# Docker Engine 18.09 release notes — New features

> Updated API version to 1.39 moby/moby#37640 Added support for remote connections using SSH docker/cli#1014 Builder: added prune options to the API moby/moby#37651 Added "Warnings" to /info endpoint, and move detection to the daemon moby/moby#37502 Allows BuildKit builds to run without experimental m

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Updated API version to 1.39 moby/moby#37640 Added support for remote connections using SSH docker/cli#1014 Builder: added prune options to the API moby/moby#37651 Added "Warnings" to /info endpoint, and move detection to the daemon moby/moby#37502 Allows BuildKit builds to run without experimental mode enabled. Buildkit can now be configured with an option in daemon.json moby/moby#37593 moby/moby#37686 moby/moby#37692 docker/cli#1303 docker/cli#1275 Added support for build-time secrets using a --secret flag when using BuildKit docker/cli#1288 Added SSH agent socket forwarder (docker build --ssh $SSHMOUNTID=$SSH_AUTH_SOCK) when using BuildKit docker/cli#1438 / docker/cli#1419 Added --chown flag support for ADD and COPY commands on Windows moby/moby#35521 Added builder prune subcommand to prune BuildKit build cache docker/cli#1295 docker/cli#1334 BuildKit: Adds configurable garbage collection policy for the BuildKit build cache docker/engine#59 / moby/moby#37846 BuildKit: Adds support for docker build --pull ... when using BuildKit moby/moby#37613 BuildKit: Adds support or "registry-mirrors" and "insecure-registries" when using BuildKit docker/engine#59 / moby/moby#37852 BuildKit: Enables net modes and bridge. moby/moby#37620 Added docker engine subcommand to manage the lifecycle of a Docker Engine running as a privileged container on top of containerd, and to allow upgrades to Docker Engine Enterprise docker/cli#1260 Exposed product license in docker info output docker/cli#1313 Showed warnings produced by daemon in docker info output docker/cli#1225 Added "local" log driver moby/moby#37092 Amazon CloudWatch: adds awslogs-endpoint logging option moby/moby#37374 Added support for global default address pools moby/moby#37558 docker/cli#1233 Configured containerd log-level to be the same as dockerd moby/moby#37419 Added configuration option for cri-containerd moby/moby#37519 Updates containerd client to v1.2.0-rc.1 moby/moby#37664, docker/engine#75 / moby/moby#37710 Added support for global default address pools moby/moby#37558 docker/cli#1233 Moved the POST /session endpoint out of experimental. moby/moby#40028

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