Sandbox plugin removed; disk-full error now clear

2026-07-22

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• Windows(checksum)
• Windows ARM Early Access(checksum)
• Mac with Apple chip(checksum)
• Mac with Intel chip(checksum)
• Debian - RPM - Arch(checksum)

Updates

• Docker Offload v0.6.6
• Docker Buildx v0.35.0
• Docker Model Runner v1.2.4
• containerd v2.2.5
• Docker Engine v29.6.1
• Runc v1.3.6
• Kubernetes v1.36.1
  • CNI plugins v1.9.1
  • cri-tools v1.35.0
  • cri-dockerd v0.3.25
• Updated Kubernetes images:
  • Kubeadm:
    • docker/desktop-storage-provisioner:v4.0
    • docker/desktop-vpnkit-controller:v4.0
    • docker/desktop-kubernetes-etcd:3.6.8-0
    • docker/desktop-kubernetes-coredns:v1.14.2
    • docker/desktop-kubernetes-pause:3.10.2
    • docker/desktop-kubernetes-apiserver:v1.36.1
    • docker/desktop-kubernetes-controller-manager:v1.36.1
    • docker/desktop-kubernetes-scheduler:v1.36.1
    • docker/desktop-kubernetes-proxy:v1.36.1
  • Kind:
    • docker/desktop-containerd-registry-mirror:v0.0.4
    • docker/desktop-cloud-provider-kind:v0.6.0
    • envoyproxy/envoy:v1.36.7

Bug fixes and enhancements

For all platforms

• The experimental docker sandbox plugin has been removed. Migrate to docker sbx.
• Fixed an issue where running out of disk space showed a generic error dialog instead of a clear Disk full message prompting users to free up space and restart.
• Fixed an issue where using docker -c desktop-linux while a cloud context was active would silently route commands to the cloud engine instead of the local desktop Linux engine.
• Fixed a bug where the backend would incorrectly report a stopped VM as running after an idle shutdown, especially when Enhanced Container Isolation was enabled.
• Fixed an OS update notification timing issue where users with auto-download enabled were notified when an update was available rather than when it was ready to install.

For Mac

• Removed the legacy osxfs file sharing. Users still on osxfs are migrated to VirtioFS.
• Increased VirtioFS filesharing performance by not persisting (fake) file ownership changes on the host. Calls to chown will succeed, but stat will not be affected.

For Windows

• Fixed an issue where the Windows installer failed when the destination directory contained leftover files from a previous interrupted installation.
• Fixed an issue on Windows where upgrading Docker Desktop would unnecessarily shut down and unregister unrelated WSL distros via wsl --shutdown.
• Fixed spurious Hyper-V job failures on Windows where operations briefly transitioning through suspended or shutting down states were incorrectly reported as failed.
• Fixed an issue where the WSL engine failed to start with a Permission denied error on machines where the cross-distro WSL mount was configured as noexec.
• Fixed an issue on Windows where end users could override the NO_PROXY exclusion list even when an admin had locked the proxy configuration.
• Fixed an issue on Windows where Docker Desktop would silently disappear on startup failure. An error dialog is now displayed instead.
• Fixed an issue on Windows where Docker Desktop showed a generic engine-start failure instead of routing to the WSL update recovery when an older wsl.exe did not support the --version flag.