Docker Engine 17.12 release notes

17.12.1-ce

2018-02-27

Client

• Fix node-generic-resource typo moby/moby#35970 and moby/moby#36125
• Return errors from daemon on stack deploy configs create/update docker/cli#757

Logging

• awslogs: fix batch size calculation for large logs moby/moby#35726
• Support a proxy in splunk log driver moby/moby#36220

Networking

• Fix ingress network when upgrading from 17.09 to 17.12 moby/moby#36003
• Add verbose info to partial overlay ID moby/moby#35989
• Fix IPv6 networking being deconfigured if live-restore is being enabled docker/libnetwork#2043
• Fix watchMiss thread context docker/libnetwork#2051

Packaging

• Set TasksMax in docker.service docker/docker-ce-packaging#78

Runtime

• Bump Golang to 1.9.4
• Bump containerd to 1.0.1
• Fix dockerd not being able to reconnect to containerd when it is restarted moby/moby#36173
• Fix containerd events from being processed twice moby/moby#35891
• Fix vfs graph driver failure to initialize because of failure to setup fs quota moby/moby#35827
• Fix regression of health check not using container’s working directory moby/moby#35845
• Honor DOCKER_RAMDISK with containerd 1.0 moby/moby#35957
• Update runc to fix hang during start and exec moby/moby#36097
• Windows: Vendor of Microsoft/hcsshim @v.0.6.8 partial fix for import layer failing moby/moby#35924
• Do not make graphdriver homes private mounts moby/moby#36047
• Use rslave propagation for mounts from daemon root moby/moby#36055
• Set daemon root to use shared mount propagation moby/moby#36096
• Validate that mounted paths exist when container is started, not just during creation moby/moby#35833
• Add REMOVE and ORPHANED to TaskState moby/moby#36146
• Fix issue where network inspect does not show Created time for networks in swarm scope moby/moby#36095
• Nullify container read write layer upon release moby/moby#36130 and moby/moby#36343

Swarm

• Remove watchMiss from swarm mode docker/libnetwork#2047

Known Issues

• Health check no longer uses the container’s working directory moby/moby#35843
• Errors not returned from client in stack deploy configs moby/moby#757
• Docker cannot use memory limit when using systemd options moby/moby#35123

17.12.0-ce

2017-12-27

Known Issues

• AWS logs batch size calculation moby/moby#35726
• Health check no longer uses the container’s working directory moby/moby#35843
• Errors not returned from client in stack deploy configs moby/moby#757
• Daemon aborts when project quota fails moby/moby#35827
• Docker cannot use memory limit when using systemd options moby/moby#35123

Builder

• Fix build cache hash for broken symlink moby/moby#34271
• Fix long stream sync moby/moby#35404
• Fix dockerfile parser failing silently on long tokens moby/moby#35429

Client

• Remove secret/config duplication in cli/compose docker/cli#671
• Add --local flag to docker trust sign docker/cli#575
• Add docker trust inspect docker/cli#694
• Add name field to secrets and configs to allow interpolation in Compose files docker/cli#668
• Add --isolation for setting swarm service isolation mode docker/cli#426
• Remove deprecated “daemon” subcommand docker/cli#689
• Fix behaviour of rmi -f with unexpected errors docker/cli#654
• Integrated Generic resource in service create docker/cli#429
• Fix external networks in stacks docker/cli#743
• Remove support for referencing images by image shortid docker/cli#753 and moby/moby#35790
• Use commit-sha instead of tag for containerd moby/moby#35770

Documentation

• Update API version history for 1.35 moby/moby#35724

Logging

• Logentries driver line-only=true []byte output fix moby/moby#35612
• Logentries line-only logopt fix to maintain backwards compatibility moby/moby#35628
• Add --until flag for docker logs moby/moby#32914
• Add gelf log driver plugin to Windows build moby/moby#35073
• Set timeout on splunk batch send moby/moby#35496
• Update Graylog2/go-gelf moby/moby#35765

Networking

• Move load balancer sandbox creation/deletion into libnetwork moby/moby#35422
• Only chown network files within container metadata moby/moby#34224
• Restore error type in FindNetwork moby/moby#35634
• Fix consumes MIME type for NetworkConnect moby/moby#35542
• Added support for persisting Windows network driver specific options moby/moby#35563
• Fix timeout on netlink sockets and watchmiss leak moby/moby#35677
• New daemon config for networking diagnosis moby/moby#35677
• Clean up node management logic docker/libnetwork#2036
• Allocate VIPs when endpoints are restored docker/swarmkit#2474

Runtime

• Update to containerd v1.0.0 moby/moby#35707
• Have VFS graphdriver use accelerated in-kernel copy moby/moby#35537
• Introduce workingdir option for docker exec moby/moby#35661
• Bump Go to 1.9.2 moby/moby#33892 docker/cli#716
• /dev should not be readonly with --readonly flag moby/moby#35344
• Add custom build-time Graphdrivers priority list moby/moby#35522
• LCOW: CLI changes to add platform flag - pull, run, create and build docker/cli#474
• Fix width/height on Windows for docker exec moby/moby#35631
• Detect overlay2 support on pre-4.0 kernels moby/moby#35527
• Devicemapper: remove container rootfs mountPath after umount moby/moby#34573
• Disallow overlay/overlay2 on top of NFS moby/moby#35483
• Fix potential panic during plugin set. moby/moby#35632
• Fix some issues with locking on the container moby/moby#35501
• Fixup some issues with plugin refcounting moby/moby#35265
• Add missing lock in ProcessEvent moby/moby#35516
• Add vfs quota support moby/moby#35231
• Skip empty directories on prior graphdriver detection moby/moby#35528
• Skip xfs quota tests when running in user namespace moby/moby#35526
• Added SubSecondPrecision to config option. moby/moby#35529
• Update fsnotify to fix deadlock in removing watch moby/moby#35453
• Fix “duplicate mount point” when --tmpfs /dev/shm is used moby/moby#35467
• Fix honoring tmpfs-size for user /dev/shm mount moby/moby#35316
• Fix EBUSY errors under overlayfs and v4.13+ kernels moby/moby#34948
• Container: protect health monitor channel moby/moby#35482
• Container: protect the health status with mutex moby/moby#35517
• Container: update real-time resources moby/moby#33731
• Create labels when volume exists only remotely moby/moby#34896
• Fix leaking container/exec state moby/moby#35484
• Disallow using legacy (v1) registries moby/moby#35751 and docker/cli#747
• Windows: Fix case insensitive filename matching against builder cache moby/moby#35793
• Fix race conditions around process handling and error checks moby/moby#35809
• Ensure containers are stopped on daemon startup moby/moby#35805
• Follow containerd namespace conventions moby/moby#35812

Swarm Mode

• Added support for swarm service isolation mode moby/moby#34424
• Fix task clean up for tasks that are complete docker/swarmkit#2477

Packaging

• Add Packaging for Fedora 27 docker/docker-ce-packaging#59
• Change default versioning scheme to 0.0.0-dev unless specified for packaging docker/docker-ce-packaging#67
• Pass Version to engine static builds docker/docker-ce-packaging#70
• Added support for aarch64 on Debian (stretch/jessie) and Ubuntu Zesty or newer docker/docker-ce-packaging#35