Rancher Desktop 1.24.0

What's new in 1.24.0

This is the 1.23.1 release of Rancher Desktop, an open source desktop application to bring Kubernetes and container management to macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Installers
• Windows
• macOS x86_64
• macOS aarch64
• Linux install notes
Rancher Desktop 2.0 Alpha 1 is available
The first alpha of Rancher Desktop 2.0 is out：a ground-up rewrite that runs with or without the GUI and installs alongside Rancher Desktop without touching it. It is an early tech preview, not for production. For what it is and how to try it, see Welcome to Rancher Desktop 2.0 on our blog.
New Contributors
Thank you to our new contributors：@linghengqian, @endemics, @cm-iwata, @maximumschmidt, @immanuwell, @officialasishkumar, and @edwinbalani!
Release Notes for 1.23.1
Kubernetes portforwarding on macOS and Linux has been fixed
In the 1.23.0 release Kubernetes port were not being forwarded to the host. This has been fixed.
Release Notes for 1.23.0
What's New
Dark mode preference
Rancher Desktop now lets you choose between dark, light, and system themes under Preferences > Behavior. Previous versions always followed the OS theme. (#5905)
Container dashboard improvements
Thanks to @endemics, the container detail page now includes a Shell tab that opens an interactive terminal session inside a running container. The session persists across tab switches, so you can check logs and return to your shell without losing context. (#9925)
@endemics also added an Inspect tab that displays key container metadata pulled from docker inspect：name, image, IP address, creation date, and collapsible sections for mounts, environment variables, commands and arguments, capabilities, ports, and labels. (#9986)
A Stats tab, also from @endemics, shows live CPU, memory, network, and disk I/O charts for a running container, plus a table of its processes. The refresh interval defaults to one second, with 5-second, 20-second, 30-second, and 1-minute options; collection stops when you leave the tab. (#9987)
Separately, @officialasishkumar added a Restart action to the Containers list for running containers, available for single containers or bulk selections. The table refreshes once the restart completes. (#10224)
Dynamic ports for the Cluster Dashboard
The Cluster Dashboard's API server used to bind to a fixed port (9443) and failed to start when another program already used it. It now picks an available port automatically at startup. (#1890)
Windows：proxy bypass for domains and wildcards …

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