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26.37.0
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2026-09-11 09:32:10 +00:00 | 0 commits to master since this releaseWhat's new in 26.37.0
Freelens replaces Lens in the desktop variant, the images now install Ubuntu packages from the France mirror,
python3 -m venvworks out of the box, and two fixes for thecoder-xfce-vncbuild.⚠️ Ubuntu packages now come from the France mirror (#29)
This changes the published images. They now use
http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntuinstead ofarchive.ubuntu.comandsecurity.ubuntu.com, for both the regular archive and security updates. It applies at build time, toapt-getinside containers and workspaces, and to images builtFROMSindri.Why: on 2026-09-11 Canonical's main archive went down. Every
apt-getstalled, the desktop build went from about 10 minutes to 48, and a release couldn't wait for it to recover. Country mirrors run on separate hosts and kept working.What it means for you:
- Integrity is unchanged: APT still checks every package list against Ubuntu's archive signing key.
- Security updates can arrive later: the mirror can lag
security.ubuntu.comby a few hours. - Check which mirror an image uses:
docker inspectlabelcom.van-hemmen.sindri.ubuntu-mirror, orgrep '^URIs:' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources. - Choose another mirror when building:
--build-arg UBUNTU_MIRROR=http://<cc>.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu. An empty value (--build-arg UBUNTU_MIRROR=) keeps Ubuntu's stock sources. - Restore the stock sources in an existing image: Ubuntu's original file is kept at
/usr/share/sindri/ubuntu.sources.orig.- In a derived image:
cp /usr/share/sindri/ubuntu.sources.orig /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources - In a workspace: the same command with
sudo./etcisn't on the PVC, so add it to a Coderstartup_scriptto keep it across restarts.
- In a derived image:
Full details are in the README's Ubuntu Package Mirror section.
Freelens replaces Lens in
coder-xfce-vnc(#23)The desktop variant now ships Freelens, the MIT-licensed community fork of OpenLens, instead of proprietary Lens. It installs from Freelens's official APT repository, and the build checks the signing key's fingerprint before trusting it. Every build picks up the latest Freelens release.
Freelens launches the same way Lens did: through
/usr/local/bin/freelensand a menu entry under Development, with the settings Electron apps need in an unprivileged pod (ELECTRON_DISABLE_SANDBOX=1,--disable-dev-shm-usage).If you used Lens in an existing workspace:
- Freelens stores its data in
~/.config/Freelens/, not~/.config/Lens/, so clusters added in Lens need to be added again.~/.kube/configis read as usual. lens-desktopand its wrapper are gone.coder-init-desktopno longer tidies stale Lens menu entries.
python3-venvin every variant (#22)The base image now includes
python3-venv, sopython3 -m venvworks inci,coderandcoder-xfce-vnc. Firebase Python deploys and CI jobs no longer need toapt-get install python3-venvthemselves.Fixes
coder-xfce-vncbuild (#25): Nimbalyst 0.36 renamed the files inside its AppImage (@nimbalystelectron→nimbalyst), which broke the build with no error message. The build uses the new names, and if a file goes missing it now says which one and lists the bundle's contents.- Image publishing (#27): CI now pushes images to Forgejo's in-cluster registry service instead of through the public ingress, which cut large layer uploads off after 60 seconds (
502 Bad Gateway). This needsactions/kaniko26.37.0 (newREGISTRY_INSECUREsetting). Image names don't change: pull fromgit.van-hemmen.com/actions/sindri:<tag>as before.
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26.30.0
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2026-07-24 07:12:28 +00:00 | 5 commits to master since this releaseWhat's new in 26.30.0
A build-breaking upstream package rename fixed by moving Claude Desktop to Anthropic's official APT repo, plus Kubernetes manifest QA tooling in every variant.
Claude Desktop now installs from Anthropic's official APT repo (#19)
Anthropic released an official Claude Desktop for Linux beta and took the
claude-desktoppackage name with it. The community claude-desktop-debian repack this image used therefore renamed itself toclaude-desktop-unofficial, leavingclaude-desktopbehind as a transitional dummy — soapt-get install claude-desktopkept succeeding while every path the build asserted had moved. This broke thecoder-xfce-vncbuild on every branch from 2026-07-22.The
coder-xfce-vncvariant now installs Anthropic's official package — same upstream app at the same version (1.24012.0), one fewer third-party repo — with the published signing-key fingerprint asserted before the key is trusted.Because Anthropic's deb symlinks
/usr/bin/claude-desktopstraight to the bundled Electron binary, where the community repack shipped a shell launcher,/usr/local/bin/claude-desktopis now the only place the unprivileged-pod settings (ELECTRON_DISABLE_SANDBOX=1,--disable-dev-shm-usage) get applied. The desktop-entry override follows upstream'scom.anthropic.Claude.desktop, and its New chat / New Claude Code session actions are wrapper-routed too.Workspaces on a long-lived PVC self-heal:
coder-init-desktop.shnow parks stale user-local entries under all three known names (claude-desktop.desktop,claude-desktop-unofficial.desktop,com.anthropic.Claude.desktop).Linux support is an Anthropic-labelled beta: no Computer Use, no dictation, Debian-based distributions only.
kubeconform + kube-linter in the base image (#18)
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kubeconform(manifest schema validation) andkube-linter(lint) as pinned prebuilt binaries in the base stage, so theci,coder, andcoder-xfce-vncvariants all ship them. This replaces a per-jobactions/setup-go+go install …@latest— a Go-toolchain download plus a from-source compile of each tool on every run — with binaries present at job start.Full changelog:
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26.25.1
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2026-06-21 18:57:28 +00:00 | 7 commits to master since this releaseWhat's new in 26.25.1
The Firebase CLI is now available in every variant.
Firebase CLI (#16)
Installs
firebase-tools(the standalone binary, which bundles its own Node runtime) in the base stage, so theci,coder, andcoder-xfce-vncvariants all ship thefirebasecommand. Combined with the Azul Zulu JDK already in the base, this enablesfirebase deployand the Firebase Emulator Suite (for example Firestore security-rules unit-testing) in CI — no separate image needed.Full changelog:
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26.25.0
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2026-06-20 14:58:49 +00:00 | 8 commits to master since this releaseWhat's new in 26.25.0
Two applications added to the
coder-xfce-vncdesktop variant, plus an XFCE menu tidy-up.Nimbalyst (#13)
Bundles Nimbalyst — a visual workspace for building with Codex, Claude Code, and more. Upstream ships only a Linux AppImage, which can't self-mount via FUSE in an unprivileged pod (no
CAP_SYS_ADMIN), so the build pulls the always-latest release and pre-extracts it to/opt/nimbalyst, then routes every launch through/usr/local/bin/nimbalyst(applyingELECTRON_DISABLE_SANDBOX=1,--disable-dev-shm-usage, andAPPDIR=/opt/nimbalyst).LibreOffice (#14)
Installs the LibreOffice suite (Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base, Math) plus
libreoffice-gtk3for native GTK rendering under XFCE, and the English (US + GB) and French Hunspell spell-check dictionaries.XFCE menu
Lens, Claude Desktop, and Nimbalyst now appear under the Development category (previously Network / Office / Utility).
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26.24.2
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2026-06-11 16:15:27 +00:00 | 10 commits to master since this releaseThis release includes:
- Claude Desktop pre-installed in the xcfe variant, from the community claude-desktop-debian APT repo, launched through a wrapper applying the flags Electron apps need in unprivileged Kubernetes pods — menu, terminal, and claude:// URL launches alike
coder-init-desktopnow parks stale user-local Claude Desktop menu entries left by manual installs from before the image shipped it (#12)
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26.24.1
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2026-06-11 15:12:52 +00:00 | 11 commits to master since this releaseThis release includes:
- Fix: Electron apps (Lens, Claude Desktop, ...) now launch in the xcfe variant on unprivileged Kubernetes pods — the Chromium sandbox cannot work there (RuntimeDefault seccomp, no CAP_SYS_ADMIN), so it is disabled image-wide via
ELECTRON_DISABLE_SANDBOX=1, and Lens is routed through a wrapper adding--disable-dev-shm-usagefor the 64 MiB/dev/shm - Fix: dead
jetbrains-toolboxsymlink in/usr/local/bin(Toolbox 2.x keeps the binary underbin/) coder-init-desktopnow heals stale user-local Lens menu entries carried over on the PVC
Full diagnosis in the README section "Electron & Chromium-based apps" (#11)
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- Fix: Electron apps (Lens, Claude Desktop, ...) now launch in the xcfe variant on unprivileged Kubernetes pods — the Chromium sandbox cannot work there (RuntimeDefault seccomp, no CAP_SYS_ADMIN), so it is disabled image-wide via
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26.24.0
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2026-06-08 19:47:18 +00:00 | 12 commits to master since this releaseThis release includes:
- k8s tooling for the coder variant
- lens k8s IDE for the xcfe variant
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26.23.0
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2026-06-04 07:02:36 +00:00 | 13 commits to master since this releaseAdded a few new package in the base image to support dev workflow:
- glab
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26.22.2
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2026-05-30 08:59:12 +00:00 | 14 commits to master since this releasehotfix - adding support of colored emoji on desktop terminal
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2026-05-30 08:34:44 +00:00 | 15 commits to master since this releasehotfix seeding .profile from etc/skel
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