Releases: containerd/containerd
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containerd 2.3.3
Welcome to the v2.3.3 release of containerd!
The third patch release for containerd 2.3 contains various fixes and updates.
Highlights
- Set SystemTemp environment variable on Windows so temp directory overrides work for SYSTEM services (#13694)
Container Runtime Interface (CRI)
- Fix nil pointer dereference in NRI GetIPs during pod sandbox teardown or container exit (#13697)
- Reject CreateContainer calls when the target sandbox is not running (#13668)
- Ensure sandbox shutdown on RunPodSandbox hook failures to avoid mount leaks (#13645)
Image Distribution
- Surface OCI error bodies in registry 403 responses by falling back to GET requests (#13738)
Snapshotters
- Align default 4K mkfs block size for EROFS across all platforms (#13632)
Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/issues.
Contributors
- Maksym Pavlenko
- Samuel Karp
- Chris Henzie
- Phil Estes
- Sebastiaan van Stijn
- Akihiro Suda
- Austin Vazquez
- Chris Crone
- Derek McGowan
- Maksim An
- crawfordxx
- cshung
- lauralorenz
Changes
14 commits
- Prepare release notes for v2.3.3 (#13750)
7f6cee02aPrepare release notes for v2.3.3
- CI: migrate Vagrant to Lima (#13744)
7316210ceCI: migrate Vagrant to Lima
- remotes: surface OCI error body in registry 4xx responses (#13738)
457fba3a3remotes: surface OCI error body on HEAD 403 via GET fallback
- Update go to 1.26.5 (#13732)
dc2df934eUpdate go to 1.26.5
- ci: pin fog-json to resolve gem conflict (#13711)
5be0495dfci: pin fog-json to resolve gem conflict
- Fix nil pointer dereference in NRI GetIPs (#13697)
36c713971Fix nil pointer dereference in NRI GetIPs
- Set SystemTemp env var to config temp on Windows (#13694)
26dce170dSet SystemTemp env var to config temp on Windows
- update runhcs to v0.15.0-rc.3 (#13693)
9bc2c2349update runhcs to v0.15.0-rc.3
- Update to current setup-go version (#13686)
3e97edeb7Update to current setup-go version
- cri: reject CreateContainer when sandbox is not running (#13668)
8856b0f9ccri: reject CreateContainer when sandbox is not running
- update runhcs to v0.15.0-rc.2 (#13666)
ae796cec5update runhcs to v0.15.0-rc.2
- test: fix flaky image timestamp check on coarse clocks (#13643)
168d56783test: fix flaky image timestamp check on coarse clocks
- Add defer in event of mid-function failures in RunPodSandbox to avoid mount leaks (#13645)
d1db61db8Add deferred call to ShutdownSandbox to avoid leaks
- erofs: align default mkfs block size across platforms (#13632)
01b0f03f6erofs: align default mkfs block size across platforms
Dependency Changes
This release has no dependency changes
Previous release can be found at v2.3.2
Which file should I download?
containerd-<VERSION>-<OS>-<ARCH>.tar.gz: ✅Recommended. Dynamically linked with glibc 2.35 (Ubuntu 22.04).containerd-static-<VERSION>-<OS>-<ARCH>.tar.gz: Statically linked. Expected to be used on Linux distributions that do not use glibc >= 2.35. Not position-independent.
In addition to containerd, typically you will have to install runc
and CNI plugins from their official sites too.
See also the Getting Started documentation.
containerd 2.2.6
Welcome to the v2.2.6 release of containerd!
The sixth patch release for containerd 2.2 contains various fixes and updates.
Highlights
Container Runtime Interface (CRI)
- Fix nil pointer dereference in NRI GetIPs during pod sandbox teardown or container exit (#13696)
- Reject CreateContainer calls when the target sandbox is not running (#13669)
- Ensure sandbox shutdown on RunPodSandbox hook failures to avoid mount leaks (#13644)
Image Distribution
- Limit fallback to /blobs endpoint during ref resolution to prevent content store pollution (#13620)
Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/issues.
Contributors
- Samuel Karp
- Chris Henzie
- Phil Estes
- Akihiro Suda
- Joseph Zhang
- Maksym Pavlenko
- crawfordxx
- lauralorenz
Changes
8 commits
- Prepare release notes for v2.2.6 (#13751)
701734d2fPrepare release notes for v2.2.6
- CI: migrate Vagrant to Lima (#13745)
672ea355fCI: migrate Vagrant to Lima
- Update go to 1.26.5/1.25.12 (#13726)
d7eba3f42Update go to 1.26.5/1.25.12
- ci: pin fog-json to resolve gem conflict (#13714)
8f123e4f7ci: pin fog-json to resolve gem conflict
- Fix nil pointer dereference in NRI GetIPs (#13696)
d3e1a2be9Fix nil pointer dereference in NRI GetIPs
- cri: reject CreateContainer when sandbox is not running (#13669)
872a9502ecri: reject CreateContainer when sandbox is not running
- Add defer in event of mid-function failures in RunPodSandbox to avoid mount leaks (#13644)
ba7605ee7Add deferred call to ShutdownSandbox to avoid leaks
- fix: avoid content storage pollution by limiting the fallback on ref resolution (#13620)
36c4275eefix:avoid content storage pollution by limiting the fallback on ref resolution
Dependency Changes
This release has no dependency changes
Previous release can be found at v2.2.5
Which file should I download?
containerd-<VERSION>-<OS>-<ARCH>.tar.gz: ✅Recommended. Dynamically linked with glibc 2.35 (Ubuntu 22.04).containerd-static-<VERSION>-<OS>-<ARCH>.tar.gz: Statically linked. Expected to be used on Linux distributions that do not use glibc >= 2.35. Not position-independent.
In addition to containerd, typically you will have to install runc
and CNI plugins from their official sites too.
See also the Getting Started documentation.
containerd 2.0.11
Welcome to the v2.0.11 release of containerd!
The eleventh patch release for containerd 2.0 contains various fixes and updates.
Highlights
Image Distribution
- Limit fallback to /blobs endpoint during ref resolution to prevent content store pollution (#13622)
Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/issues.
Contributors
- Samuel Karp
- Chris Henzie
- Joseph Zhang
- Phil Estes
Changes
4 commits
- Prepare release notes for v2.0.11 (#13752)
24a2ac9dbPrepare release notes for v2.0.11
- Update go to 1.26.5/1.25.12 (#13730)
8f0774f1aUpdate go to 1.26.5/1.25.12
- ci: pin fog-json to resolve gem conflict (#13713)
f89266ecbci: pin fog-json to resolve gem conflict
- fix: avoid content storage pollution by limiting the fallback on ref resolution (#13622)
179b642d6fix:avoid content storage pollution by limiting the fallback on ref resolution
Dependency Changes
This release has no dependency changes
Previous release can be found at v2.0.10
Which file should I download?
containerd-<VERSION>-<OS>-<ARCH>.tar.gz: ✅Recommended. Dynamically linked with glibc 2.31 (Ubuntu 20.04).containerd-static-<VERSION>-<OS>-<ARCH>.tar.gz: Statically linked. Expected to be used on non-glibc Linux distributions. Not position-independent.
In addition to containerd, typically you will have to install runc
and CNI plugins from their official sites too.
See also the Getting Started documentation.
containerd 1.7.34
Welcome to the v1.7.34 release of containerd!
The thirty-fourth patch release for containerd 1.7 contains various fixes and updates.
Highlights
Container Runtime Interface (CRI)
- Fix lost container exit events when events arrive before container info is cached (#11634)
Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/issues.
Contributors
- Chris Henzie
- Samuel Karp
- Akihiro Suda
- Maksym Pavlenko
- Phil Estes
- Sopho Merkviladze
- ningmingxiao
Changes
5 commits
- Prepare release notes for v1.7.34 (#13753)
7db112471Prepare release notes for v1.7.34
- Update go to 1.26.5/1.25.12 (#13731)
c06144c85Update go to 1.26.5/1.25.12
- ci: pin fog-json to resolve gem conflict (#13712)
b84460e50ci: pin fog-json to resolve gem conflict
- cri:fix lost container exit events if they arrive before info is cached (#11634)
2fe076ea7cri:fix lost container exit events if they arrive before info is cached
- build(deps): bump golang.org/x/* dependencies (#13502)
862057716bump golang.org/x/* dependencies
Dependency Changes
- golang.org/x/crypto v0.45.0 -> v0.52.0
- golang.org/x/mod v0.29.0 -> v0.35.0
- golang.org/x/net v0.47.0 -> v0.55.0
- golang.org/x/sync v0.18.0 -> v0.20.0
- golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 -> v0.45.0
- golang.org/x/term v0.37.0 -> v0.43.0
- golang.org/x/text v0.31.0 -> v0.37.0
Previous release can be found at v1.7.33
containerd 2.3.2
Welcome to the v2.3.2 release of containerd!
The second patch release for containerd 2.3 contains various fixes
and updates including security patches.
Security Updates
Highlights
- Fix a data race when reading shim logs on Windows (#13522)
Image Distribution
- Allow the last host to retry on transient network errors (#13591)
Runtime
- Fix container startup failures caused by concurrent task RPC timeouts during slow container creation (#13512)
Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/issues.
Contributors
- Samuel Karp
- Chris Henzie
- Akihiro Suda
- Derek McGowan
- Akhil Mohan
- Austin Vazquez
- Ben Cressey
- Brian Goff
- Maksym Pavlenko
- Sebastiaan van Stijn
- Sergey Kanzhelev
Changes
30 commits
- Prepare release notes for v2.3.2 (#13627)
fb8ca00b0Prepare release notes for v2.3.29c69960baMerge commit from fork0f6251520Merge commit from fork91d7471e2cri: filter CDI annotations on checkpoint restore7c2e086bfMerge commit from forkdae67765fcri: do not re-tag restored checkpoints94aa1e2c1Merge commit from fork09599078fcri: make checkpoint restore robust to unexpected archive contente1fdb8d22Merge commit from forkff1d116efBound user-database file reads in openUserFiled156e07cbMerge commit from forkf99aad54aDo not propagate reserved labels from image configs
- vendor: golang.org/x/crypto v0.53.0 (#13608)
0b9469501[release/2.3] vendor: golang.org/x/crypto v0.53.0
- resolver: retry on transient network errors (#13591)
983bbddc1resolver: retry on transient network errors
- update runc binary to v1.4.3 (#13601)
3f76f2dc1update runc binary to v1.4.3
- update go to 1.26.4 (#13580)
- Configure udevd children-max for root-test (#13568)
bfb8aebc0Configure udevd children-max for root-test
- core/runtime/v2: fix race on Windows deferredPipeConnection.c in Read (#13522)
62ceafff0core/runtime/v2: fix race on Windows deferredPipeConnection.c in Read
- runc-shim: don't hold the service lock across runc create (#13512)
9b0c0dc58runc-shim: don't hold the service lock across runc create
- contrib/checkpoint: increase timeouts to 30s (#13459)
f588bc6fbcontrib/checkpoint: increase timeouts to 30s
Dependency Changes
- golang.org/x/crypto v0.49.0 -> v0.53.0
- golang.org/x/mod v0.35.0 -> v0.36.0
- golang.org/x/net v0.52.0 -> v0.55.0
- golang.org/x/sync v0.20.0 -> v0.21.0
- golang.org/x/sys v0.43.0 -> v0.46.0
- golang.org/x/term v0.41.0 -> v0.44.0
- golang.org/x/text v0.35.0 -> v0.38.0
Previous release can be found at v2.3.1
Which file should I download?
containerd-<VERSION>-<OS>-<ARCH>.tar.gz: ✅Recommended. Dynamically linked with glibc 2.35 (Ubuntu 22.04).containerd-static-<VERSION>-<OS>-<ARCH>.tar.gz: Statically linked. Expected to be used on Linux distributions that do not use glibc >= 2.35. Not position-independent.
In addition to containerd, typically you will have to install runc
and CNI plugins from their official sites too.
See also the Getting Started documentation.
containerd 2.2.5
Welcome to the v2.2.5 release of containerd!
The fifth patch release for containerd 2.2 contains various fixes
and updates including security patches.
Security Updates
Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/issues.
Contributors
- Samuel Karp
- Chris Henzie
- Akihiro Suda
- Derek McGowan
- Maksym Pavlenko
- Akhil Mohan
- Ben Cressey
- Brian Goff
- Davanum Srinivas
- Sebastiaan van Stijn
Changes
27 commits
- Prepare release notes for v2.2.5 (#13628)
269031099Prepare release notes for v2.2.5ad59aa564Merge commit from fork0b4d23690Merge commit from forkbe8460656cri: filter CDI annotations on checkpoint restore347240f72Merge commit from forkcff578841cri: do not re-tag restored checkpoints668cf2c2fMerge commit from fork357652293cri: make checkpoint restore robust to unexpected archive contentd43da05afMerge commit from fork30708e8d1Bound user-database file reads in openUserFile028647ea2Merge commit from forkb6072a49fDo not propagate reserved labels from image configs
- vendor: golang.org/x/crypto v0.53.0 (#13607)
cfea2c141[release/2.2] vendor: golang.org/x/crypto v0.53.0
- update runc binary to v1.3.6 (#13606)
fc96ea6b3update runc binary to v1.3.6
- update go to 1.26.4/1.25.11 (#13577)
5a125fd66update go to 1.26.4/1.25.11
- Configure udevd children-max for root-test (#13567)
2b7dfbd7fConfigure udevd children-max for root-test
- Clean up disk space in node e2e workflow (#13548)
1500e586fClean up disk space in node e2e workflow
- contrib/checkpoint: increase timeouts to 30s (#13460)
9991e944econtrib/checkpoint: increase timeouts to 30s
- release: don't mark 2.2 releases as latest (#13458)
55a1f85d5release: don't mark 2.2 releases as latest
Dependency Changes
- golang.org/x/crypto v0.45.0 -> v0.53.0
- golang.org/x/mod v0.29.0 -> v0.36.0
- golang.org/x/net v0.47.0 -> v0.55.0
- golang.org/x/sync v0.18.0 -> v0.21.0
- golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 -> v0.46.0
- golang.org/x/term v0.37.0 -> v0.44.0
- golang.org/x/text v0.31.0 -> v0.38.0
Previous release can be found at v2.2.4
Which file should I download?
containerd-<VERSION>-<OS>-<ARCH>.tar.gz: ✅Recommended. Dynamically linked with glibc 2.35 (Ubuntu 22.04).containerd-static-<VERSION>-<OS>-<ARCH>.tar.gz: Statically linked. Expected to be used on Linux distributions that do not use glibc >= 2.35. Not position-independent.
In addition to containerd, typically you will have to install runc
and CNI plugins from their official sites too.
See also the Getting Started documentation.
containerd 2.1.9
Welcome to the v2.1.9 release of containerd!
The ninth patch release for containerd 2.1 contains various fixes
and updates including security patches.
Security Updates
Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/issues.
Contributors
- Chris Henzie
- Samuel Karp
- Akihiro Suda
- Wei Fu
- Akhil Mohan
- Ben Cressey
- Brian Goff
- Davanum Srinivas
- Derek McGowan
- Jared Ledvina
Changes
23 commits
- Prepare release notes for v2.1.9 (#13629)
b8b3a86e9Prepare release notes for v2.1.9ee965da63Merge commit from forkb5e0c4733Merge commit from fork02045fd46cri: filter CDI annotations on checkpoint restoree9c26cf3cMerge commit from fork2e4583a9fcri: do not re-tag restored checkpoints6e4ec908aMerge commit from fork570e69884cri: make checkpoint restore robust to unexpected archive content3788b4b9eMerge commit from fork290420fa7Bound user-database file reads in openBoundedUserFilebc5014f45Merge commit from fork429bcb924Do not propagate reserved labels from image configs
- update runc binary to v1.3.6 (#13616)
698f2fd66update runc binary to v1.3.6
- update go to 1.26.4/1.25.11 (#13578)
b8b75a90eupdate go to 1.26.4/1.25.11
- Configure udevd children-max for root-test (#13566)
22515b56fConfigure udevd children-max for root-test
- Clean up disk space in node e2e workflow (#13554)
af88d4f60Clean up disk space in node e2e workflow
- [github-action] release - Empty allowedSignersFile (#13517)
06df49576release - Empty allowedSignersFile
Dependency Changes
This release has no dependency changes
Previous release can be found at v2.1.8
Which file should I download?
containerd-<VERSION>-<OS>-<ARCH>.tar.gz: ✅Recommended. Dynamically linked with glibc 2.35 (Ubuntu 22.04).containerd-static-<VERSION>-<OS>-<ARCH>.tar.gz: Statically linked. Expected to be used on Linux distributions that do not use glibc >= 2.35. Not position-independent.
In addition to containerd, typically you will have to install runc
and CNI plugins from their official sites too.
See also the Getting Started documentation.
containerd 2.0.10
Welcome to the v2.0.10 release of containerd!
The tenth patch release for containerd 2.0 includes various bug fixes and updates including security patches.
Security Updates
- containerd
Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/issues.
Contributors
- Samuel Karp
- Chris Henzie
- Akhil Mohan
- Akihiro Suda
- Ben Cressey
- Davanum Srinivas
- Paweł Gronowski
- Sebastiaan van Stijn
Changes
17 commits
- Prepare release notes for v2.0.10 (#13630)
- update runc binary to v1.3.6 (#13619)
- update go to 1.26.4/1.25.11 (#13581)
becbb802eupdate go to 1.26.4/1.25.11
- Configure udevd children-max for root-test (#13565)
55bdc8bc5Configure udevd children-max for root-test
- Clean up disk space in node e2e workflow (#13553)
6d81e8867Clean up disk space in node e2e workflow
Dependency Changes
This release has no dependency changes
Previous release can be found at v2.0.9
Which file should I download?
containerd-<VERSION>-<OS>-<ARCH>.tar.gz: ✅Recommended. Dynamically linked with glibc 2.31 (Ubuntu 20.04).containerd-static-<VERSION>-<OS>-<ARCH>.tar.gz: Statically linked. Expected to be used on non-glibc Linux distributions. Not position-independent.
In addition to containerd, typically you will have to install runc
and CNI plugins from their official sites too.
See also the Getting Started documentation.
containerd 1.7.33
Welcome to the v1.7.33 release of containerd!
The thirty-third patch release for containerd 1.7 contains various fixes
and updates including security patches.
Security Updates
-
containerd
-
go-jose
Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/issues.
Contributors
- Samuel Karp
- Chris Henzie
- Akihiro Suda
- Akhil Mohan
- Ben Cressey
- Davanum Srinivas
- Sopho Merkviladze
Changes
17 commits
- Prepare release notes for v1.7.33 (#13631)
- update runc binary to v1.3.6 (#13615)
74c728c13update runc binary to v1.3.6
- update go to 1.26.4/1.25.11 (#13579)
947caa4b7update go to 1.26.4/1.25.11
- Configure udevd children-max for root-test (#13564)
e884e964eConfigure udevd children-max for root-test
- Clean up disk space in node e2e workflow (#13552)
b9e756888Clean up disk space in node e2e workflow
- Bump go-jose/go-jose/v3 to v3.0.5 to fix GHSA-78h2-9frx-2jm8 (#13467)
4dfc1844eBump go-jose to v3.0.5 to address CVE-2026-34986
Dependency Changes
- github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3 v3.0.4 -> v3.0.5
Previous release can be found at v1.7.32
containerd 2.1.8
Welcome to the v2.1.8 release of containerd!
The eighth patch release for containerd 2.1 contains various fixes and updates.
Security Updates
Highlights
Runtime
- Fix handling of out-of-range USER values in OCI spec to avoid unexpected username/group lookups (#13497)
- Fix bugs in sandbox service affecting sandbox creation configuration and event publishing (#13272)
- Set AppArmor abi conditionally to support versions < 3.0 (#13274)
Snapshotters
- Support both "volatile" and "fsync=volatile" mount options for volatile snapshotter (#13297)
Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/issues.
Contributors
- Wei Fu
- Brian Goff
- Chris Henzie
- Samuel Karp
- LEI WANG
- William Myers
Changes
12 commits
- Prepare release notes for v2.1.8 (#13489)
07f2265d4Prepare release notes for v2.1.8
- oci: return explicit error for out-of-range USER values (#13497)
2054cc54coci: return explicit error for out-of-range USER values
- Support both styles of volatile mount option (#13297)
677e8f08aSupport both styles of volatile mount option
- backport: sandbox: forward Create fields, fix event topics (#13272)
f3b4b35c9sandbox: forward Create fields, fix event topics
- apparmor: Set abi conditionally (#13274)
eba90da61apparmor: Set abi conditionally
- Add GitHub Action for k8s node e2e tests (#13249)
b8b110584Add GitHub Action for k8s node e2e tests
Dependency Changes
This release has no dependency changes
Previous release can be found at v2.1.7
Which file should I download?
containerd-<VERSION>-<OS>-<ARCH>.tar.gz: ✅Recommended. Dynamically linked with glibc 2.35 (Ubuntu 22.04).containerd-static-<VERSION>-<OS>-<ARCH>.tar.gz: Statically linked. Expected to be used on Linux distributions that do not use glibc >= 2.35. Not position-independent.
In addition to containerd, typically you will have to install runc
and CNI plugins from their official sites too.
See also the Getting Started documentation.