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description: Change log / release notes per edge release
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title: Docker Desktop for Windows Edge Release notes
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This page contains information about Docker Desktop Edge releases. Edge releases give you early access to our newest features. Note that some of the features may be experimental, and some of them may not ever reach the Stable release.

 For Docker Desktop system requirements, see
[What to know before you install](/manuals/desktop/setup/install/windows-install.md#system-requirements).

## Docker Desktop Community 2.5.4
2020-12-07


### Upgrades

- [Docker Engine 20.10.0-rc2](https://github.com/docker/docker-ce/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#20100)
- [Go 1.15.6](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.15.6+label%3ACherryPickApproved+)

### Bug fixes and minor changes

- Fixed an issue causing the background update to fail when the current user is not an administrator.
- Downgraded the kernel to [4.19.121](https://hub.docker.com/layers/docker/for-desktop-kernel/4.19.121-2a1dbedf3f998dac347c499808d7c7e029fbc4d3-amd64/images/sha256-4e7d94522be4f25f1fbb626d5a0142cbb6e785f37e437f6fd4285e64a199883a?context=repo) to reduce the CPU usage of hyperkit. Fixes [docker/for-mac#5044](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/5044)

## Docker Desktop Community 2.5.3
2020-11-30


### Upgrades

- [Compose CLI v1.0.3](https://github.com/docker/compose-cli/releases/tag/v1.0.3)

## Docker Desktop Community 2.5.2
2020-11-26


### New

- Use of three digit version number.
- Starting with Docker Desktop 2.5.2, updates will be much smaller as they will be applied using delta patches.

### Bug fixes and minor changes

- Fixed an unexpected EOF error when trying to start a non-existing container with `-v /var/run/docker.sock:`. See [docker/for-mac#5025](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/5025).

## Docker Desktop Community 2.5.1.0
2020-11-18


This release contains a Kubernetes upgrade. Note that your local Kubernetes cluster will be reset after installing Docker Desktop.

### Upgrades

- [Docker Engine 20.10.0-rc1](https://github.com/docker/docker-ce/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#20100)
- [Compose CLI v1.0.2](https://github.com/docker/compose-cli/releases/tag/v1.0.2)
- [Snyk v1.424.4](https://github.com/snyk/snyk/releases/tag/v1.424.4)
- [Kubernetes 1.19.3](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases/tag/v1.19.3)

### Bug fixes and minor changes

- Renamed 'Run Diagnostics' to 'Get support'.
- Fixed an issue with the WSL 2 backend where some network plugins may fail to load, provoking a crash of the Docker daemon.
- Fixed an unexpected EOF error when trying to start a non-existing container. See [docker/for-mac#5025](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/5025).

## Docker Desktop Community 2.4.2.0
2020-10-19


### New

- If you have enabled [Vulnerability Scanning](../../docker-hub/repos/manage/vulnerability-scanning.md) in Docker Hub, the scan results will now appear in Docker Desktop.

### Upgrades

- [Docker Engine 20.10.0 beta1](https://github.com/docker/docker-ce/blob/0fc7084265b3786a5867ec311d3f916af7bf7a23/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Docker Compose CLI - 0.1.22](https://github.com/docker/compose-cli/releases/tag/v0.1.22)
- [Linux kernel 5.4.39](https://hub.docker.com/layers/linuxkit/kernel/5.4.39-f39f83d0d475b274938c86eaa796022bfc7063d2/images/sha256-8614670219aca0bb276d4749e479591b60cd348abc770ac9ecd09ee4c1575405?context=explore)
- [Kubernetes 1.19.2](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases/tag/v1.19.2)
- [Go 1.15.2](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone:Go1.15.2+label:CherryPickApproved)

* Deprecation
  - Docker Desktop cannot be installed on Windows 1703 (build 15063) anymore.

### Bug fixes and minor changes

- Fixed an issue that can intermittently cause the WSL 2 backend to fail to start.
- Fixed an issue related to NFS mounting. See [docker/for-mac#4958](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/4958).