Docker Desktop for Mac 3.x Release Notes

--- description: Change log / release notes for Docker Desktop for Mac 3.x keywords: Docker Desktop for Mac 3.x release notes title: Docker Desktop for Mac 3.x release notes toc_min: 1 toc_max: 2 aliases: - /desktop/mac/previous-versions/ - /docker-for-mac/previous-versions/ - /desktop/mac/release-notes/3.x/ sitemap: false --- This page contains release notes for Docker Desktop for Mac 3.x. ## Docker Desktop 3.6.0 2021-08-11 ### New - **Dev Environments**: You can now create a Dev Environment from your local Git repository. - **Volume Management**: You can now sort volumes by the name, the date created, and the size of the volume. You can also search for specific volumes using the **Search** field. For more information, see [Explore volumes](../use-desktop/volumes.md). ### Upgrades - [Compose V2 RC1](https://github.com/docker/compose-cli/releases/tag/v2.0.0-rc.1) - Docker compose command line completion. - Allow setting 0 scale/replicas. - Detect new container on logs —follow. - [Go 1.16.7](https://github.com/golang/go/releases/tag/go1.16.7) - [Docker Engine 20.10.8](/manuals/engine/release-notes/20.10.md#20108) - [containerd v1.4.9](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.4.9) - [runc v1.0.1](https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/tag/v1.0.1) - [Kubernetes 1.21.3](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases/tag/v1.21.3) - [Linux kernel 5.10.47](https://hub.docker.com/layers/docker/for-desktop-kernel/5.10.47-0b705d955f5e283f62583c4e227d64a7924c138f/images/sha256-a4c79bc185ec9eba48dcc802a8881b9d97e532b3f803d23e5b8d4951588f4d51?context=repo) ### Bug fixes and minor changes - Update kernel configuration to fix a performance regression in [Docker Desktop 3.0.0](#docker-desktop-300) that caused publishing container ports to take 10 times longer than on older versions. For more information, see [linuxkit/linuxkit#3701](https://github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit/pull/3701) and [docker/for-mac#5668](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/5668). - Fixed a bug where the DNS server would fail after receiving an unexpectedly large datagram. - Fixed an issue related to hardware acceleration [docker/for-mac#5121](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/5121) - Fixed an issue related to Skip This Update for mac [docker/for-mac#5842](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/5842) ## Docker Desktop 3.5.2 2021-07-08 ### New **Dev Environments Preview**: Dev Environments enable you to seamlessly collaborate with your team members without moving between Git branches to get your code onto your team members' machines. When using Dev Environments, you can share your in-progress work with your team members in just one click, and without having to deal with any merge conflicts. ### Upgrades - [Compose V2 beta 6](https://github.com/docker/compose-cli/releases/tag/v2.0.0-beta.6) - `compose run` and `compose exec` commands use separate streams for stdout and stderr. See [docker/compose-cli#1873](https://github.com/docker/compose-cli/issues/1873). - `compose run` and `compose exec` commands support detach keys. Fixes [docker/compose-cli#1709](https://github.com/docker/compose-cli/issues/1709). - Fixed `--force` and `--volumes` flags on `compose rm` command. See [docker/compose-cli#1844](https://github.com/docker/compose-cli/issues/1844). - Fixed network's IPAM configuration. Service can define a fixed IP. Fixes for [docker/compose-cli#1678](https://github.com/docker/compose-cli/issues/1678) and [docker/compose-cli#1816](https://github.com/docker/compose-cli/issues/1816) - Dev Environments - Support VS Code Insiders. - Allow users to specify a branch when cloning a project. ### Bug fixes and minor changes - Dev Environments: Fixed a blank screen in some create and remove scenarios. Fixes [dev-environments#4](https://github.com/docker/dev-environments/issues/4) - Dev Environments: Fixed error handling when removing an environment. Fixes [dev-environments#8](https://github.com/docker/dev-environments/issues/8)

This document provides release notes for Docker Desktop for Mac version 3.x. It details the new features, upgrades, bug fixes, and minor changes introduced in versions 3.6.0 and 3.5.2, including the introduction of Dev Environments, volume management improvements, updates to Compose V2, Go, Docker Engine, containerd, runc, Kubernetes, and the Linux kernel.