v1_74.md

November 2022 (version 1.74)

Dev Containers

GPU host requirement

In the devcontainer.json file, you can now specify that a GPU is required:

{
    "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:bullseye",
    "hostRequirements": {
        "gpu": true
    }
}

The container will be started with GPU enabled (if one is detected).

Improved ssh-agent and gpg-agent forwarding

We now also support forwarding to local SSH and GPG agents listening on MINGW and Cygwin socket paths.

Bundled @devcontainer/cli NPM package

The JavaScript in the @devcontainer/cli NPM package is now bundled in a single minified JavaScript file.

Improved Create Dev Container command UI

The Dev Containers: Create Dev Container command UI now let you pick a name for the Dev Container and offers a shortcut avoiding additional options: