# container 1.3.0

- Product: container (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/container)
- Vendor: container
- Date: 2026-08-24
- Version: 1.3.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/apple/container/releases/tag/1.3.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/container/releases/1.3.0

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- **changed** — Default Kata kernel is now 3.32.0-debug
- **changed** — Documentation has been expanded and reorganized
- **changed** — Relax maskedPaths and readonlyPaths for container machines
- **removed** — Removed --scheme auto for image operations, default is now https
- **fixed** — Update sudoers file to not include dots
- **fixed** — Refactor tmpfsMounts() to process tmpfs path correctly
- **fixed** — Validate volume name in volume disk usage call
- **fixed** — Fix k8s integration test with scoped domain
- **fixed** — Fix a compilation error

##### Highlights 

⌨️ denotes breaking CLI changes.

👩‍💻 denotes breaking API changes.

- Core
  - [Default Kata kernel is now 3.32.0-debug](https://github.com/apple/container/pull/2143)
  - [Documentation has been expanded and reorganized](https://github.com/apple/container/pull/2032).
  - [Relax maskedPaths and readonlyPaths for container machines](https://github.com/apple/container/pull/2137)
- Images
  - ⌨️ [Removed `--scheme auto` for image operations, default is now `https`](https://github.com/apple/container/issues/2099).

##### What's Changed
* Update sudoers file to not include dots by @tumd in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/2080
* Refactor tmpfsMounts() to process tmpfs path correctly by @LevelVoid in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/2103
* Remove `auto` registry scheme. by @jglogan in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/2100
* Validate volume name in volume disk usage call by @katiewasnothere in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/2107
* Topic/docs refactor by @egernst in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/2032
* Integration test: fix k8s test with scoped domain. by @jglogan in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/2104
* Extracts createPluginLoader() for use by container k8s. by @jglogan in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/2115
* Fix a compilation error by @dkovba in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/2119
* Split K8sHelper, add WorkerProvisioner protocol, and add LinuxWorker … by @jshi991 in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/2110
* Do not set default maskedPaths and readonlyPaths for container machines by @katiewasnothere in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/2137
* Remove AsyncParsableCommand conformance from ContainerCLI  by @noah-thor in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/2140
* Add identifier validation tests for the disk-usage routes by @realrajaryan in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/2136
* Update default kernel to Kata Containers 3.32.0 debug build by @agamdua in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/2143

##### New Contributors
* @tumd made their first contribution in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/2080
* @LevelVoid made their first contribution in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/2103
* @agamdua made their first contribution in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/2143

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/apple/container/compare/1.2.2...1.3.0