
On September 2, 2026, Dockhand switched from version 1.0.45 to the new 1.0.46 version. Dockhand fixes the following issues and adds new options:
New – Restart a stack in depends_on order, keeping the same containers
New – Allow secret-less git webhooks via the ALLOW_WEBHOOKS_WITHOUT_SECRET env var
New – Optional STACKS_DIR flat layout for local stacks
Fix: Faster incremental backups when multiple stacks share one repository
Fix: “Disable build cache” no longer errors on deploy
Fix: Test connection on a saved environment without re-entering the token
Fix: Populate environment variables again finds the repo’s .env file
Fix: POST /api/stacks honors the target environment in the body
Fix: Large image scans no longer fail when the scanner log rotates
Fix: Compose Validate no longer false-flags a valid env_file
Fix: Cache app icons in one request so the containers and stacks pages load faster
Fix: Upgrade svelte to 5.56.10
Fix: Refresh the bundled docker-compose (5.5.0-r2)
Fix: Stricter per-environment access and permission checks across the API
Fix: Redact secret values from compose command output and restrict backup restore targets
Fix: Local-path backup destinations now reject a host path that isn’t a Dockhand bind mount
Fix: Escape $ in env values when generating a compose file from a container
Fix: Clearer git permission errors that match the credential type (token vs SSH key)

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What is Dockhand? Dockhand allows you to easily manage your different Docker environments. Dockhand is a modern, self-hosted Docker management platform with an intuitive web interface for homelabs, small businesses, and enterprises. It simplifies container operations, stack deployments, and observability through real-time management (start/stop/restart containers, web terminals, file transfers), a visual Compose editor, GitOps auto-sync, metrics, logs, OIDC/SSO, MFA, vulnerability scans, and multi-host support via the open-source Hawser agent. You can deploy it quickly as a Docker container with no cloud dependencies or telemetry. It’s forever free for personal use.

This post was updated on Thursday / September 3rd, 2026 at 12:03 AM