---
title: "Docker Desktop 4.94.0 makes local the default logging driver for new Linux containers: 2026-10-05 | Harbyn"
description: "Docker Desktop 4.94.0 makes local the default logging driver for new Linux containers, announced Oct 5, 2026."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/docker/2026-10-05-changed-default-logging-driver-for-new-linux-containers"
last-updated: 2026-10-08
---

# Docker Desktop 4.94.0 makes local the default logging driver for new Linux containers

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/docker/2026-10-05-changed-default-logging-driver-for-new-linux-containers>.

Behavior change - Docker. low severity. In effect.

Starting with Docker Desktop 4.94.0, new Linux containers use the local logging driver by default, which rotates logs automatically and uses less disk space.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [Docker](https://harbyn.com/vendors/docker.md) |
| Kind | Behavior change |
| Severity | low |
| Status | In effect |
| Announced | Oct 5, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Oct 8, 2026 |
| Lead time | No dated deadline |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a model |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

This change names no identifier the scanner can match line by line, so the scan tells you whether your repository uses Docker, from its packages and API hosts. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/> (changelog, fetched 2026-10-08 23:25 UTC, sha256 `9c6a9d404a5c899d4f978c9ef49adbc3ea3d3042f0ee7117115632402d40eaa4`)

## Related changes

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- [Docker Hub Automated Builds stop on April 1, 2027](https://harbyn.com/changes/docker/2026-05-06-docker-hub-automated-builds-deprecation.md) (Retirement, effective Apr 1, 2027)

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[All upcoming deadlines](https://harbyn.com/deadlines.md)