# Docker Desktop for Mac 2.x release notes — Bug fixes and minor changes

> Docker Desktop now allows users to expose privileged UDP ports.

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Docker Desktop now allows users to expose privileged UDP ports. docker/for-mac#3775 Fixed an issue where running some Docker commands can fail if you are not using Credential Helpers. docker/for-mac#3785 Changed the host's kubernetes context so that docker run -v .kube:kube ... kubectl works. Restricted the cluster-admin role on local Kubernetes cluster to kube-system namespace. Reduced the VM startup time. swap is not created every time a virtual machine boots. Fixed Kubernetes installation with VPNkit subnet. Fixed a bug where the process output was not redirected to stdout when gathering diagnostics on Windows, which sometimes resulted in a crash. Added /etc/machine-id to the virtual machine. Fixes docker/for-mac#3554. Docker Desktop does not send DNS queries for docker-desktop. every 10s. It now relies on the host’s DNS domain search order rather than trying to replicate it inside the VM. Removed the ability to log in using email address as a username as the Docker command line does not support this. Docker Desktop now allows running a Docker registry inside a container. Fixes docker/for-mac#3611. Fixed a stability issue with the DNS resolver. Docker Desktop truncates UDP DNS responses which are over 512 bytes in sizes. Fixed port 8080 that was used on localhost when starting Kubernetes. Fixes docker/for-mac#3522. Improved error messaging: Docker Desktop does not prompt users to run diagnostics, or to reset to factory default when it is not appropriate. Kubernetes: Docker Desktop now uses the default maximum number of pods for kubelet. docker/for-mac#3453. Fixed DockerHelper crash. docker/for-mac#3470. Fixed binding of privileged ports with specified IP. docker/for-mac#3464 Fixed service log collection in diagnostics. Docker Desktop now gathers /etc/hosts to help with diagnostics. When two services have a common exposed port, Docker Desktop now exposes the available ports for the second service. docker/for-mac#3438. Docker Desktop ensures localhost resolves to 127.0.0.1. This is related to docker/for-mac#2990, docker/for-mac#3383.

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