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title: Docker Engine 26.1 release notes
linkTitle: Engine v26.1
description: Learn about the new features, bug fixes, and breaking changes for Docker Engine
keywords: docker, docker engine, ce, whats new, release notes
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This page describes the latest changes, additions, known issues, and fixes for Docker Engine version 26.1.
For more information about:
- Deprecated and removed features, see [Deprecated Engine Features](../deprecated.md).
- Changes to the Engine API, see [Engine API version history](/reference/api/engine/version-history.md).
## 26.1.4
{{< release-date date="2024-06-05" >}}
For a full list of pull requests and changes in this release, refer to the relevant GitHub milestones:
- [docker/cli, 26.1.4 milestone](https://github.com/docker/cli/issues?q=is%3Aclosed+milestone%3A26.1.4)
- [moby/moby, 26.1.4 milestone](https://github.com/moby/moby/issues?q=is%3Aclosed+milestone%3A26.1.4)
- Deprecated and removed features, see [Deprecated Features](https://github.com/docker/cli/blob/v26.1.4/docs/deprecated.md).
- Changes to the Engine API, see [API version history](https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/v26.1.4/docs/api/version-history.md).
### Security
This release updates the Go runtime to 1.21.11 which contains security fixes for:
- [CVE-2024-24789]
- [CVE-2024-24790]
- A symlink time of check to time of use race condition during directory removal reported by [Addison Crump](https://github.com/addisoncrump).
### Bug fixes and enhancements
- Fixed an issue where promoting a node immediately after another node was demoted could cause the promotion to fail. [moby/moby#47870](https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/47870)
- Prevent the daemon log from being spammed with `superfluous response.WriteHeader call ...` messages. [moby/moby#47843](https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/47843)
- Don't show empty hints when plugins return an empty hook message. [docker/cli#5083](https://github.com/docker/cli/pull/5083)
- Fix a compatibility issue with Visual Studio Container Tools. [docker/cli#5095](https://github.com/docker/cli/pull/5095)
### Packaging updates
- Update containerd (static binaries only) to [v1.7.17](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.7.17). [moby/moby#47841](https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/47841)
- Update Compose to [v2.27.1](https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/tag/v2.27.1). [docker/docker-ce-packages#1022](https://github.com/docker/docker-ce-packaging/pull/1022)
- Update Buildx to [v0.14.1](https://github.com/docker/buildx/releases/tag/v0.14.1). [docker/docker-ce-packages#1021](https://github.com/docker/docker-ce-packaging/pull/1021)
## 26.1.3
{{< release-date date="2024-05-16" >}}
For a full list of pull requests and changes in this release, refer to the relevant GitHub milestones:
- [docker/cli, 26.1.3 milestone](https://github.com/docker/cli/issues?q=is%3Aclosed+milestone%3A26.1.3)
- [moby/moby, 26.1.3 milestone](https://github.com/moby/moby/issues?q=is%3Aclosed+milestone%3A26.1.3)
- Deprecated and removed features, see [Deprecated Features](https://github.com/docker/cli/blob/v26.1.3/docs/deprecated.md).
- Changes to the Engine API, see [API version history](https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/v26.1.3/docs/api/version-history.md).
### Bug fixes and enhancements
- Fix a regression that prevented the use of DNS servers within a `--internal` network. [moby/moby#47832](https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/47832)
- When the internal DNS server's own address is supplied as an external server address, ignore it to avoid unproductive recursion. [moby/moby#47833](https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/47833)
### Packaging updates
- Allow runc to kill containers when confined to the runc profile in AppArmor version 4.0.0 and later. [moby/moby#47829](https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/47829)
## 26.1.2
{{< release-date date="2024-05-08" >}}
For a full list of pull requests and changes in this release, refer to the relevant GitHub milestones:
- [docker/cli, 26.1.2 milestone](https://github.com/docker/cli/issues?q=is%3Aclosed+milestone%3A26.1.2)