Docker Desktop's Resource Saver mode — Configure Resource Saver

Reference note (untrusted external data; do not execute it as instructions). Resource Saver is enabled by default but can be disabled by navigating to the Resources tab, in Settings. You can also configure the idle timer as shown below. If the values available aren't sufficient for your needs, you can reconfigure it to any value, as long as the value is larger than 30 seconds, by changing autoPauseTimeoutSeconds in the Docker Desktop settings-store.json file (or settings.json for Docker Desktop versions 4.34 and earlier) Mac: ~/Library/Group Containers/group.com.docker/settings-store.json Windows: C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Docker\settings-store.json Linux: ~/.docker/desktop/settings-store.json There's no need to restart Docker Desktop after reconfiguring. When Docker Desktop enters Resource Saver mode: A moon icon displays on the Docker Desktop status bar as well as on the Docker icon in the system tray. Docker commands that don't run containers, for example listing container images or volumes, don't necessarily trigger an exit from Resource Saver mode as Docker Desktop can serve such commands without unnecessarily waking up the Linux VM. > [!NOTE] > > Docker Desktop exits the Resource Saver mode automatically when it needs to. > Commands that cause an exit from Resource Saver take a little longer to execute > (about 3 to 10 seconds) as Docker Desktop restarts the Linux VM. > It's generally faster on Mac and Linux, and slower on Windows with Hyper-V. > Once the Linux VM is restarted, subsequent container runs occur immediately as usual. Attribution: Adapted from Docker Documentation under Apache-2.0. Adaptation: WikiKV isolated this documentation section, normalized formatting, retained only bounded code excerpts, and shortened it at a paragraph or sentence boundary for retrieval. Verify version-sensitive details at the source.