From 4837e52e631f86091beb25eb4e21871bfda9801a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aevesdocker Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:02:28 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] 4.97 RN Signed-off-by: aevesdocker --- content/manuals/desktop/release-notes.md | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/manuals/desktop/release-notes.md b/content/manuals/desktop/release-notes.md index 7207e42f3b7..989de3455e7 100644 --- a/content/manuals/desktop/release-notes.md +++ b/content/manuals/desktop/release-notes.md @@ -24,6 +24,50 @@ Docker Desktop versions older than 6 months from the latest release are not avai For more frequently asked questions, see the [FAQs](/manuals/desktop/troubleshoot-and-support/faqs/releases.md). +## 4.98.0 + +{{< release-date date="2026-10-28" >}} + +{{< desktop-install-v2 all=true win_arm_release="Early Access" version="4.98.0" build_path="/XXXXXX/" >}} + +### New + +- Docker VMM is now generally available. + +### Updates + +- Docker Offload `v0.7.22` +- The following Kubernetes images have been updated to bring in latest security fixes. New tags listed below: + - `docker/desktop-storage-provisioner:v5.0` + - `docker/desktop-vpnkit-controller:v5.0` + - `docker/desktop-containerd-registry-mirror:v0.0.5` + - `docker/desktop-cloud-provider-kind:v0.8.0` + +### Bug fixes and enhancements + +#### For all platforms + +- Added support for running `docker` and `docker compose` from WSL 2 distros when Docker VMM is the engine, including bind mounts of files on Windows drives such as `/mnt/c`. +- Fixed Docker Hub model pulls failing on proxy-only networks where local DNS could not resolve the authentication endpoint. +- Fixed Docker Desktop staying on "Starting" after the Docker engine had started. Fixes [docker/desktop-feedback#685](https://github.com/docker/desktop-feedback/issues/685) +- Fixed `diagnose gather` on slow or stopped VMs by capping the VM start wait to 120 seconds. +- Improved responsiveness of error dialogs. +- Fixed moving the disk image to another volume failing when the copy took more than 5 minutes. +- Fixed uncaught "Request aborted" errors in the Docker Desktop app each time the engine stopped. + +#### For Mac + +- Removed the `com.docker.vmnetd` privileged helper. A helper installed by a previous version is uninstalled automatically, and the `install vmnetd` option of the command line installer is gone. + +#### For Windows + +- Added Docker VMM to the "Clean up data" dialog. +- Fixed WSL error code parsing so that users running newer WSL versions (3.0.x) receive accurate, actionable recovery instructions instead of a generic error message. +- Fixed the Docker VMM backend option on Windows ARM64 to appear correctly disabled with an explanation in settings, and automatically fall back to WSL 2 during install or upgrade. +- Fixed an intermittent "being used by another process" error on the `desktop-linux` Docker context file when the engine started. +- Fixed file sharing treating a directory as shared, or as allowed by Settings Management, when its name only started with that of a shared or allowed directory (e.g. `C:\foobar` for `C:\foo`). Allowed file share entries now match whole directory names only. +- Fixed an issue where processes started in the Docker Desktop terminal could be left running after closing the terminal. + ## 4.97.0 {{< release-date date="2026-10-26" >}} From 4652e119a2d801fdebef0e3bd8400a247d0ec27e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aevesdocker Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:04:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] 4.97 RN Signed-off-by: aevesdocker --- content/manuals/desktop/release-notes.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/manuals/desktop/release-notes.md b/content/manuals/desktop/release-notes.md index 989de3455e7..7afad9f1b3a 100644 --- a/content/manuals/desktop/release-notes.md +++ b/content/manuals/desktop/release-notes.md @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ For more frequently asked questions, see the [FAQs](/manuals/desktop/troubleshoo ## 4.98.0 -{{< release-date date="2026-10-28" >}} +{{< release-date date="2026-11-02" >}} {{< desktop-install-v2 all=true win_arm_release="Early Access" version="4.98.0" build_path="/XXXXXX/" >}} From bfebfe387d73d3916ee4bb21ff9aa5e37f5ab8e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aevesdocker Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:37:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] offload version bump Signed-off-by: aevesdocker --- content/manuals/desktop/release-notes.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/manuals/desktop/release-notes.md b/content/manuals/desktop/release-notes.md index 7afad9f1b3a..1704b1dd5b6 100644 --- a/content/manuals/desktop/release-notes.md +++ b/content/manuals/desktop/release-notes.md @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ For more frequently asked questions, see the [FAQs](/manuals/desktop/troubleshoo ### Updates -- Docker Offload `v0.7.22` +- Docker Offload `v0.7.35` - The following Kubernetes images have been updated to bring in latest security fixes. New tags listed below: - `docker/desktop-storage-provisioner:v5.0` - `docker/desktop-vpnkit-controller:v5.0` From 9c40de98c010376f02e0aa9f171bfffc3691fd61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aevesdocker Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:37:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] further items Signed-off-by: aevesdocker --- content/manuals/desktop/release-notes.md | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/manuals/desktop/release-notes.md b/content/manuals/desktop/release-notes.md index 1704b1dd5b6..ecad11e8314 100644 --- a/content/manuals/desktop/release-notes.md +++ b/content/manuals/desktop/release-notes.md @@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ For more frequently asked questions, see the [FAQs](/manuals/desktop/troubleshoo {{< desktop-install-v2 all=true win_arm_release="Early Access" version="4.98.0" build_path="/XXXXXX/" >}} -### New - -- Docker VMM is now generally available. - ### Updates - Docker Offload `v0.7.35` @@ -47,7 +43,6 @@ For more frequently asked questions, see the [FAQs](/manuals/desktop/troubleshoo #### For all platforms -- Added support for running `docker` and `docker compose` from WSL 2 distros when Docker VMM is the engine, including bind mounts of files on Windows drives such as `/mnt/c`. - Fixed Docker Hub model pulls failing on proxy-only networks where local DNS could not resolve the authentication endpoint. - Fixed Docker Desktop staying on "Starting" after the Docker engine had started. Fixes [docker/desktop-feedback#685](https://github.com/docker/desktop-feedback/issues/685) - Fixed `diagnose gather` on slow or stopped VMs by capping the VM start wait to 120 seconds. @@ -67,6 +62,7 @@ For more frequently asked questions, see the [FAQs](/manuals/desktop/troubleshoo - Fixed an intermittent "being used by another process" error on the `desktop-linux` Docker context file when the engine started. - Fixed file sharing treating a directory as shared, or as allowed by Settings Management, when its name only started with that of a shared or allowed directory (e.g. `C:\foobar` for `C:\foo`). Allowed file share entries now match whole directory names only. - Fixed an issue where processes started in the Docker Desktop terminal could be left running after closing the terminal. +- Added support for running `docker` and `docker compose` from WSL 2 distros when Docker VMM is the engine, including bind mounts of files on Windows drives such as `/mnt/c`. ## 4.97.0