Docker Desktop 4.78.0

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Updates

• Docker Agent v1.73.0
• docker pass v0.1.4
• Credential helpers v0.9.8

Bug fixes and enhancements

For all platforms

• Fixed an out-of-memory crash that would cause Docker Desktop to become unresponsive or crash while streaming logs in the Docker Desktop Dashboard.
• Improved update reliability by retrying stalled and transient download failures and resuming from the partially downloaded file.
• Added live streaming output to Gordon tool calls so long-running commands like docker compose up display STDOUT/STDERR in real time instead of waiting until completion.
• Added color-coded labels to the Logs view so each container and build source is visually distinguished by a unique color in both the log grid and the container-filter dropdown.
• Improved the error message when the Docker Desktop VM fails to start. It now shows the underlying VirtualizationFramework / libkrun reason instead of the generic Use of closed network connection.
• Fixed a bug where Docker CLI error messages were shown as raw JSON instead of human-readable text while Docker Desktop was in Resource Saver mode.
• Fixed a crash that occurred in the Logs view when deselecting a container filter.
• Fixed an issue where the support page was replaced by the no-virtualization override screen when accessed from the troubleshooting popover.
• Fixed an issue where Docker Desktop failed to start on bare metal EC2 instances (e.g. g4dn.metal) with a Nested virtualization not supported error.
• Increased the retry delay to accommodate transient rename failures caused by antivirus software holding file locks.
• Gordon now shows clear network error messages with guidance to check VPN, proxy, or firewall settings when outbound HTTPS to Docker's services is blocked, instead of a generic agent error.
• Fixed the Gordon AI model picker incorrectly showing an internal model identifier instead of Default for sessions with no explicit model selection.

For Windows

• Added Synchronized file shares support for the WSL2 backend.
• Fixed Docker Desktop getting stuck on Starting the Docker Engine… after an in-place upgrade.
• Fixed a bug where Docker Desktop was not restarted after a failed update was reverted to the previous version.
• Fixed delta updates failing to prepare.
• Fixed an issue on Hyper-V where Docker commands (e.g. docker login) would fail on the first attempt after the engine had been idle-shut-down or paused.
• Fixed an issue on Windows where Docker Desktop showed a generic engine-start failure instead of a clear, actionable error message when WSL is not installed.