix for swap not being mounted (docker/for-win#403)
- Fix aufs xattr delete issue (docker/docker#30245)
Beta 38 Release Notes (2017-01-20 1.13.0-beta38)
Upgrades
- Docker 1.13.0
- Docker Compose 1.10
- Docker Machine 0.9.0
- Notary 0.4.3
- Linux kernel 4.9.4
- qcow-tool 0.7.2
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 Note: 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 Note: 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 Note: 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 Note: 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 Note:
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. (See About the Docker Windows containers specific dialogs.)
- 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)
Important Note:
The auto-update function in Beta 21 cannot install this update. To install the latest beta manually if you are still on Beta 21, download the installer here:
This problem is fixed as of Beta 23 for subsequent auto-updates.
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)
Important Note:
The auto-update function in Beta 21 cannot install this update. To install the latest beta manually if you are still on Beta 21, download the installer here:
This problem is fixed as of Beta 23 for subsequent auto-updates.
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)
Important Note:
The auto-update function in Beta 21 cannot install this update. To install the latest beta manually if you are still on Beta 21, download the installer here:
This problem is fixed as of Beta 23 for subsequent auto-updates.
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)
Important Note:
The auto-update function in Beta 21 cannot install this update. To install the latest beta manually if you are still on Beta 21, download the installer here:
This problem is fixed as of Beta 23 for subsequent auto-updates.
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)
Important Note:
The auto-update function in Beta 21 cannot install this update. To install the latest beta manually if you are still on Beta 21, download the installer here:
This problem is fixed as of Beta 23 for subsequent auto-updates.
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
as documented in Remove stale network adapters under Networking issues in Troubleshooting.
Beta 24 Release (2016-08-23 1.12.1-beta24)
Important Note:
The auto-update function in Beta 21 cannot install this update. To install the latest beta manually if you are still on Beta 21, download the installer here:
This problem is fixed as of Beta 23 for subsequent auto-updates.
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
as documented in Remove stale network adapters under Networking issues in Troubleshooting.
Beta 23 Release (2016-08-16 1.12.1-rc1-beta23)
Important Note:
The auto-update function in Beta 21 cannot install this update. To install the latest beta manually if you are still on Beta 21, download the installer here:
This problem is fixed as of Beta 23 for subsequent auto-updates.
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 the Getting Started.
-
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 truncateddocker 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 as described in Troubleshooting.
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
intoC:\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
intoC:\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. See NAT Configuration in Troubleshooting for more details.
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. See NAT Configuration in Troubleshooting for more details.
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. See NAT Configuration in Troubleshooting for more details.
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
- Fixed
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 newPATH
. 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
todebug 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