Docker Engine v29.8.1 Addresses Containerd and Networking Issues, Updates Packages
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Docker Engine v29.8.1 has been released, focusing on critical bug fixes and minor enhancements for the container runtime. Key improvements include resolving dangling images after `docker load` with the containerd image store and fixing user-namespace detection on OpenVZ. The update also preserves hard links on Windows container commits and addresses a `GET /networks` API error. This patch release enhances stability and reliability for Docker users across different environments.
- →containerd image store: Fix docker load leaving dangling images after loading an image that already exists. moby/moby#53595
- →Fix managed containerd logging a CRI pod-sandbox plugin dependency warning during startup. moby/moby#53585
- →Fix user-namespace detection on OpenVZ, where namespace inode numbers are virtualized. moby/moby#53605
- →Update containerd (static binaries) to v2.3.5. moby/moby#53589
- →Fix GET /networks returning a 500 status if an invalid 'type' filter was provided. moby/moby#53678
Enhancements (1) ›
- Update containerd (static binaries) to v2.3.5. moby/moby#53589
Fixes (5) ›
- containerd image store: Fix docker load leaving dangling images after loading an image that already exists. moby/moby#53595
- Fix managed containerd logging a CRI pod-sandbox plugin dependency warning during startup. moby/moby#53585
- Fix user-namespace detection on OpenVZ, where namespace inode numbers are virtualized. moby/moby#53605
Windows: Preserve hard links when committing a container, so a file with multiple names is stored once in the resulting image layer instead of once per name. moby/moby#53624
- Fix GET /networks returning a 500 status if an invalid 'type' filter was provided. moby/moby#53678
Read the original announcement →
https://github.com/moby/moby/releases/tag/docker-v29.8.1
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