Podman Desktop 1.18 Release! 🎉
by Sonia Sandler
[image: podman-desktop-hero-1.18]
Podman Desktop 1.18 is now available! Click here to download it
<https://podman-desktop.io/downloads>!
This release brings exciting new features and improvements:
- *Refining the Docker Compatibility feature*: The Docker Compatibility
page has been moved out of experimental mode, and now it helps you fully
set up Podman even when installed through brew. It also detects and
notifies you when Podman can't bind the Docker socket.
- *Switching Kubernetes namespace*: Switching between Kubernetes
namespaces within Podman Desktop is now available.
- *Jobs in Kubernetes*: You can now see Kubernetes jobs in our growing
Kubernetes section of Podman Desktop.
- *Experimental status bar providers enhancements*: Status bar providers
can be pinned and unpinned based on user preferences and the provider
status icons have been updated to be easier to understand.
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Release Details <https://podman-desktop.io/blog#release-details>Docker
Compatibility mode page is out of experimental mode 🎉
<https://podman-desktop.io/blog#docker-compatibilty-mode-page-is-out-of-ex...>
The experimental Docker Compatibility page that was introduced in v1.13
<https://podman-desktop.io/blog/podman-desktop-release-1.13#docker-compati...>
has
been moved out of experimental mode. Now everything related to Docker
compatibility can be found in one place. In addition, new Docker
compatibility related notifications have been added to make the set up
process easier and less guesswork when running into problems.
[image: Docker Compatibilty podman mac helper notification] [image: Docker
Compatibilty docker socket notification]Switching Kubernetes namespaces
<https://podman-desktop.io/blog#switching-kubernetes-namepaces>
Until now, only switching Kubernetes contexts was supported in Podman
Desktop. With this update, you can now switch between namespaces from
within Podman Desktop without having to do anything outside the app. The
selection does not modify your Kube config and is persistent across the
app, so if you select a specific namespace in one place, it will be used
everywhere else in Podman Desktop.
[image: Kubernetes namespaces]Kubernetes Jobs
<https://podman-desktop.io/blog#kubernetes-jobs>
As part of our ongoing Kubernetes improvement and enhancement efforts, a
new tab has been added for Kubernetes Jobs. You can now view the jobs, all
in one place, with details page for each one, and have the ability to
delete and view condition statuses.
[image: Kubernetes Jobs list] [image: Kubernetes Job details]Experimental
status bar providers enhancements
<https://podman-desktop.io/blog#experimental-status-bar-providers-enhancem...>
The experimental status bar providers that were introduced in v1.16
<https://podman-desktop.io/blog/podman-desktop-release-1.16#providers-appe...>
have
undergone some changes to make them easier to understand and use.
The new provider status icons include:
- white dot - running
- red dot - error
- up arrow - update available
- spinning circle - stopping or starting
- darker icon - stopped
In addition, you can now choose which available providers to show by
pinning or unpinning them from the status bar:
[image: Status bar providers]
If you have any feedback or thoughts about our experimental features (or
any aspect of Podman Desktop at all), feel free to let us know in the
relevant experimental feature github discussion
<https://github.com/podman-desktop/podman-desktop/discussions/categories/e...>,
which can be accessed from the experimental tab in the settings page, or by
clicking on the comment icon in the lower right side of Podman Desktop and
filling out the feedback form.
Additional changes
Breaking changes
As part of the migration to svelte 5, breaking changes were introduced in
the DetailsPage and FormPage components of the
@podman-desktop/ui-svelte package
v1.18.0.
Please use {#snippet <snippet-name>()} instead of slots in those components
See the full release notes on our website
<https://podman-desktop.io/blog/podman-desktop-release-1.18>
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