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Podman Desktop 1.20 Release! 🎉

Podman Desktop 1.20 is now available. Click here to download it!

This release brings exciting new features and improvements:

• Start all containers in bulk: A new bulk-run button allows you to start multiple selected containers at once, saving time when launching your container stack.
• Switching users and clusters: Seamlessly switch your active Kubernetes cluster and user context from within Podman Desktop, making multi-cluster workflows much easier.
• Search by description in extension list: Find extensions faster by searching not just by name but also through keywords in their descriptions.
• Update providers from the Resources page: Easily update your container engines or Kubernetes providers right from the Resources page for a more streamlined upgrade process.
• Local Extension Development Mode: The production binary now lets you load and live-test local extensions after enabling Development Mode, eliminating the need to run Podman Desktop in dev/watch mode.
• Instantly stop live container logs: Now you can stop live log streaming from containers without closing the logs window. This gives you more control over resource usage and debugging workflows.
• New Community page website: A new Community page on our website helps you connect with fellow users, find resources, and get involved with Podman Desktop’s development.

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Release details 🔍​

Bulk Start All Containers​

If you have several containers to run, you no longer need to start each one individually. Podman Desktop now provides a “Run All” button on the Containers view to launch all selected containers with a single click. This makes it much more convenient to bring up multiple services or an entire application stack in one go. Already-running containers are intelligently skipped, so the bulk start action focuses on only starting the ones that are stopped.

Switch Users and Clusters​

Podman Desktop’s Kubernetes integration now supports easy context switching between different clusters and user accounts. You can change your active Kubernetes cluster and user directly through the application UI without editing config files or using external CLI commands. This is especially useful for developers working with multiple environments – for example, switching from a development cluster to a production cluster (or using different user credentials) is now just a few clicks. It streamlines multi-cluster workflows by letting you hop between contexts seamlessly inside Podman Desktop.

Extension Search by Description​

The extension marketplace search has been improved to help you discover tools more easily. Previously, searching for extensions only matched against extension names. In Podman Desktop 1.20, the search bar also looks at extension descriptions. This means you can enter a keyword related to an extension’s functionality or topic, and the relevant extensions will appear even if that keyword isn’t in the extension’s name. It’s now much easier to find extensions by what they do, not just what they’re called.

Provider Updates from Resources Page​

Managing your container and Kubernetes providers just got easier. The Resources page in Podman Desktop (which lists your container engines and Kubernetes environments) now allows direct updates for those providers. If a new version of a provider – say Podman, Docker, or a Kubernetes VM – is available, you can trigger the upgrade right from Podman Desktop’s interface. No need to manually run update commands or leave the app; a quick click keeps your development environment up-to-date with the latest releases.

Local Extension Development Mode​

Extension authors can now toggle Development Mode in Preferences and add a local folder from the new Local Extensions tab. Podman Desktop will watch the folder, load the extension, and keep it tracked across restarts, exactly as it behaves in production. You can start, stop, or untrack the extension directly from the UI, shortening the feedback loop for building and debugging add-ons without extra CLI flags or a special dev build.

Instantly stop live container logs​

The container logs viewer can now be canceled mid-stream, allowing you to stop tailing logs when they are no longer needed. Previously, once a container’s logs were opened, the output would continue streaming until the logs window was closed. With this update, an ongoing log stream can be interrupted via a cancel action without closing the logs pane, giving you more control over log monitoring. This improvement helps avoid redundant log output and unnecessary resource usage by letting log streaming be halted on demand.

New Community Page​

We’ve launched a new Community page on the Podman Desktop website to better connect our users and contributors. This page serves as a central hub for all community-related resources: you can find links to join our Discord channel, participate in GitHub discussions, follow us on social platforms, and more. It also highlights ways to contribute to the project, whether by reporting issues, writing code, or improving documentation. Whether you want to share feedback, meet other Podman Desktop enthusiasts, or get involved in development, the Community page is the place to start.

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Community thank you​

🎉 We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who helped to make Podman Desktop even better. In this release we received pull requests from the following people:

• statickidz in fix: duplicate title on homepage

• jiridostal in fix: logs filename has undefined extension

• omertuc in feat(extension): add search by description in extension list

• wngtk in docs(windows): update uninstall instructions

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Final notes​

The complete list of issues fixed in this release is available here and here.

Get the latest release from the Downloads section of the website and boost your development journey with Podman Desktop. Additionally, visit the GitHub repository and see how you can help us make Podman Desktop better.

Detailed release changelog​

feat 💡​

• feat: adds dropdown option to message box by @gastoner #13049
• feat(table): adding key props by @axel7083 #12994
• feat(table): adding accessibility labels to collapse button by @axel7083 #12979
• feat: add badge for in-development extensions by @benoitf #12951
• feat: new community page website by @cdrage #12748
• feat: allow provider update from resources page by @SoniaSandler #12729
• feat(extension-api): support cancellation token for pull image by @axel7083 #12706
• feat(ui): created universal icon by @gastoner #12677
• feat: add button to start all containers in bulk by @MarsKubeX #12646
• feat: support fine-grained window events for EventStore by @feloy #12636
• feat: make window.logsContainer cancellable by @feloy #12624
• feat(extension): add search by description in extension list by @omertuc #12519
• feat: added switching users and clusters by @gastoner #12445
• feat: allow to use production binary to develop extensions by @benoitf #10731

fix 🔨​

• fix: pod name not working in k8s by @eqqe #13066
• fix: do not search full path executable by @feloy #13060
• fix: don't show table when there are no running container engines by @SoniaSandler #13051
• fix: increase timeout waiting kubeconfig creation by @feloy #13050
• fix(ContainerList): same named container group should have individual groups by @axel7083 #13002
• fix: change podman machine stream close function context by @SoniaSandler #12982
• fix: make container or vm connection terminal responsive on start and restart by @SoniaSandler #12981
• fix: test errors after migration to vitest v 3.2.x by @dgolovin #12965
• fix: add better checks to detect Podman Desktop extension in dev mode by @benoitf #12954
• fix: update docker compatibility link in compose onboarding by @SoniaSandler #12923
• fix(patch): patched kubernetes/client-node package by @gastoner #12919
• fix(frontend): group containers by groupId by @axel7083 #12915
• fix: change separators for fine grained events by @feloy #12914
• fix: display VM connections in status bar by @feloy #12910
• fix: clean up electron-updater cache when it is not needed anymore by @dgolovin #12870
• fix: dispatch resources counts events when context is offline by @feloy #12834
• fix(frontend): container list table display race condition by @axel7083 #12833
• fix: avoid to send status field when patching a resource by @benoitf #12810
• fix: refresh providers when vm connections are registered/unregistered by @feloy #12805
• fix: duplicate title on homepage by @statickidz #12802
• fix: send container connection status to extension API listeners by @jeffmaury #12794
• fix: remove mistakenly placed archive, update .gitignore by @odockal #12793
• fix: remove full access to d-bus and add missing --talk-name options by @dgolovin #12778
• fix: flaky test in BuildImageFromContainerfile.spec.ts by @dgolovin #12777
• fix: logs filename has undefined extension by @jiridostal #12774
• fix: minimize on startup plist for macOS by @cblecker #12768
• fix: error during extension install overlaps with other components by @jiridostal #12741
• fix: wrong text in component props sending wrong telemetry data by @MarsKubeX #12737
• fix: wrong margin in the update available modal by @MarsKubeX #12728
• fix: terminal prompt duplication after saved output restored by @dgolovin #12725
• fix: clear caches for all resources when one informer is offline by @feloy #12714
• fix: fine-grained configuration-changed by @feloy #12700
• fix: uncaught exceptions in ContainerListCompose.spec.ts by @dgolovin #12681
• fix: uncaught exceptions in ContainerList.spec.ts by @dgolovin #12680
• fix: update static image link by @SoniaSandler #12651
• fix: addressed uninstall version error for kubectl installed via onboard by @bmahabirbu #12426
• fix: make image build cancellable by @dgolovin #12261
• fix(ci): perform update of ubuntu packages earlier (backport #13177) by @mergify[bot] in #13181
• revert: 12870 (backport #13152) by @mergify[bot] in #13180

chore ✅​

• chore: use aggregating way to report activateExtension event by @benoitf #13071
• chore: use the new aggregate method to track createProviders by @benoitf #13064
• chore: add an aggregate method for telemetry by @benoitf #13063
• chore: bring inversify bindings by @benoitf #13062
• chore(tray): update existing tray icons by @vancura #13057
• chore: add decorators/annotations for DI of inversify by @benoitf #13043
• chore: update storybook to v9 by @benoitf #13037
• chore: modified link to the community meeting recordings by @rujutashinde #12997
• chore(deps-dev): switch to prettier 3.6.2 by @jeffmaury #12995
• chore: move disposable group to API package by @benoitf #12992
• chore: introduce inversify library by @benoitf #12978
• chore: moved mockclear to beforeeach in containerList.spec.ts by @MarsKubeX #12963
• chore: update podman to v5.5.2 by @benoitf #12960
• chore: fix typo by @benoitf #12955
• chore: allow to remove extension in dev mode without error by @benoitf #12953
• chore: add color for devMode by @benoitf #12942
• chore: set oneClick false and perMachine false in nsis by @cdrage #12941
• chore: add devMode inside extension metadata by @benoitf #12940
• chore(podman): remove promisify usage for node:fs function by @axel7083 #12906
• chore: removed svelte check warning by @MarsKubeX #12892
• chore(core): remove unnecessary dns configuration by @axel7083 #12891
• chore: upgrade biomejs to v2 by @benoitf #12885
• chore: notify development folder instance when extension id is loaded/removed from extension loader by @benoitf #12875
• chore: stop sending kubernetesExecIntoContainer event by @MarsKubeX #12873
• chore: expose a method from extension loader: ensureExtensionIsEnabled by @benoitf #12871
• chore(website): modified footer color for links in dark mode by @rujutashinde #12860
• chore: fix the .github issue templates to add project ids by @rujutashinde #12859
• chore(issue-template): adding 1.19.2 to bug_report.yml by @axel7083 #12844
• chore: addProviderMenuItem - add provider if it does not exist by @cdrage #12841
• chore: remove error prone metadata for k8 creation from YAML by @bmahabirbu #12837
• chore: correctly type guard e.target for micromark listener by @cdrage #12818
• chore: modified github templates for issues to add projects by @rujutashinde #12796
• chore(e2e): change expected img num in stress test depending on OS by @danivilla9 #12789
• chore: update podman to v5.5.1 by @benoitf #12762
• chore: track all changes from the extension by @benoitf #12743
• chore: remove notarize option from electron builder config by @odockal #12719
• chore(e2e): add scrollintoviewifneeded to ui-stress-test by @danivilla9 #12689
• chore(e2e): refactor extension-installation-smoke test case by @danivilla9 #12665
• chore: update social networks links by @vancura #12662
• chore: bump svelte to 5.28.3 by @feloy #12650
• chore(workflows): set permission for publish-website-pr-cloudflare.yaml by @axel7083 #12631
• chore(workflows): set permission for e2e-main.yaml by @axel7083 #12630
• chore(workflows): set permission for e2e-kubernetes-main.yaml by @axel7083 #12629
• chore(workflows): set permission for downloads-count.yaml by @axel7083 #12625
• chore: add generate sbom job in release workflow by @SoniaSandler #12603
• chore: update Flatpak banner by @Eonfge #12594
• chore: send watch events only after we're starting the watch by @benoitf #12590
• chore: add border with more contrast in the table component by @SoniaSandler #12583
• chore: make the file items in preferences clearable by @SoniaSandler #12473
• chore(deps): bump electron-builder to v26 by @axel7083 #12351
• chore: remove no-explicit-any from dialogs by @cdrage #11480

refactor 🛠️​

• refactor(mock): simplify how to call a method on a mock object by @benoitf #13072
• refactor: move message box interfaces to api package by @benoitf #13007
• refactor: extract status bar api to api package by @benoitf #13006
• refactor: move menu api to the API package by @benoitf #13005
• refactor: move interfaces of configuration to the api package by @benoitf #12999
• refactor: move event to API side by @benoitf #12996
• refactor(ui/table): replace filter#map#flat chain by reduce by @axel7083 #12967
• refactor(podman): move podman-install.ts to proper folder by @axel7083 #12936
• refactor(table): remove unnecessary binding by @axel7083 #12934
• refactor(types): adding generics to Table by @axel7083 #12933
• refactor(podman): extract PodmanInfo to dedicated file by @axel7083 #12911
• refactor(core): move default protocol configuration to Main by @axel7083 #12905
• refactor(podman): extract MacOSInstaller to a dedicated file by @axel7083 #12904
• refactor(podman): extract WinInstaller to a dedicated file by @axel7083 #12899
• refactor(frontend): make ContainerGroupPartInfoUI id property non-nullable by @axel7083 #12896
• refactor(podman): extract getBundledPodmanVersion interface to a file by @axel7083 #12894
• refactor(podman): extract Installer interface to dedicated file by @axel7083 #12887
• refactor: move filesystem tree construct to backend by @feloy #12872
• refactor(podman): extract BaseInstaller to a dedicated file by @axel7083 #12811
• refactor(podman): extract WinBitCheck to dedicated file by @axel7083 #12712
• refactor(podman): extract WinVersionCheck to a dedicated file by @axel7083 #12705
• refactor(podman): extract WinMemoryCheck class to dedicated file by @axel7083 #12702
• refactor(podman): extract WSL2Check class to dedicated file by @axel7083 #12699
• refactor(ui): use new icon component in ui svelte lib by @gastoner #12678
• refactor(extension/podman): extracting WSLVersionCheck by @axel7083 #12664

test 🚦​

• chore(test): reset podman machine on failure by @cbr7 #13034
• chore(test): improve auth-utility playwright codebase by @odockal #13022
• chore(test): clean hanging podman machine in e2e test by @cbr7 #13019
• chore(test): create exception to check for update test by @cbr7 #12993
• chore(test): navigation takes longer on cicd by @cbr7 #12991
• chore(test): fix insufficient assert timeout by @cbr7 #12977
• chore(test): add timeout param to method call by @cbr7 #12966
• chore(test): throw error when needed for correct message by @cbr7 #12964
• chore(test): get error thrown in case of failure by @cbr7 #12961
• chore(test): wait for full page load before actions by @cbr7 #12938
• chore(test): increase robustness in prune containers e2e test by @cbr7 #12922
• chore(test): install ingress controller on Kind cluster only if needed by @amisskii #12839
• chore(test): increase timeout for cicd by @cbr7 #12787
• fix(tests): fix KubernetesTerminal flaky test by @dgolovin #12780
• fix(tests): flaky Typeahead.spec.ts by @dgolovin #12779
• chore(test): remove race promise by @cbr7 #12752
• chore(test): share e2e tests authentication functionality by @odockal #12704
• chore(test): use installed electron binary for external e2e tests by @odockal #12688
• chore(test): add openshift docker e2e test by @cbr7 #12676
• chore(test): Stabilize Kubernetes e2e tests on Windows CI by @amisskii #12554
• test(e2e): push image into kubernetes cluster and reuse it with a pod by @danivilla9 #12427
• chore(test): Add status bar provider tests by @xbabalov #12352

docs 📖​

• docs: updated procedural steps in the install in restricted environme… by @shipsing #12949
• docs: updated the procedural steps based on latest changes by @shipsing #12907
• docs: removed a blog that no longer works as expected by @shipsing #12855
• docs(website): updated the tutorial section by @shipsing #12763
• docs(website): added a procedure to manage a kube context by @shipsing #12750
• docs(website): fixed a formatting issue by @shipsing #12672
• docs(website): release note 1.19 by @axel7083 #12602
• docs(website): added details to customize the UI on the discover PD page by @shipsing #12575
• docs(website): add podman desktop core blog by @Firewall #12497
• docs: add Podman AI Lab OpenVINO blog by @jeffmaury #12496
• docs(windows): update uninstall instructions by @wngtk #12349

ci 🔁​

• ci: completely hide github button for argos by @cdrage #12596

Podman Desktop 1.19 Release! 🎉

Podman Desktop 1.19 is now available. Click here to download it!

This release brings exciting new features and improvements, including many extension updates:

• Podman v5.5: The Podman executable shipped with Podman Desktop has been updated to its latest version.
• Bootc Extension 1.9: Test and experiment with Bootable Container directly from the extension.
• AI Lab 1.7.2: New inference runtime, llama-stack implementation, and Model Context Protocol (MCP).
• Minc extension: Podman Desktop extension to deploy MicroShift as container.
• RHEL lightspeed extension: Extension to get assistance using RHEL Lightspeed.
• RHEL VMs extension: The RHEL VMs extension helps the user run RHEL Virtual machines.
• Availability on RHEL 10: Podman Desktop is now directly available on RHEL 10.

Release details 🔍​

Podman v5.5​

Podman Desktop aims to work offline, so it ships alongside its binary, the Podman executable. In this release, the latest Podman 5.5 version provides new features, bug fixes, and better stability while using the tool.

You can find the full changelog of Podman 5.5 on their release page containers/podman/releases#v5.5.0.

Bootc Extension 🦭​

The Podman Desktop Boot container extension (aka Bootc) has recently seen significant improvements; one of them is the usage of macadam.

Macadam is a cross-platform command-line tool to create and manage virtual machines. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and uses each OS's native virtualization stacks: WSL2 on Windows, Apple’s Virtualization Framework on macOS, and QEMU on Linux. Macadam reuses Podman machine code.

As the bootc tool applies a container image as an update to an already running Linux system, allowing the output to boot an entire OS with the container image included. To test the bootc artifact, you either need a dedicated machine or create a virtual machine from the artifact.

To simplify the developer experience of testing the artifact, the Podman Desktop Bootc extension offers you a way to directly create a virtual machine from the artifact you created.

Another important aspect of presenting a new technology is showcasing its capabilities. Thanks to Charlie Drage and Tim deBoer, a lot of effort has been put into demonstrating bootable containers, such as kernel module management, WiFi modules, systemd unit files, and others.

You can find ready-to-use examples on the Bootable Containers > Examples page.

AI Lab ✨​

The Podman Desktop AI Lab extension started as an experiment in 2024, exploring how AI workflows could be containerized, celebrating more than one year of updates and progress, the extension has grown to support a wide range of tools, such as Instructlab¹, llamaCPP², WhisperCPP³ and with the latest release OpenVINO, llama-stack and MCP.

OpenVINO​

With the introduction of OpenVINO⁴ as a supported inference runtime, you can now run OpenVINO models⁵ locally through Podman.

llama-stack​

Llama Stack standardizes the core building blocks that simplify AI application development⁶.

With the latest version of AI Lab, we introduce support for Llama Stack, running in a containerized environment. Inference servers running inside AI Lab will be registered to the Llama Server to be used by their clients.

Model Context Protocol (MCP)​

Creating a product from LLMs has proven challenging, and emerging protocols are trying to help, such as MCP.

MCP is an open protocol that standardizes how applications provide context to LLMs.⁷

The initial steps to support MCP in the AI Lab playground have begun, enabling developers to experiment directly through the GUI before trying to integrate it into their applications.

Minc extension 📦​

MicroShift is a project that optimizes OpenShift Kubernetes for small form factors and edge computing⁸. Similar to Kind and Minikube, an extension for creating and managing MicroShift clusters locally through Podman has been created.

You can learn more about it in the MicroShift section.

RHEL Lightspeed ⚡​

Red Hat Lightspeed is a generative AI assistant integrated into Red Hat's hybrid cloud platforms, such as OpenShift and Enterprise Linux.⁹ It provides natural language guidance within the console to simplify complex tasks, enhance productivity, and bridge IT skills gaps.

Users can choose from various AI models, including OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, WatsonX, or deploy private models on Red Hat platforms.

With a Red Hat subscription, you can experiment with Red Hat Lightspeed from anywhere, including Podman Desktop, through a new extension called RHEL Lightspeed.

You can install the extension directly by navigating to the Extensions > Catalog page and clicking its Install icon.

RHEL VMs extension 🗃️​

Through the Podman executable, Podman Desktop manages virtual machines; the cross-platform code responsible for this has been reused to create the macadam tool mentioned earlier.

The RHEL VMs extension helps the user run RHEL virtual machines using the macadam tool.

RHEL 10 availability 🚢​

The Podman Desktop you love - simplified container management and intuitive UI - now extends to RHEL workflows. For users on RHEL systems, explore the extension channel to install Podman Desktop. You'll get a familiar experience across Windows, Mac and now RHEL. Releases are happening at the same time as other platforms, so you'll get instant access to new features.

Find more details about Installing Podman Desktop on RHEL 10.

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Community thank you​

🎉 We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who helped to make Podman Desktop even better. In this release, we received pull requests from the following people:

• MarsKubeX in fix: changed wrong link to docker compatibility documentation
• DIGIX666 in feat: download linux binary on the docs

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Final notes​

The complete list of issues fixed in this release is available here and here.

Get the latest release from the Downloads section of the website and boost your development journey with Podman Desktop. Additionally, visit the GitHub repository and see how you can help us make Podman Desktop better.

Detailed release changelog​

fix 🔨​

• fix(workflow): release permission by @axel7083 #12585
• fix(NumberInput): increment button position by @axel7083 #12578
• fix: changed wrong link to docker compatibility documentation by @MarsKubeX #12573
• fix: remove unused breadcrumbTitle from Page and related components by @feloy #12559
• fix: changed props interface defintion to be exported in TestComplexT… by @MarsKubeX #12547
• fix(website): updated sizes of headings in kubernetes section by @gastoner #12521
• fix(website): updated icon sizes in kubernetes section by @gastoner #12520
• fix: use default colours for the terminal output by @vzhukovs #12494
• fix(website): unified sizes of icons by @gastoner #12484
• fix: migrate Input, NumberInput and SearchInput to svelte v5 by @dgolovin #12475
• fix: use default padding for markdown buttons by @vzhukovs #12451
• fix(container-connection): display terminal tab when shell access is available by @axel7083 #12417
• fix(webview-api): missing repository and provenance by @axel7083 #12416
• fix: display VM status by @feloy #12411
• fix: updated podman image path argument by @gastoner #12388
• fix(electron-v36): gtk-version on linux by @axel7083 #12360
• fix: introduce fontId property to ProviderImages interface by @dgolovin #12357
• fix(electron-updater): disable differential download by @axel7083 #12353
• fix(ci): fix Podman Desktop binary env. var. name in production e2e t… by @odockal #12308
• fix: avoid cve in build tool by @benoitf #12295
• fix(icons): update Props interfaces by @axel7083 #12232

chore ✅​

• chore: remove brew PR automation by @benoitf #12563
• chore: use reset for mocking and use waitFor methods by @benoitf #12560
• chore: adjust website light mode text color to be darker by @SoniaSandler #12550
• chore: update flathub job by @benoitf #12545
• chore(workflow): set permissions for release.yaml by @axel7083 #12532
• chore(workflow): set permissions for daily-testing-build.yaml by @axel7083 #12516
• chore: update the light mode text color to be darker in the home page by @SoniaSandler #12503
• chore: remove old sections from home page by @SoniaSandler #12502
• chore: rename preview into website preview by @benoitf #12482
• chore: remove netlify deployment as now it's deployed to cloudflare by @benoitf #12478
• chore: do not publish comment when publishing to cloudflare by @benoitf #12477
• chore: remove unused imports from index page by @SoniaSandler #12469
• chore: added footer markdown description to message box options by @gastoner #12466
• chore(website): added option to specify link in read the docs button by @gastoner #12464
• chore: remove unused tools/* content by @axel7083 #12456
• chore(next-build): define explicit permissions by @axel7083 #12455
• chore(pr-check): define explicit permissions by @axel7083 #12454
• chore: fix argos screenshots github button by @cdrage #12453
• chore: publish to cloudflare (in addition to netlify) by @benoitf #12433
• chore: fix github button, remove github link, add spacing. by @cdrage #12429
• chore(workflow): update prerelease repository in next-build.yaml by @axel7083 #12414
• chore: update jsdom to 27.0.0-beta.1 by @benoitf #12412
• chore: update podman to v5.5 by @gastoner #12408
• chore(npm-registry): configure provenance for published packages by @axel7083 #12398
• chore(e2e): fix skip on kind tests by @danivilla9 #12397
• chore: indicate failure for error notification by @SoniaSandler #12389
• chore: remove vale tooling by @benoitf #12386
• chore: do not minify when deploying production site by @cdrage #12369
• chore: clear build and cache folders before running website build by @cdrage #12338
• chore: fix website warning + not building correctly. by @cdrage #12337
• chore: do not run podman mac helper checks, or socket checks unless ready by @cdrage #12331
• chore(website): updated kubernetes highlited features by @gastoner #12305
• chore(website): updated container highlited features by @gastoner #12304
• chore(website): added read the docs button by @gastoner #12303
• chore: add FAQ section to the website by @SoniaSandler #12300
• chore: refactor kube config secret columns by @deboer-tim #12299
• chore: refactor kube deployment columns by @deboer-tim #12298
• chore: refactor kube ingress route columns by @deboer-tim #12297
• chore: add testimonials section to the website by @SoniaSandler #12296
• chore: refactor kube pvc columns by @deboer-tim #12294
• chore: refactor kube service columns by @deboer-tim #12293
• chore: refactor kube nodes column by @deboer-tim #12292
• chore(deps-dev): udate to jsdom v26.1.0 by @benoitf #12291
• chore: refactor kube cronjob columns by @deboer-tim #12290
• chore: refactor kube job columns by @deboer-tim #12289
• chore: use props in kube columns by @deboer-tim #12288
• chore: generate linux tgz for Arm64 by @benoitf #12282
• chore: add more features section to the website by @SoniaSandler #12276
• chore: update description of docker third party tool by @bmahabirbu #12265
• chore: add blog post for minc extension by @benoitf #12260
• chore(website): added highlited label by @gastoner #12249
• chore: clean up kubernetes status columns by @deboer-tim #12241
• chore: shared kubernetes status column by @deboer-tim #12230
• chore: website - update homepage screenshot by @cdrage #12224
• chore(vitest): enable default reporter on CI by @axel7083 #12209
• chore: migrate empty screen to svelte 5 by @deboer-tim #12194
• chore: update contributing guide to use lint-staged by @deboer-tim #12193
• chore: use duration for image age column by @deboer-tim #12177
• chore: use duration column for volume age by @deboer-tim #12175
• chore: image and manifest details navigation by @deboer-tim #12170
• chore: website - add custom github stars button by @cdrage #12146
• chore: website - add cncf community banner to front page by @cdrage #12119
• chore: changed naming of age column in container table by @gastoner #12083
• chore: migrate dropdown menu to svelte 5 by @cdrage #12067
• chore: migration of checkbox to svelte 5 by @bmahabirbu #12055
• chore: added selected option if dropdown was selected by @gastoner #11991
• chore: adds openExternal command to registered commands by @gastoner #11990
• chore: added overflow visible property to modal component by @gastoner #11988
• chore: introduced micromark button image with command argument by @gastoner #11986
• chore: remove no-explicit-any lib/container by @cdrage #11477

refactor 🛠️​

• refactor: port Page to svelte5 by @feloy #12561
• refactor: port NavPage to svelte5 by @feloy #12555
• refactor(ui): migrate DurationColumn to svelte5 by @axel7083 #12284
• refactor(ui): migrate SimpleColumn to svelte5 by @axel7083 #12283
• refactor(StatusIcon): port forward replace Snippet with Component by @axel7083 #12228
• refactor: moved registering commands to common file by @gastoner #12207

docs 📖​

• docs(website): added a procedure to install Podman Desktop on RHEL10 by @shipsing #12531
• docs(website): documenting microshift cluster creation with the minc … by @shipsing #12406
• docs(website): updated the AI lab documentation by @shipsing #12384
• docs(podman): adding windows instructions by @axel7083 #12355
• docs(ai-lab): fix typo in index by @trya2l #12345
• docs(website): update the Kubernetes section by @shipsing #12306
• docs: add vscode blogpost by @Firewall #12258
• docs(website): added a troubleshooting section by @shipsing #12247
• docs(website): removed an outdated screenshot from the troubleshootin… by @shipsing #12244
• docs: add 1.18 release notes by @SoniaSandler #12226
• docs(website): moved the compose blog to the tutorial section by @shipsing #12157
• docs(website): updated the docker compatibility section based on late… by @shipsing #11803

test 🚦​

• chore(test): create podman machine using env var settings by @cbr7 #12480
• chore(test): parameterize runner close timeout by @amisskii #12470
• chore(test): accept degraded state as valid by @cbr7 #12407
• chore(test): wait for extension to be deleted by @cbr7 #12396
• chore(test): increase timeout for pushing image to kind cluster by @amisskii #12394
• chore(test): wait for button and ensure button press by @cbr7 #12385
• chore(test): don't create machine on linux by @cbr7 #12342
• chore(test): volume e2e test wait for navigation to complete by @cbr7 #12339
• chore(test): fix some flakyness in image e2e test suite by @cbr7 #12336
• chore(test): skip test suite until bug is fixed by @cbr7 #12335
• chore(test): ensure default podman machine is restarted at the end of test suite by @cbr7 #12326
• chore(test): update handling for error message by @cbr7 #12324
• chore(test): now asserting on correct element by @cbr7 #12323
• chore(test): try to create and start machine before waiting by @cbr7 #12322
• chore(test): moving to polling assert for better handling by @cbr7 #12320
• chore(test): update running providers assertion in troubleshooting by @odockal #12314
• chore(test): fix some tests that were failing when other tests failed by @cbr7 #12313
• chore(test): fix flaky behaviours in e2e tests by @cbr7 #12310
• chore(test): new get extension version method by @amisskii #12248
• fix(tests): do not manually render svelte snippets by @axel7083 #12208
• chore(test): parametrize rootless resource machine test for all machine types by @xbabalov #11954
• chore(test): add ARIA labels to Check tab content on Image details page by @rostalan #11811

feature 💡​

• feat: added duplicating of contexts by @gastoner #12463
• feat: added new footer markdown property to message box by @gastoner #12432
• feat: added editing of contexts by @gastoner #12415
• feat: download linux binary on the docs by @DIGIX666 #12286

Footnotes​

1. https://instructlab.ai/ ↩

2. https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp ↩

3. https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp ↩

4. https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/openvino ↩

5. https://huggingface.co/OpenVINO ↩

6. https://github.com/meta-llama/llama-stack?tab=readme-ov-file#overview ↩

7. https://modelcontextprotocol.io/introduction ↩

8. https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/edge-computing/microshift ↩

9. Red Hat Announces General Availability of Red Hat OpenShift Lightspeed to Supercharge Hybrid Cloud Productivity with Generative AI ↩

Developers working locally often seek a fast inner loop for coding, building, and testing their OCI images and Kubernetes applications.

For instance, when testing a new image in a Kubernetes pod, the image must be accessible either by pushing it to a private or public registry or by ensuring it's available on the Kubernetes cluster nodes. This often requires additional commands such as kind load docker-image, minikube cache add <image>, or publishing the image to a third-party registry.

In this blog post, we’ll introduce a new extension called MINC (MicroShift IN Container), which provides a MicroShift cluster running within an existing Podman Machine environment.

Podman Desktop 1.17 Release! 🎉

Podman Desktop 1.17 is now available! Click here to download it!

This release brings exciting new features and improvements:

• New running workflow 🛠️: Start containers from images in just a few steps.
• Registry mirror configuration 🔄: Simplify registry mirroring setup with a dedicated command.
• Smoother kind cluster experience ☁️: Spin up a Kubernetes cluster effortlessly, even without a pre-installed kind binary.
• Podman 5.4 🚀: Upgrade to the latest Podman engine for enhanced performance and features.
• Pods, redefined 📦: Clear separation between Podman pods and Kubernetes pods for better usability.
• Kubernetes experimental mode ⚡: Change the way on how the resources are collected and monitored.

Podman Desktop 1.16 Release! 🎉

Podman Desktop 1.16 is now available! Click here to download it!

This release brings exciting new features and improvements:

• Experimental Features: a new "Experimental" section in the Settings provides the list of current experiments, and links to related discussions
• Providers appear in the Status Bar: Providers are moved from Dashboard to Status Bar, to increase their visibility (experimental feature)
• Prune only untagged images: Choose to Prune "All untagged images" or "All unused images" when Pruning images
• Search in Container's Logs: Possibility to search terms in the logs of containers and pods
• Kubernetes: Monitor current context only: Only the current context is monitored by default

Podman Desktop 1.15 Release! 🎉

Podman Desktop 1.15 is now available! Click here to download it!

This release brings exciting new features and improvements:

• Improved Feedback Form: Redesigned for seamless issue reporting to GitHub 🪲.
• New Experimental Task Manager: A revamped task manager is now available for testing 🔔.
• Enhanced Kubernetes Events: Added support for events on resources like Nodes, Services, and Pods 📜.
• SSH Access to Podman Machine: Directly connect to your Podman machine from Podman Desktop.

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Release Details 🔍​

Improved Feedback Form 📝​

In the 1.15 release, we introduced a redesigned feedback form to streamline issue reporting. With our growing user base, it’s vital to provide a convenient way to submit feedback directly to GitHub via our main repository: podman-desktop/podman-desktop/issues.

While retaining our internal anonymous feedback system, this update also enables users to preview their issues on GitHub, ensuring better communication.

Feedback Categories​

We now offer three distinct feedback categories:

• Direct your words to the developers: Keeps feedback anonymous, visible only to our team.
• Feature Request: Redirects users to GitHub to suggest new features.
• Bug: Allows users to report bugs directly on GitHub.

Experimental Task Manager 🔔​

Back in the 0.13 release, we introduced the Task Manager. With an increasing number of long-running tasks, we’ve revamped it to improve usability. This updated version is available as an experimental feature!

Enabling the Experimental Task Manager​

To try it out, go to Settings > Preferences > Tasks and enable the Manager option.

What’s New?​

Key changes include:

• Enhanced usage of available screen width.
• Improved consistency across the application.
• Additional capabilities for managing individual tasks.

Kubernetes Events 📜​

This year, we’ve been steadily adding Kubernetes capabilities to Podman Desktop. While this effort is ongoing, version 1.15 introduces support for Kubernetes Events. These events are now available for resources like Nodes, Services, and Pods.

SSH Access to Podman Machine​

A frequent user request has been the ability to establish an SSH connection to a Podman machine for debugging or configuration purposes. In this release, you can now directly connect to your Podman machine from its details page.

Community thank you​

🎉 We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who helped to make Podman Desktop even better. In this release, we received pull requests from the following people:

• @Blaimi made their first contribution in #9925
• @Firewall made their first contribution in #10055
• @sozercan made their first contribution in #10082
• @mhdawson made their first contribution in #10178

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Final notes​

Fixed issues​

The complete list of issues fixed in this release is available here.

Where to download​

Get the latest release from the Downloads section of the website and boost your development journey with Podman Desktop. Additionally, visit the GitHub repository and see how you can help us make Podman Desktop better.

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Detailed release changelog​

Documentations 📚​

• docs(website): edited the doc to provide clarity in using the libkrun… by @shipsing in #10111
• docs(website): edited the managing objects section by @shipsing in #9845
• docs(website): fix mac gpu container base by @sozercan in #10082
• docs(website): highlighted port forwarding through UI by @shipsing in #10006
• docs(website): presented the info in procedural format by @shipsing in #9972
• docs(website): updated the docker compatibility section by @shipsing in #9408
• docs(website): updated the troubleshooting section by @shipsing in #9918
• docs(website): updates the outdated procedure by @shipsing in #10090
• docs(website):Added a reference section for PD extensions by @shipsing in #9607
• docs(website):Added a troubleshooting section for setting up PD on Wi… by @shipsing in #9894
• docs(website):added a blog about building a kubernetes application by @shipsing in #9780
• docs: 1.14.0 release notes by @gastoner in #9628
• docs: add microshift podman desktop example blog by @cdrage in #9031
• docs: add section about draft PR by @benoitf in #9965
• docs: blog post on AI Lab recipes by @feloy in #9856
• docs: fix syntax in CONTRIBUTING by @Blaimi in #9925
• docs: update extension landing page on index by @cdrage in #9812
• docs: update release template lowercase headers by @cdrage in #9703

Feature 💡​

• feat(extensions/kind): update projectcontour to v1.30.1 by @Blaimi in #9927
• feat(feedback): add enabled extensions in additional-context by @axel7083 in #10276
• feat(feedback): adding frontend checkbox to include system info by @axel7083 in #10116
• feat(feedback): adding support to get sys info by @axel7083 in #10098
• feat: add a bug report feedback form by @SoniaSandler in #9833
• feat: add a feature request feedback form by @SoniaSandler in #9955
• feat: add a way to clean logs in container's log page by @benoitf in #9528
• feat: add category field to feedback by @feloy in #9761
• feat: add error visual indicator in typeahead component by @gastoner in #9782
• feat: add error visual indicator pull image input by @gastoner in #9899
• feat: add new task manager by @benoitf in #10206
• feat: allow for extensions to navigate to an onboarding screen by @benoitf in #9759
• feat: allow to cancel a task from the status bar by @benoitf in #10209
• feat: allow to cancel a task that is cancellable by @benoitf in #10100
• feat: check connectivity with health check by @feloy in #10076
• feat: check permissions on resources by @feloy in #10133
• feat: collect Service events by @feloy in #9692
• feat: display 3rd party contribution to Docker Compatibility page by @benoitf in #9777
• feat: display a warning when there is no latest tag for image to pull by @feloy in #9757
• feat: display nodes events by @feloy in #9691
• feat: display services events by @feloy in #9733
• feat: force use of libPod if nvidia device requested by @mhdawson in #10251
• feat: implement dropdown menu for status bar help button by @dgolovin in #9867
• feat: improve libpod API support - translate selinux_opts by @mhdawson in #10178
• feat: improve libpod support - translate devices by @mhdawson in #10180
• feat: introduce an hidden option kubernetes.statesExperimental by @feloy in #10018
• feat: move NumberInput to svelte-ui by @feloy in #9872
• feat: port-forward on deployments by @feloy in #9946
• feat: provide ability to easily get a shell in a machine - render part by @gastoner in #9381
• feat: publish the catalog to the website in /extensions directory by @benoitf in #9804
• feat: show message box on close of feedback form by @gastoner in #9975
• feat: update to podman v5.3.1 by @benoitf in #9882

Fixes 🔨​

• fix(CliToolRegistry): notify on register install or update by @axel7083 in #9813
• fix(ci): exclude podman-remote e2e tests from running as part all tests suite by @odockal in #9982
• fix(extensions/kind): adjust contour download script for new octokit version by @Blaimi in #9926
• fix(k8s-port-forward): delete config if start fails by @axel7083 in #9874
• fix(k8s-port-forward): delete config if start fails by @axel7083 in #9888
• fix(monaco): make vscode focus border transparent by @axel7083 in #10053
• fix(status-bar): progress should be indeterminate when task is indeterminate by @axel7083 in #9941
• fix(ui): better handle errors on KubePort component by @axel7083 in #9876
• fix(ui): round display progress value by @axel7083 in #10031
• fix: a containerfile outside context can be used when building image by @feloy in #9910
• fix: add light mode color to toast text by @SoniaSandler in #9915
• fix: added questionmark by @gastoner in #9814
• fix: apply 0/0 as uid/gid when sending the tar as build context by @benoitf in #10282
• fix: cache pod exec websockets by @jeffmaury in #10165
• fix: compose installation via onboarding and cli tools by @dgolovin in #10148
• fix: create new connection form dropdown FormData by @SoniaSandler in #9708
• fix: creating hyperv machine in airgap now does not try to use wsl image by @gastoner in #9715
• fix: do console logging only if app is not quitting by @SoniaSandler in #10064
• fix: do not try to monitor machine when autostarting it by @benoitf in #10308
• fix: ensure system path is created and show notification if not in PATH by @jeffmaury in #10176
• fix: flaky test waitForPodsDeletion by @feloy in #9875
• fix: handle promise result by @jeffmaury in #9700
• fix: improve libpod API translation - extension by @mhdawson in #10179
• fix: navigation url to use summary by @axel7083 in #9696
• fix: proxy settings do not take effect when switched to system or disabled by @jeffmaury in #10062
• fix: rely on configurationValues if it has the key value by @lstocchi in #9951
• fix: remove extra border in details page by @axel7083 in #10050
• fix: remove nullable detailsPage binding by @axel7083 in #9788
• fix: restart container on terminal page by @feloy in #9796
• fix: skip filesystem flaky test by @axel7083 in #10075
• fix: sort array of image names, move matches on top by @dgolovin in #9831
• fix: start secondary informers for current context only by @feloy in #9735
• fix: status bar progress bar percentage display by @axel7083 in #9791
• fix: stub every missing function in renderer package tests by @dgolovin in #9773
• fix: table component should be scoped when searching items by @benoitf in #10211
• fix: terminal is not restarted if container if not running + state management by @feloy in #9793
• fix: test:renderer test failure by @jeffmaury in #10264
• fix: tty when container run with it options by @feloy in #9745
• fix: update Kubernetes context watchers messages by @jeffmaury in #10017
• fix: use utf16le ecoding in powershell call for Virtual Machine Platform detection by @dgolovin in #9594
• fix: use correct header for play kube operation by @benoitf in #10036
• fix: visibility of docker compatibility settings by @gastoner in #10241
• fix: watch /var/run/docker.sock on macOS by @dgolovin in #9714
• fix: workaround of LIMA_HOME usage by @tony-sol in #10086
• fix: wrong pnpm-lock file by @feloy in #9754

Podman Desktop 1.14 Release! 🎉

Podman Desktop 1.14 is now available. Click here to download it!

This release includes:

• Kubernetes improvements with a new dashboard: A new landing screen for Kubernetes has been added with UI changes that gives an overview of your entire cluster.
• Port forwarding for pods: This new feature allows users to configure port forwarding in their Kubernetes environment.

Podman Desktop 1.8 Release! 🎉

We've got a new release with a ton of seal appeal! This release introduces:

• Podman 4.9.3: Podman 4.9.3 is now included in both Windows and Mac installers.
• Kubernetes Explorer: Advanced UI and new tools for working with Kubernetes clusters.
• Global Onboarding: Configure and set up your environment without any hassle, with a set of guided workflows.
• Learning Center: Discover new use cases and capabilities for developers.
• Extension API Improvements: Another big update to the extension API enabling more goodness for 🦭 Podman Desktop's extensions.
• Enhanced Builds, Pods List, and Troubleshooting Pages: Build for different platforms, an upgraded pods view, and more.

Podman Desktop 1.8 is now available. Click here to download it!

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Release Details​

Podman 4.9.3​

🦭 Podman 4.9.3 includes key fixes for stability and reliability issues reported by our users - especially if you are using Apple silicon architecture. If you've been floundering we highly recommend updating!

Kubernetes Explorer​

Progressively introduced in past releases as an experimental feature, we're ready to expand our capabilities to help developers transition from containers to Kubernetes. In this release we are introducing a new set of features that enable the developers to work with more Kubernetes resources, offering more granular and interactive control over your applications.

Now available in 🦭 Podman Desktop is a new Kubernetes Explorer with the ability to work with Deployments, Services, Ingresses, and Routes, in addition to the existing support for Pods. For each of those resources, 🦭 Podman Desktop provides real-time information about the status of resources on the cluster. From the top right of this overview page you can also click Apply YAML to create or update resources on the cluster similar to 'kubectl apply -f', and see the current connection status.

Just like with local containers or images, you can click for more details on Summary, Inspect, and Kube (YAML) pages.

See a problem? You can edit and apply changes direct from the Kube tab.

🦭 Podman Desktop continues to bridge the gap and discrepancies to empower developers working with containers with efficient workflows to target Kubernetes from their local workstation. This is all in addition to some of the great features already available:

• Native Kubernetes support with Podman
• Podify - transition containers into Pods
• Setting up local Kubernetes environments with Minikube and Kind extensions
• Deploy to Kubernetes and push local image from Podman to a Kubernetes environments
• Managing Kubernetes contexts
• Connecting to remote Kubernetes clusters

Global Onboarding​

Configuring and setting up a local environment is now easier with the introduction of a new wizard-based onboarding flow. In this flow developers can pick the different tools that they need, and 🦭 Podman Desktop will walk them through the configuration and setup of each of these tools.

The global onboarding flow allows developers to configure Podman, Compose, and kubectl (needed for working with Kind and Minikube or remote Kubernetes environments). This makes the transition to 🦭 Podman Desktop becomes simpler, as any needed dependencies are automatically configured.

Learning Center​

In this release, we've added a Learning Center on the Dashboardm enabling developers to discover, learn, and expand their knowledge on related topics to containerization. These guides are handy and easily accessible, and cover topics from learning how to containerize an existing application to discovering the latest features of 🦭 Podman Desktop and how to best use them.

Extension API Improvements​

We continued spent a lot of time adding new extension API to give upcoming extensions more capabilites and even better integration into 🦭 Podman Desktop:

• Split getMatchingPodmanEngine #6160
• Add HealthCheck parameter when creating container #5981
• Expose listPods to extensions #5864
• Labels for createPod #5862
• Allow to create containers within a pod #5848
• OpenPod should redirect to the pod's view #5846
• Enhance createContainer API with missing parameters #6011
• Allow extensions to use openDialog/saveDialog #6009
• Allow customized icons in contributed actions #5995
• Adding missing types #6213
• Allow to navigate to a specific webview from extensions #5899
• Expose stopPod and removePod to extensions #5898
• Use new API for open/save dialog #6051, #6050, #6049
• Extend Podman Desktop API Build Image parameters #5882
• Allow extension to stats container #6211

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Other Notable Enhancements​

We've added over 40 features this release, here are some other highlights:

• Improve Podman Desktop update alert #6068
• Add gather & download logs button in troubleshooting #5119
• Enable podman machine for Linux #5902
• Multi-delete animation #5717
• Image deletion animation #5709
• Volume deletion animation #5707
• Open OpenShift routes #5560
• Add open created pod details #4499
• Use https when deploying to kubernetes cluster #5824
• Getting started carousel on dashboard page #5142
• Add confirmation dialog when deleting objects #5445

We've also made some significant progress on implementing light mode:

• Use theme colors for invert content #6029
• Use theme colors for secondary nav #6028
• Apply theme colors for global nav #6027
• Apply theme colors for the titlebar #6025
• Consistent close button #6060
• Use components in quickpick #6057
• Provide css colors to webviews #5963
• Publish colors to the style of the app #5962
• Allow extensions to contribute themes with set of colors #5961
• Store for colors #5960
• Include a color registry #5958
• Add utility method to get the value of the theme #5947
• Send event when operating system change the colors #5946
• Cleanup dark: prefix colors #5944
• Extract color palette to its own file #5931
• Input component #5904
• Input errors, use input component in run image #5988
• Use input when building image #5986
• Use input for proxy settings #5943
• Use input for registries #5939
• Use input when creating pod from containers #5935
• Use input component in extension pages #5934
• Use input in create volume #5933
• Use input when renaming image #5964
• Use checkbox component in deploy to kube #6030

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Notable Bug Fixes​

We squashed a lot of bugs this release, including the following:

• Copy volume mounted when copying container to pod #5640
• Change order of "Create" button on Volumes and Containers list #6092
• Refresh onboarding item when context value gets updated (#4597) #6173
• Better log on informer connection error #6158
• Website: replace broken links #6111
• Center empty screens #6077
• Do not ask confirmation to open local folder/files #5743
• Force breadcrumbs to be vertically aligned #5741
• Long usernames in auth page #5737
• Message property used to update task name #5731
• Nav item UI fixes #5886
• Display back the icons of registries #5843
• Check route tls to use either http or https #5825
• White tooltips #5887
• Limit registry username column width #5718
• Remove docker compatibility warning & button on Linux #5903
• Image usage by containers #5663
• Current context should be changed/updated when deleting it #5819
• Do not collapse categories on sidebar #5727
• Make localhost a valid domain for env.openExternal calls #5716

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Documentation​

Along with this new version of 🦭 Podman Desktop the documentation has had the following improvements:

• Container and image related methods of containerEngine api #5891
• Removed installing podman with openshift local #6070
• Document image checker provider API #5813
• Adding withProgress api docs #5736
• Added link to the troubleshooting page #5734
• Troubleshooting installation on macOS M1/M2/M3 #5708
• Volume deletion #5707
• Added Accessing Podman from another WSL instance (config, verify) #5706
• Using typedoc to generate api documentation #5705

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Community Thank You​

🎉 We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who helped make 🦭 Podman Desktop even better. In this release we received pull requests from the following people:

• Anders Björklund in docs: linux no longer disabled, fix: don't check default machine on Linux, feat: show docker version, docs: drop the word virtual from lima, docs: document lima socket name prefs, docs: split the lima custom config, feat: show lima instance name in connection name, feat: make it possible for lima to provide both
• Kenichi Kamiya in docs: fix missing podman command in WSL example
• Michael Prankl in docs: fix instructions to edit registries.conf
• Cedric Clyburn in docs: blog post about devies award
• anon in chore: Add windows instructions for emulating docker cli
• Thiago Mendes in docs: Shorter sidebar category names, fix: remove incorrect usage of component, ci: use macos arm64 runners, style: do not hide terminal when there are errors, refactor: dialog box moving from 'no' to 'cancel', chore: add copy to clipboard button to resources page
• CARBONNEAUX Mathieu in Remove http:// prefix when set proxy variable before exec
• Christophe Fergeau in doc: Fix 'podman-mac-help' typo

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Final notes​

Fixed Issues​

The complete list of issues fixed in this release is available here.

Where to Download​

Get the latest release from the Downloads section of the website and boost your development journey with Podman Desktop. Additionally, visit the GitHub repository and see how you can help us make Podman Desktop better.

We’re honored to announce that Podman Desktop has been recognized with the prestigious 2024 DEVIES Award in the category of Containers & Kubernetes. This award is a testimony to the effectiveness of the Podman Desktop team and greater open-source community's efforts to help developers. Podman Desktop increases developer container workflow efficiency as well as provides an easy transition of applications from containers to Kubernetes, the leading open-source container orchestration platform.

“While Podman Desktop only went into general availability last year, the community response has been very impressive and incredibly gratifying. We are extremely proud to receive this outstanding recognition which celebrates passion, commitment and innovation for shaping the future of container development backed by the vibrant open-source standards that Red Hat supports. ” said Stévan Le Meur, Product Manager on the Podman Desktop team.

What are the DEVIES awards?​

The DEVIES Awards, presented by DeveloperWeek, recognize the most innovative and impactful tools, platforms, and technologies in the software development community. Podman Desktop's win as the best innovation in Containers & Kubernetes highlights its significant impact on the industry and its role in revolutionizing the way developers build, ship, and run their applications. DEVIES Award winners are selected from hundreds of nominees by the independent, industry-leading DevNetwork Advisory Board.

Join us in celebrating! ​

We’re excited to be receiving this award on stage at DeveloperWeek 2024, happening on February 21-23, 2024, in Oakland, CA and February 27-29, 2024 (Virtually). In addition, Red Hat developer advocate Cedric Clyburn will be presenting a session on Podman Desktop, titled “Going from Containers, to Pods, to Kubernetes – Help for Your Developer Environments!”, with a full presentation on Podman, a demonstration of the Podman Desktop experience, and a multi-tier application going from containers, to pods, to finally Kubernetes!

Finally, it would be seal-y to not include and acknowledge that this award was earned by the entire Podman Desktop community of contributors! We also thank the DevNetwork Advisory Board and DeveloperWeek for this honorable award, and for the opportunity to share Podman Desktop's innovations with the greater developer community.

Podman Desktop 1.7 Release! 🎉

We've got a new release with a ton of seal appeal! This release introduces:

• Podman 4.9.0: Podman 4.9.0 is now included in both Windows and Mac installers.
• Extension API Improvements: A big update to the extension API enabling more goodness for 🦭 Podman Desktop's extensions.
• Experimental Kubernetes UI: Get a sneak peek at the more advanced UI for working with Kubernetes clusters.
• Enhanced Builds, Pods List, and Troubleshooting Pages: Build for different platforms, an upgraded pods view, and more.

Podman Desktop 1.7 is now available. Click here to download it!

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Release Details​

Podman 4.9​

🦭 Podman 4.9 includes key fixes for stability and reliability issues reported by our users. If you've been floundering we highly recommend updating!

If you are on a Mac M3, we are aware of a critical issue in Podman and expect to update very soon to pick up this fix: #21353 - Update to new QEMU (based on #1990 - QEMU issue on M3). If you are hitting this problem there is a workaround here and there.

Extension API Improvements​

We have spent a lot of time this release adding new extension API to give upcoming extensions more capability and even better integration into 🦭 Podman Desktop. We have added support for full page webviews, image badges, icons, a navigation API, and API access to more function from the container engine:

• Webview in the UI #5594
• Add webview API for extensions #5592
• Allow extensions to list webviews #5628
• Create container without starting it #5643
• Expose create/start Pod and replicatePodmanContainer #5648
• Expose create/list/delete volumes for extensions #5598
• Add getImageInspect to API #5596
• New contribution points for icon of image #5543
• Add BuildOption #5533
• Add platform parameter to image build method #5501
• Expose build image method #5500
• Navigation api #5558
• Register badges by extensions for image list/details #5557
• Install extensions from private registries #5473

Experimental Kubernetes UI​

We have been working the last couple months to expand our support for Kubernetes. This support isn't ready to set sail yet, but if you're working with a Kubernetes cluster we'd love to start getting your feedback on the direction!

To 'break the seal' and try it out, go to Settings > Preferences > Kubernetes, and enable the Experimental option:

This will add three new items to the main navigation, allowing you to view Deployments, Services, and Ingress & Routes:

In this release you can click on deployments and services to view additional details (like the Summary, Inspect, and YAML tabs), but not yet for ingresses or routes.

We hope things go swimmingly for you, but please open Github issues to let us know what else you'd like to see.

Enhanced Builds, Pods List, and Troubleshooting Pages​

When building an image you can now chose which platform(s) to build the image for:

We've upgraded the Pods view to use the same table component as images and volumes. This allowing sorting and better column scaling:

Having trouble and want a fresh start? The Troubleshooting page has switched to tabs and there is an option to purge your existing install:

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Other Notable Enhancements​

We added over 40 features this release, here are some of the other highlights:

• Pressing esc exits onboarding #5612
• Quick pick case-insensitive filtering #5582
• Add UI badge component #5522
• Extend connection input type in build image #5499
• Nav sections #5449
• Improve Authentication Providers page #5424
• Adding groupContributions logic #5415
• Add option to select how to open devtools in dev mode #5274
• Form progress #5253
• Improved provider cards #5013

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Notable Bug Fixes​

We squashed over 25 bugs this release, including the following:

• Copy volume mounted when copying container to pod #5640
• Adding missing Labels property #5632
• Fix UI not being refreshed if container is only created #5619
• Quick pick filter removes selection #5613
• Add missing types for createContainer API #5504
• Use window.showMessageBox instead of custom modal #5421
• Add cleanupSupport property #5309
• Empty screen reset filter by default #5307
• Do not fetch pre-releases of compose #5296
• providerinfo badge #5268
• Don't refresh image list when age updates #5267
• Rename kubectl extension #5255
• Try to search kubectl on the user path first #5248
• Dispose the wsl2 command when unregistering extension #5246
• Handle event when loading images from archives #5240
• Edit Podman machine support for MacOS only #5239
• Improve default contribution action icon #5236
• Color of primary/secondary buttons should be white #5232
• Disable notification when updating podman (#5228) #5229
• Allow table columns to specify overflow #5222
• ProgressImpl properly middleware tasks to set the proper result status #4342

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Documentation​

Along with this new version of 🦭 Podman Desktop the documentation has had the following improvements:

• Update compose blog post link #5547
• Message when the app terminates because another instance exists #5348
• Document onboarding id rules #5211
• Multi-platform extension #5205
• Blog post on Compose guestbook application #5033
• Refactored setting up container registries #4965

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Community Thank You​

🎉 We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone (yes, that means you, Anders!) who helped make 🦭 Podman Desktop even better. In this release we received pull requests from the following people:

• Anders Björklund in docs: minikube extension is now featured, docs: kubernetes pushing image to minikube, fix: small typo of click as clik, Add more docs for Lima customization, with YAML and GUI, docs: allow image push to lima kubernetes cluster, and feat: allow image push to lima kubernetes cluster.

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Final notes​

Fixed Issues​

The complete list of issues fixed in this release is available here.

Where to Download​

Get the latest release from the Downloads section of the website and boost your development journey with Podman Desktop. Additionally, visit the GitHub repository and see how you can help us make Podman Desktop better.

Podman Desktop 1.6 Release! 🎉

This release introduces:

• Minikube Featured Extension: Minikube extension to create local Kubernetes clusters in containers.
• Podman 4.8.2: Podman 4.8.2 is now included in Windows and Mac installers.
• Setting Page for Command-Line Tools: Manage and update your CLI tools.
• Kubernetes Contexts Manager: Browse all your kubernetes contexts, set default and remove unused ones.
• Editable Podman Machine for MacOS: Easy resize and reconfiguration of the Podman runtime environment.
• Filters for Containers and Pods Lists: Focus on the containers and Pods you are working with.
• Sorting on Volumes and Images List: Sort volumes or images with your prefered criterias.
• Environment Colums on Containers and Pods lists: Easy catch of the environment on which a container or a pod is running on.
• Extension API Improvements: Another set of improvements to the extension API enabling more goodness for 🦭 Podman Desktop's extensions.

Podman Desktop 1.6 is now available. Click here to download it!

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Release Details​

Minikube featured extension​

For developers who need to run Kubernetes locally and reproduce an environment close to production for development and experimentation purposes, Podman Desktop allows users to easily set up that environment on a local machine. There are two extensions providing the capability to configure a open source Kubernetes cluster locally, you can either choose between Kind or Minikube.

The Minikube extension allows you to install Minikube on your workstation and also to setup a Kubernetes cluster locally running in a container! Yes, you read that correctly - in a container similar to how Kind works. The advantage is that it's lighter and faster to start. With Minikube, one of the advantage, is that you can build your images locally with Podman and get them automatically available in your local Kubernetes cluster - which will speed up your turnarounds when you want to test your application. If you want to learn more this, read the following blog post.

Command-Line Tools Configuration: Compose and Kubectl​

Configuring and managing your setup is getting easier with the addition of a new section in the Settings to manage command-line tools. In Podman Desktop, extensions can list command-line tools that are helpful to their users or required to make use of the installed extensions.

There are two command-line tools within Podman Desktop that allows you to view whether they are installed or require an update:

• Compose binary for running 'podman compose' commands.
• kubectl for interacting with Kubernetes clusters.

From the settings you can see the command-line tools that are installed, and you can see the version - and when a new version is available, you'll get a small notification to allow you easily update to that version.

Kubernetes Contexts Manager​

We are introducing a new screen available from the Settings which allows you to easily manage your Kubernetes contexts. Podman Desktop was already providing the handy context switcher available from the status bar, but when you get to work with multiple Kubernetes environments, it's not uncommon to end with a big and long list of Kubernetes contexts.

The new Kubernetes Contexts screen allows you to easily see all your registered Kubernetes contexts. You can use the screen to clean up your registered contexts, or set the current (default) context.

Editable Podman Machine​

A Podman machine is a virtual environment specifically designed to run Podman containers on Mac and Windows. It allows users to manage and operate containerized applications in an isolated and controlled setting. When creating a Podman machine, you configure its settings: memory, CPU(s) and disk size.

We've received the feedback regarding the ability to reconfigure your Podman machine on the go. This is now possible for macOS users, and particularly useful when you start with an environment and need to scale it up based on new needs and containers you would like to run in your Podman environment.

You'll notice we improved the sliders to configure the Podman machine's options - and also introduced a way to enter numeric values directly.

Tabs/Filters for Containers and Pods​

Being able to quickly identify the containers and the pods you are working with is critical when you are iterating on the development of your application. For this reason, we added filters at the top of the lists of Containers and Pods that allow you to easily view all the containers/pods, only those that are running, or only those that are stopped.

Sorting for Volumes and Images lists​

The lists of Volumes and Images have improved and are now have the ability to be sorted by the criteria of your choice. You can for example filter images by their size - which can be convenient when you want to clean up your environment.

Environment columns on Containers and Pods lists​

Podman Desktop is able to work with multiple providers: it could work with multiple container engines and multiple Kubernetes environments too. In order to make it easier to identify the containers and the pods and differentiate them depending on which environment they are running onto, we are introducing a new environment column in the list of Containers and Pods to display a badge.

Better visibility to the containers running in Pods​

The list of Pods has been refined to provide easier visibility and access to the containers running within each of them. Each of the containers now have one dot and you can hover each dot to display the info about the container - and if you click on it you'll be able to access the details of the container.

Extension API improvements​

The 🦭 Podman Desktop extension API received many improvements, including:

• Documentation explaining how to create an onboarding workflow for an extension #4837
• Documented how extensions hook into UI #4633
• Documented how to implement api client #4636
• Image checker extension API #4662
• Added api to register cli updater #5064

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Other Notable Enhancements​

• Show container connection type and endpoint #5098
• Environment column to pods/containers #4583
• Displaying extension icons in the list of extensions #5101
• Introduced UI icon image component #5117
• Added icon to extensionInfo #5089
• Added encoding option on RunOptions #4942
• Introduced property for appearance but for now only dark is supported #4887
• Default table sorting #4860
• Display notification for completed onboarding in task manager #4811
• Added purple dot when new content is available in dashboard #4782
• Argos CI: Introduce Argos CI to track and detect visual regressions on the website
• Added command palette: add enablement property #4630
• Added documentation for telemetry and usage data #4618
• Introduced table component #4545
• Added ability to abort build image #4538
• Added support in command palette for category #4531
• Upgraded flatpak to org.freedesktop.Platform version 23.08 #3968
• Added open exposed url to pod details #3762

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Notable Bug Fixes​

• Fix reconnect to /events if disconnected #4809
• fix: reset loggerhandlerKey after restarting machine #5168
• fix: fix: podman machine created with wrong flags #5178
• fix: avoid to crash if configuration is invalid #5182
• fix: extension installation checks architecture and os #5191
• fix: use URL for proxy specification and add validation #4825
• fix: do not change color and underline of markdown buttons #5138
• fix: do not reconnect when connection is removed #5131
• fix: table headers shouldn't allow text selection #5118
• fix: add style to link #5108
• fix: launch.json references wrong script #5094
• fix: don't link to k8s cluster server 5087
• fix: pass the complete imageInfo to the check function #5069
• fix: container tabs should match pods #5057
• fix: revert styling of disabled buttons #5056
• fix: update current context reactively #5055
• fix: make ProviderResultPage do not change input values #5030
• fix: add rowgroup to tables #5005
• fix: add path prop for route object #4981
• fix: remove errant hash mark #4971
• fix: check extension folder contains package.json #4964
• fix: refactor List UI components #4953
• fix: succeeded/completed state for Compose onboarding #4947
• fix: remove flex class from markdown button rendering #4934
• fix: unable to read wsl version when using chinese as syslang on Windows #4918
• fix: retain autostart setting #4879
• fix: use vi.waitUtnil instead of cycles with awaiting promises #4861
• fix: docker host on windows when executing compose command #4855
• fix: merged compose deploy to kube page in UI #4827
• fix: use URL for proxy specification and add validation #4825
• fix: reconnect to /events if disconnected #4809
• fix: remove fixed height after patternfly removal #4804
• fix background colours after patternfly removal #4803
• fix: report metrics for stopped machines #4787
• chore: update to docusaurus v3.0.0 #4764
• chore: drop patternfly #4762
• fix: avoid to send telemetry usage as this method is called every 5s #4692
• fix: location of roots.exe in devmode #4654
• fix: disable create/start container if any port is busy #4637
• fix: fix setup in build image tests #4625
• fix: find a free port #4616
• fix: reduce size of provider cards on the dashboard #4615
• fix: shorter doc nav section titles #4613
• fix: report error if container engine action fails in details page #4556
• fix: remove prev/next bar #4548
• fix: reduce website footer #4546
• fix: handle compose format json that is no longer a JSON array object #4540
• fix: disable push to kind menu item if pushing is in progress #4530
• fix: check for self signed cert message and use insecure param when editing registry password #4523
• fix: add autoscroll to summary pages #4504
• fix: report errors when analyzing extensions #4380
• fix: allow editing of build containerfile #4471
• refactor: updated compose onboarding installation #4479
• refactor: remove compose from the status bar #4492

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Documentation​

Coming with this new version of 🦭 Podman Desktop, the documentation has been getting the following improvements:

• Reorganize doc navigation by provider #4558
• Added vsc runtime dependency for Windows development #5091
• Show location of lima podman socket #5090
• Fixed typo in URI for releases #4909
• Explain how to create an onboarding workflow for an extension #4837
• Make it possible for lima to provide both #4789
• Blog post about minikube/sharing images #4735
• Remove duplicate text from windows troubleshooting #4652
• Add step to implement api client #4636
• Fixed the main lima command for limactl #4623
• Lima provider cleanup after the improvements in the implementation #4622
• Update documentation regarding auto merge #4519
• Using standard OS tabs for registries docs #4497
• Fixed mahine -> machine #4495
• Added screenshots and fixed formatting to the registries section #4472

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Community Thank You​

🎉 We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who helped to make 🦭 Podman Desktop even better. In this release we received pull requests from the following people:

• afbjorklund in fix: add website target for running vale, docs: the main lima command is limactl, docs: lima provider cleanup after the merge, docs: make it possible for lima to provide both, fix: don't link to k8s cluster server, feat: show the k8s namespace, docs: show location of lima podman socket

• axel7083 in refactoring: item formats from renderer/preferences in separate files, feat: adding optional abort controller to dockerode api

• ReadingShades in docs: Added the environment variable set commands of the common windows terminal emulators

• jannikbertram in chore: add close button to troubleshooting and help page

• singodiyashubham87 in fix: header line height issue on website

• edvardsanta in feat: remove redundant naming in buttons

• Mayureshd-18 in fix typos

• jgelens in Fix rootless command

• itecompro in docs: remove duplicate text from windows troubleshooting

• EricSmekens in docs: Fixed typo in URI for releases

• ecrookshanks-rh in fix: added text beside icon for create pods

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Final notes​

Fixed Issues​

The complete list of issues fixed in this release is available here.

Where to Download​

Get the latest release from the Downloads section of the website and boost your development journey with Podman Desktop. Additionally, visit the GitHub repository and see how you can help us make Podman Desktop better.

As developers we constantly improve and refine our applications. One of the challenges we face is quickly iterating when working with container images and kubernetes deployments/pods.

For example, when we want to try a new image in a kubernetes pod, this image needs to be available on a private/public registry or on the nodes of the kubernetes cluster. Sometimes we need to call extra commands such as kind load docker-image or minikube cache add <image> or publish the image first to a 3rd party registry.

You'll agree that trying out a new image in a Kubernetes pod should be as seamless as building the image itself.

In this blog post, we will explore the best practice for streamlining the image iteration process in Kubernetes with Podman Desktop.

Podman Desktop 1.5 Release! 🎉

With this release of Podman Desktop, we're introducing a new onboarding feature that we hope will earn your 🦭 seal of approval! But wait... there's so much more!

• Onboarding: Guided setup and configuration of Podman and Compose
• Podman 4.7.2: Podman 4.7.2 is now included in Windows and Mac installers
• Command Palette: Gain easy access to various commands via a new keyboard-driven command palette
• Expanded "Summary" tab for Kubernetes pods: Go deep with extended details on Kubernetes pods in the pod "Summary" tab
• Environment file support: Chart out environment variables for new containers to access on creation
• Enhancements to the Settings area: Get your bearings with improved Docker compatibility mode controls
• Improved user experience for state changes: No more dead reckoning on container state with improved visual indication of status
• Extension API improvements: A boatload of improvements to the extension API enabling more goodness from 🦭 Podman Desktop's extensions

Podman Desktop 1.5 is now available. Click here to download it!

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Release Details​

Onboarding​

We are introducing a new feature providing guided flows for the initial setup of specific 🦭 Podman Desktop extensions. Release 1.5 features two new onboarding flows: Podman and Compose.

To start the Podman onboarding flow, you can start from the dashboard notification by clicking the "Set up" button:

Visit Settings > Resources screen and click the Compose "Setup ..." button in order to start Compose onboarding:

Command Palette​

A new, search-driven command palette is now available to enable quick access to various commands available across 🦭 Podman Desktop. You can try this new tool out by hitting the F1 key. #4081 && #3979

Expanded "Summary" tab for Kubernetes pods​

Kubernetes pods now offer a more comprehensive set of information under the "Summary" tab, including networking, volumes, environment variables, and other key metadata.

Environment file support​

When creating a container from the Images list, there's now an option to provide an environment file to set env variables for the new container. #4026 && #4025

Enhancements to the Settings area​

The user experience for enabling or disabling Docker compatibility is improved, with a new entry in the Settings > Preferences screen that includes contextual guidance. #4093

Improved user experience for state changes​

The user experience around state changes for containers, pods, and other objects in the UI is improved, with clear status messages and improved animated visual indicator of state changes. #4056

Extension API improvements​

The 🦭 Podman Desktop extension API received many improvements, including:

• In addition to pushing and listing image from an extension, it's now possible to pull images from a 🦭 Podman Desktop extension #4155

• The 🦭 Podman Desktop extension API has been enhanced with both the ability to list images & networks and the ability to create containers & networks. #4172

• 🦭 Podman Desktop extensions now have a consistent way to run administrative tasks. #4049

• Extensions now have the ability to register a custom Kubernetes config generator. #3970

• The ability of extensions to add commands to UI menus has been extended; previously for action menus it was only available in the Image list screen. It is now possible for extensions to add commands to the action menus of items listed on the Containers list screen as well. #3947 & #3963

• Extensions have gained the ability to contribute menu items in the UI based on specific conditions. #3959

• Enhanced logic for displaying or hiding properties listed under the Settings > Preferences screens is now available. #4159

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Other Notable Enhancements​

• The progress of loading an image into Kind is now visible as a task in the task manager. #4061

• It's now possible to start a new Podman machine right after creation, or you can create it and wait to start it later. It's up to you! #4046

• The Podman machine and Kubernetes provider creation forms have an updated look & feel consisted with other forms in the user interface, along with minor bug fixes. #4317

• The empty screen message shown when a search filter results in no matches now provides a message specific to filter matching, including the specific filter terms and an explicit button for clearing the filter. Previously, the screen displayed a generic message about how to create new objects of the type displayed on the screen, which led to some confusion about the status of the system. #3988

• New support for adding spin animations to icons is now available. #4188

• There is a new indeterminate progress bar type available for the task manager; this is meant for providing limited status for actions whose APIs do not provide detailed status information. #4016

• For authenticating as admin to perform administrative tasks, 🦭 Podman Desktop now provides touchID support for macOS. #4050

• Support for connecting to interactive terminals for containers via tty was added. #3900

• It's now more clear which container/pod providers will autostart when 🦭 Podman Desktop starts. Previously autostart had both a global and a per-provider setting. It has been simplified by removing the global setting. #3840

• The "Working with containers" section of the documentation has been reworked and improved. #3951

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Notable Bug Fixes​

• The disable registry command was not blocking subsequent pulls from disabled registries. This has been corrected. #4183

• Some users behind network proxies were unable to complete workflow involving the download of online resources. The mechanism for fetching these resources has been fixed to be proxy compatible to address this issue. #3994

• The status of pods running in Kubernetes that are undergoing the deletion process is now accurately reflected in the 🦭 Podman Desktop UI. #3877

• The image details page always listed the image as being "not used" even when it was. This has been corrected. #3985

• Previously, deleting a specific image tag would cause all tags with the same Image ID to be deleted. This has been fixed so only the selected image tag will be deleted. #3837

• Could not view the pod details for some remote Kubernetes cluster pods due to an encoding error. #4371

• Error logs were being tracked separately from the actions they applied to. This has been addressed for kind cluster creation failure #4427 and Compose installation failure #4407.

• For Linux users, 🦭 Podman Desktop previously did not appear under the "Development" menu when installed via Flatpak; it appeared under "Utilities." 🦭 Podman Desktop now appears under the "Development" menu. #3911

• Podman Machine names are no longer prefixed with the "Podman Machine" string. #3878

• The initial action state of pods and containers was being displayed as "STARTING" regardless of actual state; this has been corrected. #3889

• Resizing the application window no longer makes the last lines of a container's terminal invisible. #3993

• An issue with incorrect terminal behavior in response to long lines in the terminal attached to a container has been resolved. #3955

• A spacing issue on the run image form has been corrected. #4089

• The "podify" icon & button on the Containers list was unusually large in release 1.4. That regression has been corrected in this release. #4122

• An error in the instructions for Windows users on migrating from Docker has been corrected. #4157

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Community Thank You​

🎉 We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who helped to make 🦭 Podman Desktop even better. In this release we received pull requests from the following people:

• afbjorklund in #4373 - docs: fix broken links and add lima onboarding, #4372 - docs: clear up lima column on containers page, #4091 - fix: avoid errors with unexpected JSON input, #4098 - docs: Lima onboarding details, and #3854 - fix: check if machine init rootful flag supported

• axel7083 in #4061 - feat: adding task progress for kind, #3970 - feat: extension can register custom kube generator, #3959 - feat: add when property to extensions menus, #4016 - feat: indeterminate progress bar, #3963 - fix: ContainerList propagating containers in ComposeActions and PodActions, and #3947 - feat: extend menus capabilities

• ayushrakesh in #4415 - Update README.md

• eltociear in #4194 - Update README.md

• foxydeveloper in #4157 - docs: Correct windows instructions for migrating from docker

• harsh-solanki21 in #4162 - fix: Removed fullstop from summary

• rahul0x00 in #4240 - fix typos in README.md

• shelar1423 in #4221 - chore: document property setting in EXTENSIONS.md

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Final notes​

Known Issues​

We have a discussion board topic where we have posted known issues with this release. If you run into problems, please check this list before filing a bug - if we already have an issue open for it, it saves you the time and trouble of filing, and there may be a workaround posted in the issue.

Known Issues: Podman Desktop 1.5.2​

Fixed Issues​

The complete list of issues fixed in this release is available here.

Where to Download​

Get the latest release from the Downloads section of the website and boost your development journey with Podman Desktop. Additionally, visit the GitHub repository and see how you can help us make Podman Desktop better.

Podman Desktop 1.4 Release! 🎉

This is essentially a bug-fix release to fix various issues in UI, but as usual we also added a few new features.

• Podman 4.6.2: Podman 4.6.2 included with Podman Desktop 1.4
• Windows Arm64: Native Windows on Arm64 installers and binaries
• Port range mapping: Start containers and map a range of ports
• Terminal UX Improvement: Persistent terminal sessions when SSH'ing in a container
• Volume Creation: Create volume from the Volumes page
• Bash support: Terminals are now using bash if available.

Podman Desktop 1.4 is now available. Click here to download it!

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Release Details​

Port range mapping #3654​

When starting a new container, you can now map a port range between host and container. If the range is not valid between host and container, an error is raised.

Terminal lifetime #3725​

When a terminal is opened for a container, it can now be reused after you switched to another part of the Podman Desktop UI.

Create volume #3742​

The Volumes tab now has a Create volume button. The Create volume UI has a single field for the volume name.

bash support #3750​

When a terminal is opened for a container, if bash is available within the container, it will be used. Otherwise, sh will be used.

Notable Bug Fixes​

• Reduce API calls when listing containers by @benoitf #3489
• Removing a connection(podman machine) should redirect to previous page by @benoitf #3576
• Enhance error message when image is not there by @benoitf #3587
• Dispose kind install button when extension is deactivated (#3586) by @lstocchi #3610
• Replace backslash/slash on windows when building image (#3465) by @lstocchi #3618
• Handle null value in container command (#3620) by @lstocchi #3625
• Add maximum activation time for extensions by @benoitf #3446
• Handle single non-spread arguments by @benoitf #3641
• Grab usage data of volumes only on-demand by @benoitf #3635
• Add arm64 binaries for Windows by @benoitf #3643
• Include right airgap file for Windows and arm64 by @benoitf #3651
• Redirect to previous page when removing a kubernetes connection by @benoitf #3650
• Support port ranges when starting a container (#3204) by @lstocchi #3654
• Add a strict undefined check to messagebox result (#3692) by @lstocchi #3699
• Only restart if a machine is running by @cdrage #3491
• Session to the terminal is reused by @benoitf #3725
• Disable next button and show try again when onboarding failed (#3616) by @lstocchi #3711
• Add podman in PATH after updating process environment PATH (#3729) by @lstocchi #3730
• Allow to create a volume by @benoitf #3742
• Using bash if available otherwise sh in terminal by @axel7083 #3750
• Allow to embed existing component to onboarding (#3755) by @lstocchi #3763
• Some containers never return logs, do not wait for them by @dgolovin #3784
• Remove cancel button when on final onboarding step (#3771) by @lstocchi #3802
• Onboarding add link micromark for commands by @cdrage #3747
• Mounts can be null when using older podman by @afbjorklund #3806
• Remove redundant step completion check when onboarding gets started by @lstocchi #3798
• Ability to click enter in pull image name input by @deboer-tim #3850
• Set proxy environment variable when launching process by @jeffmaury #3838
• The socket location was moved for new podman by @afbjorklund #3853
• Don't log console errors when activating lima extension by @afbjorklund #3852

Community Thank You​

🎉 We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who helped to make Podman Desktop even better.

A warm welcome to @tomgoren, @Julian, @Gelob and @cedricclyburn who made their first contribution to the project in this release.

Final Notes​

The complete list of issues fixed in this release is available here.

Get the latest release from the Downloads section of the website and boost your development journey with Podman Desktop. Additionally, visit the GitHub repository and see how you can help us make Podman Desktop better.

Podman Desktop 1.3 Release! 🎉

This is essentially a bug-fix release to fix various issues in UI, extension engine and featured extensions, but as usual we also added a few new features.

• Podman 4.6.1: Podman 4.6.1 included in Windows and Mac installers
• Podman user-mode networking support to Windows/WSL: A new switch `User mode networking' is available when creating Podman machine on Windows for Podman 4.6.0+ to configure podman to work in certain VPN setups and other specialized networking configurations
• Compose group new UI elements: You can now see summary, inspect, deploy to kubernetes, generate kube yaml and view logs
• Extension packs and extension dependencies: Install group of extensions in one click
• Resource details page update: See summary and log for resource
• Create Kind cluster form update: A new Node's container image field can be used to specify the Kubernetes version used for the control-planed
• Support Docker Desktop extensions using a backend: When loading Docker Desktop extension the containers are created in the backend as described in the vm section of extension's descriptor
• Podman Initial Onboarding (preview): Install and configure podman using included installer

Podman Desktop 1.3 is now available. Click here to download it!

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Release Details​

Compose group Logs tab #3176​

When clicking on the group of containers, you can now view the logs of the entire group of compose containers and don't need to open log for every component individually.

Podman user-mode networking support to Windows/WSL #3251​

Certain VPN setups or other specialized networking configs will block traffic from the virtual WSL networking device, resulting in the podman WSL backend from being unable to contact systems on the VPN, and potentially losing internet access altogether. The new switch allows you to create a podman VM machine configured to work correctly in mentioned above networking environments.

Compose group Summary tab #3317​

Compose group Summary tab shows all containers in the group and let you navigate to Details page for specific container.

Compose group Inspect tab #3316​

Compose group Inspect tab shows an array of "container inspect" from docker / podman.

Deploy to kubernetes in compose actions #3299​

A button to deploy to kubernetes added to Compose group.

Generate Kube in Compose actions and Kube tab in compose details #3253​

Generate Kube item added to Compose actions and "Kube" tab is now available in Compose details view.

Install multiple extensions using extension pack #3150​

An Extension pack introduced in Extension engine is a way to declare set of extensions to install them all at once.

Customize icons from extension #3131​

Extensions now can customize icons for list elements using when clause.

Resource details page update #1923​

If you click on the arrow icon next to a resource name it will open up a details page (similarly to how clicking on a container in the container list opens up a details page).

Node's container image field added to Create a Kind cluster form #3508​

The new Node's container image field can be used to specify the Kubernetes version used for the control-planed.

Support Docker Desktop extensions using a backend #3435​

Podman Desktop now loads the containers in the backend as described in the vm section of extension descriptor the same way as Docker Desktop does.

Initial onboarding implementation for podman (experimental) #3308​

This is the initial implementation for the onboarding feature. It only covers a simple onboarding for podman. Check system requirements -> install podman -> yay! Done!

Notable Bug Fixes​

• Updating videos to be adaptive for mobile by @mairin #3229
• Consistent max width and padding in settings by @deboer-tim #3232
• Settings navigation bar resizing by @deboer-tim in #3231
• Move new registry button to header by @deboer-tim #3245
• Bigger lima logo by @afbjorklund #3248
• Horizontal docker logo by @afbjorklund #3236
• Respect LIMA_HOME environment variable by @afbjorklund #3254
• Add check before writing to terminal by @lstocchi #3263
• Wait until remote side has fully initialized the extensions by @benoitf #3257
• Fix loader not centered horizontally by @benoitf #3270
• Troubleshooting still waiting after failure by @deboer-tim #3354
• Store error for build by @cdrage #3365
• Missing checkbox tooltips by @deboer-tim #3380
• Load compose logs async not await by @cdrage #3377
• Set rootful connection when starting rootful machine by @lstocchi #3364
• Default last page by @deboer-tim #3388
• Avoid dashboard displaying providers starting while they don't by @benoitf #3451
• Do not use extensionInfo until it is defined by @benoitf #V
• Allow BASIC authentication (all caps) by @cdrage #3471
• Allow single domain registry such as localhost:5000 by @cdrage #3468
• Create /usr/local/bin directory if it does not exist on binary install by @cdrage #3425
• Only delete selected pods by @deboer-tim #
• Add back 'Done' text on the button by @benoitf #3487
• Do not wait for more than 5s when checking for podman ping by @benoitf #3497
• Add proxy support for extension using patching get and request approach by @dgolovin #2825
• Refresh component when field is updated by @benoitf #3525
• Higher-res icons for featured extensions list by @mairin #3511
• Main nav selection by @deboer-tim #3510
• kube event error when switching context by @jeffmaury #3494
• Reset error message each time we pull image by @benoitf #3550

Community Thank You​

🎉 We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who helped to make Podman Desktop even better.

A warm welcome to @rostalan and @axel7083 who made their first contribution to the project in this release.

Final Notes​

The complete list of issues fixed in this release is available here.

Get the latest release from the Downloads section of the website and boost your development journey with Podman Desktop. Additionally, visit the GitHub repository and see how you can help us make Podman Desktop better.

Podman Desktop 1.2 Release! 🎉

We're excited to announce the release of Podman Desktop version 1.2.0! This release includes many new features (Kubernetes, Compose and extension support!), bug fixes, and improvements to enhance your container management experience. Here's a summary of the key changes in this release:

• Added start/stop/delete/restart buttons for Compose: You can now make changes to an entire Compose group of containers
• Kubernetes context on the status bar: Choose from multiple Kubernetes contexts more easily all from the status bar
• Rename images: Rename an image with a click of a button
• Protocol handler support: Added support for protocol handlers such as open podman-desktop:extension/redhat.openshift-local
• Troubleshooting page: A troubleshooting page for helping diagnose Podman Desktop related development issues

Podman Desktop 1.2 is now available. Click here to download it!

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Release Details​

Added start/stop/delete/restart buttons for Compose​

In the last month we've been addind support for more Compose features. Before you were only able to control a group of containers if they were in a Pod. Now we have added the ability to control a group of Compose containers. You can now start, stop, delete and restart a group of containers launched by either docker-compose or podman-compose.

Stay tuned as we add even more features to Compose! If you have any feedback or feature requests, feel free to open an issue or start a discussion on GitHub.

Kubernetes context on the status bar​

With Kubernetes context on the status bar, you can switch from one context to another in just a couple of clicks. Easily switch to a different cluster all together. If there are multiple contexts available, you can now click and pick which one to use.

Rename images​

Deployed an image but now you need to rename it / add a new tag? Podman Desktop allows you to edit an image now. Thanks to an awesome contributor @tuckerrc who added the new feature.

Troubleshooting page​

Developing an extension for Podman Desktop? Want to view the logs of Podman Desktop as well as ping your container connection? We now have a troubleshooting page!

Click on the lightbulb button on the bottom right to access the page.

Protocol handler support​

Podman Desktop now supports protocol handling when using the terminal! Want to access your favourite extension directly from a script or the terminal? If you type in open podman-desktop:extension/redhat.openshift-local in the terminal, Podman Desktop will automatically load up to the correct extension.

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Other Notable Features​

• Background colors and FormPage (PR #2977)
• Add ability to add insecure registry / skipping cert verify (PR #2896)
• Add support for icon contribution (PR #2984)
• Add warning dialog message that virtual machine has low memory limit (PR #2822)
• Propose indexed name for new pod (PR #3028)
• Add restart button after enabling / disabling mac os compatibility (PR #2841)
• Add environment related helper constants (PR #3079)
• Allow entrypoint and cmd when starting container (PR #3031)
• Add a way to debug stores in troubleshooting page (PR #3121)
• Add custompick component (#2855) (PR #3012)
• Dynamic breadcrumbs (PR #3119)
• Icons on form pages (PR #3155)
• Switch more pages to formpage (PR #3162)
• Add rename image button (PR #2588)
• Fixed headers, improved scrollbars (PR #2863)
• Reports warnings on failed kube deploy, fixes error out (PR #3050)
• Kube context on statusbar (PR #2755)
• Install provider if not installed when clicking on create new button (#2706) (PR #2817)
• Add tag and authenticated push capacity to the extension API (PR #2876)
• Add navigation bar e2e tests (PR #2950)

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Documentation Updates​

• Fix documentation for building image of extensions (PR #2873)
• Add Minikube install docs (PR #2824)
• Add Minikube documentation (PR #2694)
• Updated Building an image procedure (PR #2964)
• Starting a container (PR #2958)
• Pulling an image (PR #2956)
• Updated selecting containers to run in a pod (PR #2970)
• Pushing an image to a registry (PR #2969)
• How to add an insecure registry (PR #2953)
• Add documentation for lima (PR #2995)
• Replace broken link to podman.io (PR #2994)
• Authenticating to a pre-configured registry (PR #2965)
• Lima is not a container engine (PR #3051)
• Using the Troubleshooting page (PR #3083)
• View and select your current Kubernetes context in the status bar (PR #3090)

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Notable Bug Fixes​

• Deleting a running pod generates an error (PR #2827)
• If kubeconfig is empty, does not try to do things, cancel (PR #2874)
• Async telemetry startup (PR #2885)
• Do not block startup while waiting for kube resource refresh (PR #2884)
• Images list too wide (PR #2918)
• Compose deactivate function never called (PR #2922)
• Auto-scrolling on form pages, layout issues (PR #2927)
• Show current context in quick pick (PR #2920)
• Remove sticky position of loader in dashboard UI (#2535) (PR #2959)
• Undo change that broke the website (PR #2992)
• Detailspage, resizing & consistency (PR #2987)
• Quick pick click to close and over nav bar (PR #2758)
• Only show empty screen when no pods (PR #2929)
• Do not redirect to /pods when deleting pod in containerlist (PR #2963)
• Bulk delete on pods should call the pod deletion (PR #2979)
• Update nodejs version to 18 in .nvmrc to fix yarn install failure (PR #2989)
• Website check targets (PR #2996)
• Don't show exception to user (PR #3034)
• Interpret arguments given to info command for example (PR #3015)
• Change defaults for Podman machine (PR #3061)
• Normalize development/production folders path (PR #3113)
• Calculate machine socket path for linux (PR #3070)
• Replace backslash with slash so to support rendering on Windows (#3120) (PR #3122)
• Keep stdout and stderr in the error object for Docker Desktop extensions (PR #3014)
• Mark task completed if there's a failure (PR #3016)
• Handle invalid kubeconfig file (PR #3129)
• Do not remove registries when podman extension is stopping (PR #3136)
• Warning should be amber (PR #3153)
• Load user extensions from plugins as removable (PR #3152)
• Images with spaces in entrypoints or commands fail to start (PR #3161)
• Scrolling offscreen when clicking checkbox (PR #3178)
• Avoid messagebox expanding offscreen (PR #2778)
• Release-notes-generator run failure (PR #2752)
• Unable to do a new build if the previous one failed (PR #2721)

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Community Thank You​

🎉 We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who helped to make Podman Desktop even better.

A big shoutout to @afbjorklund, @tuckerrc and @evanshortiss who contributed to this release!

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Final notes​

The complete list of issues fixed in this release is available here and here.

Get the latest release from the Downloads section of the website and boost your development journey with Podman Desktop. Additionally, visit the GitHub repository and see how you can help us make Podman Desktop better.

Podman Desktop 1.1 Release! 🎉

This is primarily a bug-fix release to fix a few important issues, but we've managed to squeeze in a few enhancements along the way.

• Podman 4.5.1: Podman 4.5.1 now included in Windows and Mac installers.
• Extensions: Update extensions from within Podman Desktop.
• Lima Support: Choose engine type and override its name from the settings.
• UX and UI Improvements: New loading screen.

Podman Desktop 1.1 is now available. Click here to download it!

Podman Desktop 1.0 Release! 🎉

We still have many things planned, but with a little polish and a few more bug fixes we felt we've reached a level of maturity and it is now time to declare our 1.0 release.

Thank you to everyone who has been with us on this journey so far! Please keep the feedback coming!

• Highlighting Featured Extensions: Easily find and install new extensions.
• Featured Extensions: Two new extensions supporting OpenShift.
• Podman Machine as Root: Ability to run a Podman machine as root.
• UX and UI Improvements: Opening external websites, editing numbers, and tooltips.

Podman Desktop 1.0 is now available. Click here to download it!

Podman Desktop 0.15 - Cleanliness is next to Podliness!

It has only been two weeks since our last release, but we really wanted to complete a few scenarios, fix a few bugs, and show off several design updates and UI improvements that we have been working on.

• Podman Version: Podman 4.5 now included in Windows and Mac installers.
• Kind Ingress: Creating an ingress to expose services outside the Kind cluster.
• Podliness: Ability to choose external ports when podifying containers.
• Cleanliness: New navigation bar, dialog, and palette update.
• UX and UI Improvements: Markdown support for extensions.

Podman Desktop 0.15 is now available. Click here to download it!

Podman Desktop 0.14 - Our Kind-est release yet!

We have been working on a Kind extension for a while now, and decided it is time to promote it into a release just in time for KubeCon and CloudNativeCon Europe!

We're especially excited about releasing Kind because it finally shows the full purpose of Podman Desktop: not just local container engines, but Kubernetes too. More importantly, providing tools that allow you to manage both environments and seamlessly move between them.

Some of these features were available in development mode over the last few releases, but since they are now in the release build, we will do a full roundup and talk about all the Kind features.

• Kind Installation: Install Kind from the status bar
• Manage Kind Clusters: Create and manage Kind clusters from Settings > Resources
• Using Kind: Deploying YAML and sharing images to a cluster
• Kind Ingress: Install a Contour ingress controller
• UX and UI Improvements: Updated preferences and telemetry prompt

Podman Desktop 0.14 is now available. Click here to download it!

This release note covers Podman Desktop 0.13 release changes.

• Podman Version: Podman 4.4.4 now included in Windows and Mac installers.
• Compose: Support for installing Docker Compose.
• Extensions: Improved extension support for Podman Desktop with additional capabilities.
• UX and UI Improvements: Welcome page, task manager, resources, and update alerts.

Podman Desktop 0.13 is now available. Click here to download it!

This release note covers Podman Desktop 0.12 release changes.

• Podman Version: Podman 4.4.1 now included in Windows and Mac installers.
• Containers Configuration: Configure port mappings for an image without exported ports.
• Windows Home Support: Podman Desktop now supports Windows Home Edition.
• Start minimized: Option to start Podman Desktop minimized to system tray.
• UX and UI Improvements: Consistent actions, placeholder for logs, unified icons and others.

Podman Desktop 0.12 is now available. Click here to download it!

This release note covers Podman Desktop 0.11 release changes.

• Air-Gapped Installation: New all-in-one binaries for air-gapped installation.
• Feedback: Submit feedback directly from Podman Desktop.
• Docker Compatibility Mode: Information about the Docker compatibility mode.
• Proxy Setting: Toggle on/off the proxy setting.
• Deploy to Kubernetes: Select the namespace to deploy to Kubernetes.
• Registry Configuration: Simplified registry configuration for well known registries.
• UX/UI Improvements: View pod's container logs, better visual feedback, configurable editor font size, and more.

Podman Desktop 0.11 is now available. Click here to download it!

This release note covers Podman Desktop 0.10 release changes.

• Containers Configuration: Container creation wizzard allowing to define environment variables, networking and more configuration options.
• Kubernetes Improvements: Play Kubernetes YAML, custom Kubeconfig path support, reload of kube context.
• Registries Configuration: Revamped registries configuration UI.
• Podman Version: Podman 4.3.1 now included in Windows and Mac installers.
• UX/UI Improvements: Improved lists, better contrast, and more.

Podman Desktop 0.10 is now available. Click here to download it!