# Colima v0.8.3

- Product: Colima (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/colima)
- Vendor: Abiola Ibrahim
- Date: 2025-08-05
- Version: v0.8.3
- Original notes: https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/releases/tag/v0.8.3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/colima/releases/v0.8.3
- Labels: Platforms: macOS, Linux

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- **fixed** — Fix exec format error when running a cross-architecture image
- **changed** — Set default volume mount type to virtiofs when VZ is in use
- **changed** — Use containerd image store for Docker
- **added** — Mount containerd socket for Docker and Containerd runtimes
- **added** — Mount buildkitd socket for Containerd runtime
- **changed** — Add mounted socket path(s) to the output of colima status for all container runtimes
- **added** — Allow overriding default k3s flags with --k3s-arg flag

##### Highlights

This is an hotfix release to address a regression that causes `exec /bin/sh: exec format error` when running a cross-architecture image.

##### Fixes
- Fix exec format error when running a cross-architecture image. Requires recreating instance if created with v0.8.2. Fixes #1367. 
- Set default volume mount type to `virtiofs` when VZ is in use.

##### Other Updates
- Use containerd image store for Docker
- Mount containerd socket for Docker and Containerd runtimes
- Mount buildkitd socket for Containerd runtime.
- Add mounted socket path(s) to the output of `colima status` for all container runtimes.
- Allow overriding default k3s flags with `--k3s-arg` flag.

##### Commits
* Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 7: Incorrect conversion between integer types by @abiosoft in https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/pull/1357
* containerd: expose containerd and buildkit sockets by @abiosoft in https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/pull/1358
* cli: set default mount type to virtiofs for vz by @abiosoft in https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/pull/1359
* Docker improvements by @abiosoft in https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/pull/1360
* k3s: allow overriding default k3s args by @Nevon in https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/pull/1365
* core: update disk images by @abiosoft in https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/pull/1368

##### New Contributors
* @Nevon made their first contribution in https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/pull/1365

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/compare/v0.8.2...v0.8.3