Docker 4.80.0

Docker Desktop 4.80.0 just dropped ☕️ and honestly? It's the kind of update that doesn't make headlines but makes your Monday morning dev loop noticeably smoother. Let's get into it.

What's Actually New

Docker Desktop 4.80.0, released June 29, 2026, ships with newer versions of Docker Engine, Kubernetes, and container runtime components. Translation: you get all the latest patches without having to chase down each component separately. The team calls it a "broad update" and they're not wrong.

The release notes clock in at a modest length, which tells you this is more about polish than paradigm shifts. But polish matters when you're rebuilding container images twelve times a day.

Bug Bashes

Two fixes stand out:

• Compose EOF on Windows: If you've ever been hit with docker compose up failing with an EOF error on Windows — you know the rage. That's squashed now.
• Dashboard OOM Crash: Docker Desktop would sometimes go unresponsive or crash when streaming logs in the Dashboard, especially on long-running containers with verbose output. That out-of-memory situation? Fixed.

There's also a fix for orphan processes lingering after an unexpected crash on Windows. The kind of thing you don't notice until you check task manager and see sixteen daemon.exe entries staring back at you.

TL;DR

If you're on macOS or Windows and already running Docker Desktop, just hit "Check for Updates" and let it do its thing. The compose fix and the newer Engine make it worth the download.

Linux users running Docker Engine directly — this one's mostly Desktop-centric, so you can skip unless the Kubernetes component bump matters to you.

Verdict: Update now, forget about it. Docker Desktop 4.80.0 is the kind of release you install and never think about again — which is exactly the point.