# Docker Desktop 4.88.0

- Product: Docker Desktop (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/docker-desktop)
- Vendor: Docker
- Date: 2026-08-24
- Version: 4.88.0
- Original notes: https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/docker-desktop/releases/4.88.0

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- **changed** — Docker Agent updated to v1.124.0
- **changed** — Docker Offload updated to v0.6.13
- **changed** — Docker Model Runner updated to v1.2.8
- **changed** — containerd updated to v2.3.3
- **changed** — Runc updated to v1.4.3
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where Docker Desktop reported enable fsverity failed: operation not supported as the crash cause instead of the real underlying error
- **fixed** — Fixed a bug where changing the hypervisor type in Settings had no effect when Docker Desktop was in Resource saver mode
- **fixed** — Fixed port bindings reported by docker ps to accurately reflect active listeners when using 'Localhost by default' or 'Localhost only' settings, and added [::1] loopback listener alongside 127.0.0.1
- **fixed** — Fixed an HTTP 500 error that could occur during Docker Desktop startup or wake from idle-shutdown when the engine socket existed but was not yet listening
- **fixed** — Fixed a bug where Docker Desktop would fail to start if ~/.docker/daemon.json was corrupted with null bytes and now automatically recovers to default daemon settings
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue in the Docker Engine config editor in settings where validation error messages would disappear immediately while typing invalid JSON
- **fixed** — Fixed a Docker VMM regression that reduced container inbound network throughput to roughly 0.3 GB per second
- **fixed** — Fixed error messages shown when the Docker Desktop VM exits unexpectedly to include the exit status code and surface the actual root cause of the crash
- **changed** — Docker VMM can now use more than 28GiB of host memory on Mac
- **fixed** — Fixed a Windows auto-update failure when a self-updated CLI plugin newer than the bundled version was already present in the user's CLI-plugins folder
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue on per-user Windows installs where Hyper-V, Windows containers, and related settings are now correctly disabled and grayed out

Updates
Docker Agent v1.124.0
Docker Offload v0.6.13
Docker Model Runner v1.2.8
containerd v2.3.3
Runc v1.4.3
Bug fixes and enhancements
For all platforms
Fixed an issue where Docker Desktop reported enable fsverity failed: operation not supported as the crash cause instead of the real underlying error.
Fixed a bug where changing the hypervisor type in Settings had no effect when Docker Desktop was in Resource saver mode.
Fixed port bindings reported by docker ps to accurately reflect active listeners when using 'Localhost by default' or 'Localhost only' settings, and added [::1] loopback listener alongside 127.0.0.1.
Fixed an HTTP 500 error that could occur during Docker Desktop startup or wake from idle-shutdown when the engine socket existed but was not yet listening.
Fixed a bug where Docker Desktop would fail to start if ~/.docker/daemon.json was corrupted with null bytes (typically caused by a crash or power-loss during a settings save). Docker Desktop now automatically recovers to default daemon settings.
Fixed an issue in the Docker Engine config editor in settings where validation error messages would disappear immediately while typing invalid JSON.
Fixed a Docker VMM regression that reduced container inbound network throughput to roughly 0.3 GB per second.
Fixed error messages shown when the Docker Desktop VM exits unexpectedly to include the exit status code and surface the actual root cause of the crash.
For Mac
Docker VMM can now use more than 28GiB of host memory.
For Windows
Fixed a Windows auto-update failure when a self-updated CLI plugin (e.g docker scout or docker agent) newer than the bundled version was already present in the user's CLI-plugins folder.
Fixed an issue on per-user Windows installs where Hyper-V, Windows containers, and related settings are now correctly disabled and grayed out, preventing broken behavior caused by the unavailable priveleged helper service.