v0.17.0-rc1

Welcome to the v0.17.0-rc1 release of buildx!
This is a pre-release of buildx

Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/docker/buildx/issues.

Contributors

• CrazyMax
• Tõnis Tiigi
• Jonathan A. Sternberg
• Sebastiaan van Stijn
• David Karlsson
• Talon Bowler
• Shaun Thompson
• Bryce Lampe
• Guillaume Lours
• Nicolas De Loof
• idnandre

Notable Changes

• Enable support for entitlements with Bake #2666
• Allow setting network mode in HCL/JSON for Bake #2671
• Use shared session for local sources for multiple targets with Bake #2615 #2607 #2663
• Add metrics for bake command #2610
• Add basename, dirname and sanitize functions to Bake #2649
• Allow builds from stdin for multi-node builders #2656
• Include target name in the error message when building multiple targets with Bake #2651
• Support metadata file flag when set along the call flag #2640
• Print out the number of warnings after completing a rule check #2647
• Add debug as persistent flag #2660
• Skip build ref and provenance metadata for subrequests #2650
• Optimize metrics handling during progress #2641
• Improve kubernetes driver initialization #2606
• Improvements to avoid unecessary allocations #2601

Dependency Changes

• github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2 v2.1.3 -> v2.1.6
• github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.19 -> v1.7.20
• github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2 v2.1.1 -> v2.2.0
• github.com/docker/cli v27.0.3 -> v27.2.0
• github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.2 -> v2.8.3
• github.com/docker/docker v27.0.3 -> v27.2.0
• github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0 -> v1.8.1
• github.com/moby/buildkit v0.15.1 -> v0.16.0-rc1
• github.com/moby/sys/signal v0.7.0 -> v0.7.1
• github.com/moby/sys/userns v0.1.0 new
• go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v0.42.0 -> v0.44.0
• go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp v0.42.0 -> v0.44.0
• golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.11.0 -> v0.13.0
• google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 -> v1.6.8
• google.golang.org/genproto 49dd2c1f3d0b -> 989df2bf70f3
• google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api 49dd2c1f3d0b -> 83a465c0220f
• google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc 49dd2c1f3d0b -> 995d672761c0
• google.golang.org/grpc v1.59.0 -> v1.60.1

Previous release can be found at v0.16.2

v0.16.2

Welcome to the v0.16.2 release of buildx!

Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/docker/buildx/issues.

Contributors

• CrazyMax

Notable changes

• Fix possible "bad file descriptor" error when exporting local cache to NFS volume #2629

Dependency Changes

• github.com/gofrs/flock v0.12.0 -> v0.12.1
• github.com/moby/buildkit v0.15.0 -> v0.15.1
• golang.org/x/sys v0.21.0 -> v0.22.0

Previous release can be found at v0.16.1

v0.16.1

Welcome to the v0.16.1 release of buildx!

Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/docker/buildx/issues.

Contributors

• CrazyMax
• Talon Bowler
• Tõnis Tiigi

Notable changes

• Fix possible panic due to data race in buildx bake --print command #2603
• Improve messaging about using --debug flag to inspect build warnings #2612

Dependency Changes

This release has no dependency changes

Previous release can be found at v0.16.0

v0.16.0

Welcome to the v0.16.0 release of buildx!

Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/docker/buildx/issues.

Contributors

• Tõnis Tiigi
• CrazyMax
• Sebastiaan van Stijn
• David Karlsson
• Eli Treuherz
• Talon Bowler
• Guillaume Lours
• Shaun Thompson

Notable Changes

• Build command now ensures that multi-node builds use the same build reference for each node #2572
• Bake command now supports --call and --check flags and call key in target definition for selecting custom build methods #2556 #2576
• Bake definition variables and targets supports new description key for defining text-based description that can be inspected later #2556
• Experimental: Bake command supports new --list-targets and --list-variables flags for inspecting the definition and possible configuration options for your project. #2556
• Bake command now supports printing warnings similarly to the build command. #2501
• Avoid duplicate requests and improve the performance of remote driver #2501
• Build warnings can now be saved to the metadata file when defining BUILDX_METADATA_WARNINGS=1 #2551 #2521 #2550
• Improve message of --check when no warnings are detected #2549
• Fix support for multi-type annotations during build #2522
• Fix possible inefficient transfer of files when switching projects due to incremental transfer reuse (regression from v0.14+) #2558
• Fix incorrect default load for chained Bake targets #2583
• Fix incorrect COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME handling in Bake #2579
• Fix index annotations support for multi-node builds #2546
• Fix capturing provenance metadata for builds from remote context #2560

Dependency Changes

• github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2 v2.1.2 -> v2.1.3
• github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.18 -> v1.7.19
• github.com/containerd/containerd/api v1.7.19 new
• github.com/containerd/platforms v0.2.1 new
• github.com/containerd/ttrpc v1.2.4 -> v1.2.5
• github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4 new
• github.com/docker/cli v26.1.4 -> v27.0.3
• github.com/docker/cli-docs-tool v0.7.0 -> v0.8.0
• github.com/docker/docker v26.1.4 -> v27.0.3
• github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.8.0 -> v0.8.2
• github.com/go-logr/logr v1.3.0 -> v1.4.1
• github.com/gofrs/flock v0.8.1 -> v0.12.0
• github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.4 -> v1.17.9
• github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure/v2 v2.0.2 new
• github.com/moby/buildkit v0.14.1 -> v0.15.0
• github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0 -> v0.15.1
• github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 new
• github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0 -> v1.8.1
• github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 -> v1.9.0
• github.com/tonistiigi/go-csvvalue ddb21b71c0b4 new

Previous release can be found at v0.15.1

v0.16.0-rc2

Welcome to the v0.16.0-rc2 release of buildx!
This is a pre-release of buildx

Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/docker/buildx/issues.

Contributors

• Tõnis Tiigi
• CrazyMax

Notable Changes

• Fix incorrect default load for chained Bake targets #2583
• Fix incorrect COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME handling in Bake #2579

Dependency Changes

• github.com/moby/buildkit v0.15.0-rc1 -> v0.15.0-rc2
• github.com/tonistiigi/go-csvvalue bb8dd5cba3c2 -> ddb21b71c0b4

Previous release can be found at v0.16.0-rc1

v0.16.0-rc1

Welcome to the v0.16.0-rc1 release of buildx!
This is a pre-release of buildx

Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/docker/buildx/issues.

Contributors

• Tõnis Tiigi
• CrazyMax
• Sebastiaan van Stijn
• David Karlsson
• Eli Treuherz
• Talon Bowler
• Guillaume Lours
• Shaun Thompson

Notable Changes

• Build command now ensures that multi-node builds use the same build reference for each node #2572
• Bake command now supports --call and --check flags and call key in target definition for selecting custom build methods #2556 #2576
• Bake definition variables and targets supports new description key for defining text-based description that can be inspected later #2556
• Experimental: Bake command supports new --list-targets and --list-variables flags for inspecting the definition and possible configuration options for your project. #2556
• Bake command now supports printing warnings similarly to the build command. #2501
• Avoid duplicate requests and improve the performance of remote driver #2501
• Build warnings can now be saved to the metadata file when defining BUILDX_METADATA_WARNINGS=1 #2551 #2521 #2550
• Improve message of --check when no warnings are detected #2549
• Fix support for multi-type annotations during build #2522
• Fix possible inefficient transfer of files when switching projects due to incremental transfer reuse (regression from v0.14+) #2558
• Fix index annotations support for multi-node builds #2546
• Fix capturing provenance metadata for builds from remote context #2560

Dependency Changes

• github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2 v2.1.2 -> v2.1.3
• github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.18 -> v1.7.19
• github.com/containerd/containerd/api v1.7.19 new
• github.com/containerd/platforms v0.2.1 new
• github.com/containerd/ttrpc v1.2.4 -> v1.2.5
• github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4 new
• github.com/docker/cli v26.1.4 -> v27.0.3
• github.com/docker/cli-docs-tool v0.7.0 -> v0.8.0
• github.com/docker/docker v26.1.4 -> v27.0.3
• github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.8.0 -> v0.8.2
• github.com/go-logr/logr v1.3.0 -> v1.4.1
• github.com/gofrs/flock v0.8.1 -> v0.12.0
• github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.4 -> v1.17.9
• github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure/v2 v2.0.2 new
• github.com/moby/buildkit v0.14.1 -> v0.15.0-rc1
• github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0 -> v0.15.1
• github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 new
• github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0 -> v1.8.1
• github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 -> v1.9.0
• github.com/tonistiigi/go-csvvalue bb8dd5cba3c2 new

Previous release can be found at v0.15.1

v0.15.1

Welcome to the 0.15.1 release of buildx!

Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/docker/buildx/issues.

Contributors

• Tõnis Tiigi
• Sebastiaan van Stijn
• Talon Bowler

Notable Changes

• Fix missing build error and exit code for some validation requests with --check #2518
• Update fallback image for --check to Dockerfile v1.8.1 #2538

Dependency Changes

• github.com/moby/buildkit v0.14.0 -> v0.14.1

Previous release can be found at v0.15.0

v0.15.0

Welcome to the 0.15.0 release of buildx!

Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/docker/buildx/issues.

Contributors

• Tõnis Tiigi
• CrazyMax
• Sebastiaan van Stijn
• Tim Smith
• Jonathan A. Sternberg
• Talon Bowler
• David Karlsson
• Akihiro Suda
• Shaun Thompson
• Arnold Sobanski
• Guillaume Lours
• Justin Chadwell
• Mitsuru Kariya
• Sumner Warren
• jaihwan104

Notable Changes

• New --call option allows setting evaluation method for a build, replacing the previous experimental --print flag. #2498 #2487 #2513 In addition to default "build", the following methods are implemented by Dockerfile frontend:
  • check - Run validation routines for your build configuration. These are the same validations that would show up as warnings during build. There is also shortcut flag --check for this option.
  • outline - Show configuration that would be used by current build, including all the build-args, secrets, SSH etc that your build would use.
  • targets- Show all available targets and their descriptions.
• New --prefer-index flag has been added to imagetools create command to control the behavior of creating image out of one single-platform image manifest. #2482
• Kubernetes driver allows configuring deployment timeout #2492
• New metrics definitions have been added for build warning types #2482 #2507
• Prune and Disk usage commands now support negative and prefix filters #2473
• Building Compose files with Bake now supports passing SSH forwarding configuration #2445
• Compose compatibility has been updated to v2.1.2 #2502 #2425
• Fix issue with configuring Kubernetes driver with custom TLS certificates #2454
• Fix concurrent kubeconfig access when loading nodes #2497

Dependency Changes

• github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.1 -> v0.6.2
• github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.11.4 -> v0.11.5
• github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2 v2.0.2 -> v2.1.2
• github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.15 -> v1.7.18
• github.com/containerd/errdefs v0.1.0 new
• github.com/containerd/ttrpc v1.2.3 -> v1.2.4
• github.com/creack/pty v1.1.18 -> v1.1.21
• github.com/distribution/reference v0.5.0 -> v0.6.0
• github.com/docker/cli v26.1.3 -> v26.1.4
• github.com/docker/docker v26.0.0 -> v26.1.4
• github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.0.0 new
• github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0 new
• github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1 new
• github.com/moby/buildkit 71f99c52a669 -> v0.14.0
• github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0-rc5 -> v1.1.0
• github.com/tonistiigi/fsutil 7525a1af2bb5 -> 91a3fc46842c
• github.com/tonistiigi/vt100 f9a4f7ef6531 -> 90bafcd6abab

Previous release can be found at v0.14.1

v0.15.0-rc2

Welcome to the 0.15.0-rc2 release of buildx!
This is a pre-release of buildx

Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/docker/buildx/issues.

Contributors

• CrazyMax
• Tõnis Tiigi
• David Karlsson
• Sebastiaan van Stijn

Notable Changes

• Fix concurrent kubeconfig access when loading nodes #2497
• Update fallback frontend for --check to Dockerfile 1.8.0-rc2

Dependency Changes

• github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2 v2.1.1 -> v2.1.2
• github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.17 -> v1.7.18
• github.com/containerd/errdefs v0.1.0 new
• github.com/docker/cli v26.1.3 -> v26.1.4
• github.com/docker/docker v26.1.3 -> v26.1.4
• github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.0.0 new
• github.com/moby/buildkit v0.14.0-rc1 -> v0.14.0-rc2

Previous release can be found at v0.15.0-rc1

v0.15.0-rc1

buildx 0.15.0-rc1

Welcome to the 0.15.0-rc1 release of buildx!
This is a pre-release of buildx

Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/docker/buildx/issues.

Contributors

• Tõnis Tiigi
• CrazyMax
• Tim Smith
• Sebastiaan van Stijn
• Jonathan A. Sternberg
• David Karlsson
• Shaun Thompson
• Akihiro Suda
• Arnold Sobanski
• Guillaume Lours
• Justin Chadwell
• Mitsuru Kariya
• Sumner Warren
• Talon Bowler
• jaihwan104

Notable Changes

• New --call option allows setting evaluation method for a build, replacing the previous experimental --print flag. #2498 #2487 In addition to default "build", the following methods are implemented by Dockerfile frontend:
  • check - Run validation routines for your build configuration. These are the same validations that would show up as warnings during build.
  • outline - Show configuration that would be used by current build, including all the build-args, secrets, SSH etc that your build would use.
  • targets- Show all available targets and their descriptions.
• New --prefer-index flag has been added to imagetools create command to control the behavior of creating image out of one single-platform image manifest. #2482
• Kubernetes driver allows configuring deployment timeout #2492
• New metrics definitions have been added for build warning types #2482
• Prune and Disk usage commands now support negative and prefix filters #2473
• Building Compose files with Bake now supports passing SSH forwarding configuration #2445
• Compose compatibility has been updated to v2.1.1 #2425
• Fix issue with configuring Kubernetes driver with custom TLS certificates #2454

Dependency Changes

• github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.1 -> v0.6.2
• github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.11.4 -> v0.11.5
• github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2 v2.0.2 -> v2.1.1
• github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.15 -> v1.7.17
• github.com/containerd/ttrpc v1.2.3 -> v1.2.4
• github.com/docker/docker v26.0.0 -> v26.1.3
• github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0 new
• github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1 new
• github.com/moby/buildkit 71f99c52a669 -> v0.14.0-rc1
• github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0-rc5 -> v1.1.0
• github.com/tonistiigi/fsutil 7525a1af2bb5 -> 91a3fc46842c
• github.com/tonistiigi/vt100 f9a4f7ef6531 -> 90bafcd6abab

Previous release can be found at v0.14.1