Harbor Desk v0.6.1

Harbor Desk v0.6.1 preview

This preview contains the client-first desktop app with its automatic loopback policy gateway, plus the optional server-side Docker gateway installer.

Changes

Fixed

• The Connections screen now exposes the initial connection button when no
  target is configured and opens the Gateway/Docker Engine registration dialog.
• Unavailable-connection guidance now points to the Connections screen instead
  of sending users to a settings page without an action.

Downloads

• Windows: x64 NSIS installer and blockmap
• Linux: x86_64 AppImage and Debian package
• macOS: x64 and arm64 DMG/ZIP packages and blockmaps
• Server: attached GitHub release tarball harbor-desk-0.6.1.tgz
• Integrity: SHA256SUMS contains SHA-256 checksums for every distributable asset

npm distribution

The npm registry provides v0.6.1 under the preview dist-tag (the default latest dist-tag is unchanged). To run that exact version instead of following the latest dist-tag:

npm exec --yes harbor-desk@0.6.1 -- --version

Preview and security boundaries

This remains a prerelease. Desktop binaries are currently unsigned; verify SHA256SUMS before installation and use a source build where signed artifacts are required.

The desktop detects a configured Harbor Desk Gateway or Docker Engine. It uses a Server Gateway directly, and starts a bundled Local Gateway wrapper on 127.0.0.1 only for a raw Engine target. Docker access remains behind a Gateway; the renderer never receives a Docker socket or direct Engine connection. The optional server installer supports controlled Linux, Windows, and macOS Docker hosts, but requires explicit --allow-local-engine-socket acknowledgement before mounting a host's Docker Engine socket.

See SECURITY.md for the current security and dependency-advisory boundary.