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This page contains information about the new features, improvements, known issues, and bug fixes in Docker Desktop releases.

Releases are gradually rolled out to ensure quality control. If the latest version is not yet available to you, allow some time — updates typically become available within a week of the release date.

Docker Desktop versions older than 6 months from the latest release are not available for download. Previous release notes are available in ourdocumentation repository.

For more frequently asked questions, see theFAQs.

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If you're experiencing malware detection issues on Mac, follow the steps documented indocker/for-mac#7527.

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In this release, the bundled Docker Compose and Buildx binaries show a different version string. This relates to our efforts to test new features without causing backwards compatibility issues.

For example, docker buildx version outputs buildx v0.11.2-desktop.1.

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If you are running Docker Desktop on Windows Home, installing 4.5.1 will switch it back to WSL 2 automatically. If you are running another version of Windows, and you want Docker Desktop to use the WSL 2 backend, you must manually switch by enabling the Use the WSL 2 based engine option in the Settings > General section. Alternatively, you can edit the Docker Desktop settings file located at %APPDATA%\Docker\settings.json and manually switch the value of the wslEngineEnabled field to true.

2022-02-10

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Installing Docker Desktop 4.5.0 from scratch has a bug which defaults Docker Desktop to use the Hyper-V backend instead of WSL 2. This means, Windows Home users will not be able to start Docker Desktop as WSL 2 is the only supported backend. To work around this issue, you must uninstall 4.5.0 from your machine and then download and install Docker Desktop 4.5.1 or a higher version. Alternatively, you can edit the Docker Desktop settings.json file located at %APPDATA%\Docker\settings.json and manually switch the value of the wslEngineEnabled field to true.

2022-01-24

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Docker Desktop version 4.3.0 and 4.3.1 has a bug that may log sensitive information (access token or password) on the user's machine during login. This only affects users if they are on Docker Desktop 4.3.0, 4.3.1 and the user has logged in while on 4.3.0, 4.3.1. Gaining access to this data would require having access to the user’s local files.

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Docker Desktop version 4.3.0 and 4.3.1 has a bug that may log sensitive information (access token or password) on the user's machine during login. This only affects users if they are on Docker Desktop 4.3.0, 4.3.1 and the user has logged in while on 4.3.0, 4.3.1. Gaining access to this data would require having access to the user’s local files.

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Log4j 2 CVE-2021-44228: We have updated the docker scan CLI plugin. This new version of docker scan is able to detectLog4j 2 CVE-2021-44228 andLog4j 2 CVE-2021-45046

For more information, read the blog postApache Log4j 2 CVE-2021-44228.

2021-12-11

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Log4j 2 CVE-2021-44228: We have updated the docker scan CLI plugin for you. Older versions of docker scan in Docker Desktop 4.3.0 and earlier versions are not able to detectLog4j 2 CVE-2021-44228.

For more information, read the blog postApache Log4j 2 CVE-2021-44228.

2021-12-02

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Docker Desktop Dashboard incorrectly displays the container memory usage as zero on Hyper-V based machines. You can use thedocker statscommand on the command line as a workaround to view the actual memory usage. Seedocker/for-mac#6076.

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Pause/Resume: You can now pause your Docker Desktop session when you are not actively using it and save CPU resources on your machine.

Software Updates: The option to turn off automatic check for updates is now available for users on all Docker subscriptions, including Docker Personal and Docker Pro. All update-related settings have been moved to the Software Updates section.

Window management: The Docker Desktop Dashboard window size and position persists when you close and reopen Docker Desktop.

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When upgrading from 4.1.0, the Docker menu does not change to Update and restart so you can just wait for the download to complete (icon changes) and then select Restart. This bug is fixed in 4.1.1, for future upgrades.

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Docker Desktop may fail to start when upgrading to 4.1.0 on some WSL-based distributions such as ArchWSL. Seedocker/for-win#12229

2021-09-13

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Docker hasannounced updates and extensions to the product subscriptions to increase productivity, collaboration, and added security for our developers and businesses.

The updatedDocker Subscription Service Agreement includes a change to the terms for Docker Desktop.

To understand how these changes affect you, read theFAQs. For more information, seeDocker subscription overview.

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