This is a tracking issue for the 25.0 major release.

We've identified the following issues as blockers for the release, in no particular order:

• BuildKit 0.12 (@neersighted, @tonistiigi): Update to BuildKit 0.12 #45966
  • BuildKit 0.12.3 (@neersighted, @thaJeztah): vendor: github.com/moby/buildkit v0.12.3 #46690
• RRO (recursive read only) (@thaJeztah, @AkihiroSuda)
  • mount: add bind-recursive=<bool|string> and deprecate bind-nonrecursive=<bool> docker/cli#4316
  • volume: remove the short RRO forms in favor of the long forms #46037
• CDI 0.6.0 (@elezar)
  • Bump container-device-interface dependency to v0.6.0 #45933
  • Bump container-device-interface dependency to v0.6.0 docker/cli#4416
• Health start interval (@cpuguy83): Tracking issue for health start interval #45897
• RLIMIT_NOFILE defaults (@polarathene, @neersighted, @corhere): fix: Normalize RLIMIT_NOFILE (LimitNOFILE) to sensible defaults #45534
• Image format v1 deprecation messaging (@thaJeztah): distribution: update warning for deprecated image formats #46137
• Fix insecure mirrors (@vvoland): (daemon/RegistryHosts: Don't lose mirrors #46565, util/resolver: Fix insecure mirrors buildkit#4293)

The following issues are "soft" blockers/nice-to-have, but should not prevent a release:

• Unified LogFormatter with the managed containerd (@corhere): Update dockerd to support JSON logging format #45737
• CDI SpecDirs in docker info (@elezar): Add CDISpecDirs to Info output #46004
• File capabilities in non-root containers (@neersighted): Do not drop effective&permitted set #45511
• OpenTelemetry (@cpuguy83): Add otel tracing #45652
• ContainerCreate with multiple networks (@akerouanton)
  • api: Endpoints can now return a tree of errors #46099
  • api: Add a field MacAddress to EndpointSettings #45905
  • api: Allow ContainerCreate to take several EndpointsConfig for >= API 1.44 #45906
  • (Re)create endpoints in a stable order #46036
  • Validate IPAM config before handing it over to libnetwork #45759
  • more issues?
• api: Deprecate outdated networking fields & structs #45945
• Better overlay2 function checks (@neersighted): d/g/overlayutils: improve SupportsOverlay checks #45890
• #define strings for seccomp defaultErrnoRet (@tianon, @neersighted)
  • tianon made https://github.com/tianon/errnos before running out of steam

@moby/moby-maintainers, please edit this list and keep it updated as we get closer to the release.