Apple Container Files

A big thank you to all contributors for your work to improve container!

Beginning with the 0.3.0 release, we're aiming to release on a monthly cycle. For now, each monthly release will increment the minor version. Should we need to create an off cycle patch release, we'll bump the patch version.

Highlights

• Core
• Enumerate a well known path where user-installed plugins can be found
• Fix output of plugin details in CLI help
• Fix handling of process options in container create
• Enable nested virtualization in containers
• Several fixes for thread safety
• Network
• Publish TCP and UDP ports on localhost
• Builder
• Fixed build hangs/crashes
• Use previous build stage names as image in subsequent FROM statements
• Fix output for builds with --output type=tar
• Support building with --output local
• Improved options for specifying build platforms

What's Changed

• Use a consistent capitalization in a bug report template by @dkovba in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/269
• Adds next step link for building the project. by @jglogan in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/278
• Docs for shell completion by @adityaramani in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/275
• Add unpack strategy to SnapshotStore by @adityaramani in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/274
• Use enum for ClientHealthCheck namespace by @eliseomartelli in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/225
• Assigns default nameserver in sandbox service. by @jglogan in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/276
• [Build] Disable rosetta during builds with a UserDefault by @wlan0 in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/273
• Cleanups for CI by @adityaramani in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/287
• [Build] update builder shim to 0.3.0 by @wlan0 in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/288
• Fix build with local images test by @katiewasnothere in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/285
• Updates SPI manifest to build on 6.2 only. by @jglogan in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/297
• Mark SandboxSnapshot init as public for sandbox plugins by @ArnavReddy in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/309
• Flush output when following logs. by @jglogan in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/316
• ProcessIO: Don't error if stdin isn't a pty and !-i by @dcantah in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/312
• Use swift package edit instead of CONTAINERIZATION_PATH. by @jglogan in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/318
• fix typo in local package path for building by @Typ0genius in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/327
• Handle when keychain query returns an unhandled error by @katiewasnothere in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/331
• Use Mutex for thread-safe access to structs by @dkovba in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/325
• Use the new @SendablePropertyUnchecked macro by @dkovba in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/332
• Docs: Add macOS 15 container-to-container communication limitation note to the tutorial by @zdk in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/328
• Use {install-root}/libexec/container-plugins for plugins. by @jglogan in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/341
• Add test for using previous stages as FROM source by @katiewasnothere in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/342
• Make image details public by @Typ0genius in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/335
• Quote paths in Makefile by @realrajaryan in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/350
• Fix subcommand groups in top level help. by @jglogan in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/351
• Adds TCP and UDP port forwarders. by @jglogan in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/338
• [Build] fixes for tar output mode by @wlan0 in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/353
• Fix broken link to tutorial.md by @sbehnke in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/358
• Use wildcard IP for UDP backend local address. by @jglogan in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/359
• Add cause string to error message sent with xpc by @katiewasnothere in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/361
• CLI: Handle stdin stream if it's a regular file by @dcantah in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/322
• Adds --publish flag for forwarding traffic to container ports. by @jglogan in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/352
• Applies feedback for PR [#352]. by @jglogan in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/365
• add support for local build output by @wlan0 in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/369
• Update xcode developer version to new symlink by @katiewasnothere in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/374
• Clarified documentation by @sam-lord in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/388
• Bump Containerization to 0.5.0 by @dcantah in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/363
• Fix user arg passthrough for container create by @katiewasnothere in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/393
• Explain how to install a release build in BUILDING.md by @justinyaodu in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/379
• Add virtualization support for containers by @dcantah in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/377

New Contributors

• @Typ0genius made their first contribution in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/327
• @zdk made their first contribution in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/328
• @realrajaryan made their first contribution in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/350
• @sbehnke made their first contribution in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/358
• @sam-lord made their first contribution in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/388
• @justinyaodu made their first contribution in https://github.com/apple/container/pull/379

Full Changelog: https://github.com/apple/container/compare/0.2.0...0.3.0