On September 23, 2026, Dockhand switched from version 1.0.48 to the new 1.0.49 version. Dockhand fixes the following issues and adds new options:
New – Tag containers and stacks, then filter and group the grid by tag
New – Search and filter containers by label
New – Editor themes: select from 40 themes with live preview
New – Command palette searches stacks and containers across all hosts
New – Clear a search field with the X button in it
New – One-shot container exec API returning stdout, stderr and exit code
New – Set and change file ownership in the container file browser
Fix: Select-all checkbox shows a partial state, not a full tick, for a partial selection (Reported by your Internet friend Marius).
Fix: A long backup no longer crashes the app when its log stream goes quiet
Fix: Removing all of a stack’s environment variables no longer leaves stale entries
Fix: Templates with duplicate names no longer stop the templates page from rendering
Fix: The container toolbar no longer clips its buttons on mobile
Fix: Use webp or png for selfh.st icons that have no svg
Fix: Don’t report a newer version tag that resolves to the image you already run
Fix: Fix vulnerability scans failing on the containerd image store
Fix: Show CPU and memory for containers on Windows Docker hosts
Fix: Don’t send container died/killed notifications for a container being updated
Fix: Stop, start, restart and remove stacks that use secret providers, e.g. stop-during-backup
Fix: Check for image updates on a plain-HTTP registry
Fix: Send you to the login page when your session expires
Fix: Skip hidden folders like .snapshots when scanning for stacks to adopt
Fix: Updating a Podman container managed by a systemd Quadlet unit now works
Fix: Option to skip bind mounts when scheduling backups for a whole environment
Fix: Git stack env vars stay visible in the editor after saving
Fix: Clearing a container’s command now reverts it to the image default
Fix: Cut backup read transactions on S3/B2 by caching the restic index between runs
Fix: Dashboard no longer flashes zero running containers on a remote host
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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 Wednesday / September 23rd, 2026 at 6:21 PM