Docker 4.85.0

I've been running Docker Desktop 4.85.0 since it landed on August 3, 2026, and honestly? This is the most polished update in a while. The headline is Docker AI Agent v1.115.0, but the real story is a long list of quality-of-life fixes — several of which directly fix annoyances I'd been living with for weeks.

The Good Stuff

Let's start with the fixes that actually matter day-to-day:

• Crash reports respect your privacy now. Native crash reports were being uploaded to Bugsnag even when you had analytics disabled. That's fixed — the toggle finally means what it says.
• No more 7-minute startup delays. An invalid install-settings.json or config.json used to stall startup with a silent delay of up to ~7 minutes before the error dialog appeared. Both now fail fast with an immediate error.
• Gordon's plan mode stays in plan mode. Previously it would silently revert to build mode after the first message — meaning subsequent turns ran with full tool access while the UI still showed plan mode. That's exactly the kind of thing you don't want to discover late. Fixed.
• File previews and diffs are back in the Gordon confirmation card when approving write or edit actions — they were being hidden entirely.
• Linux VM kernel panic fixed. A container's file watcher (inotify/fanotify) observing host-side changes on a bind mount could hang Docker Desktop. No more hard freezes.

Windows & Linux Wins

Windows users get the biggest changes: fresh installs from the Microsoft Store now default to per-user install mode, removing the admin-privileges requirement. Per-user uninstalls no longer fail with an unauthorized access error when reverting the hosts file, and the crash when the docker-users group is missing is replaced with a recoverable dialog.

On Linux, deleting files on a host bind mount inside an Enhanced Container Isolation container no longer fails with the cryptic "Value too large for data type" error.

Worth It?

Verdict: update now. The startup-delay fix alone is worth it, and the plan-mode fix is a genuine safety improvement if you use Gordon's AI features. This is a stable, boring, well-tested release — the best kind.