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Development Containers: Use a container as a full-featured development environment.

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Last GitHub push: Mar 20, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 15, 2026
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168 open issues indexed

readonly mount Open

devcontainers/spec#511 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
features not enabled for devcontainer started indirectly from docker compose Open

enhancement

devcontainers/spec#546 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Consider adding something granting access to secrets or credentials in the host credential storage. Open

devcontainers/spec#515 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add support for features to contain a customization schema Open

devcontainers/spec#520 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Install a feature after all features Open

devcontainers/spec#524 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
How to conditionally include a docker compose extension yml file only if present Open

devcontainers/spec#536 · 1 comment · 4 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Networking between 2 Devcontainer setups Open

devcontainers/spec#538 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add version property to the devcontainer.json spec (like devcontainer-feature.json and devcontainer-template.json) Open

devcontainers/spec#540 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
[Feature Request] Changes in the documentation Open

devcontainers/spec#541 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
basic image shell line-wrapping / command-recall unusable Open

devcontainers/spec#550 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
compose yaml mounts don't override conflicting metadata mounts Open

enhancement

devcontainers/spec#563 · 9 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Colons in default values for environment variables Open

devcontainers/spec#565 · 2 comments · 4 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Enabling lists and objects in feature schema for feature development Open

devcontainers/spec#567 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
does the spec for `build` follow the docs Open

devcontainers/spec#578 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Tighten lockfile spec Open

devcontainers/spec#579 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Proposal: More Consistent Configurations for Features, Options, and Customizations Open

devcontainers/spec#588 · 10 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Proposal: `option` variable referencing `${option:optionName}` Open

devcontainers/spec#602 · 1 comment · 8 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Provide standards for code indentation (spaces vs. tabs) Open

devcontainers/spec#616 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
MCP features Open

devcontainers/spec#627 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Create variables for remoteUser and host user's UID and GID Open

devcontainers/spec#631 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Allow merging of runArgs Open

devcontainers/spec#632 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Proposal: support forwarding UDP ports Open

devcontainers/spec#643 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Consider making it easier to reuse local features Open

devcontainers/spec#671 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Proposal: Support for Kubernetes/Podman POD as Alternatives to Docker Compose Open

devcontainers/spec#672 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
How to use Git in a monorepo with multiple dev containers for subfolders? Open

devcontainers/spec#686 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Request: add variable for remoteUser Open

devcontainers/spec#690 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add support for command-line option for container name Open

devcontainers/spec#692 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Simplify the --workspace-folder requirement Open

devcontainers/spec#693 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Status and Stop container, Destroy image Open

devcontainers/spec#694 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Abandoned? Open

devcontainers/spec#715 · 3 comments · 3 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Proposal: Support versioned, reusable devcontainer configuration packages for enterprise-scale distribution Open

devcontainers/spec#716 · 0 comments · 6 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
backlog Open

devcontainers/spec#720 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
ToeySuKhothai_Pull Open

devcontainers/spec#725 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add `dockerComposeArgs` to allow passing `--env-file` to `dockerComposeFile` Open

devcontainers/spec#726 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
why is "/vscode/.vscode-server" shared across all devcontainers instances instead of being duplicated ? Open

devcontainers/spec#728 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
🚀 Feature Request: Support extension version pinning in devcontainer.json Open

devcontainers/spec#730 · 0 comments · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Question: how to go about making PR's regarding my changes Open

devcontainers/spec#732 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Trying to find the best place for an answer Open

devcontainers/spec#733 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
0x67cceea3500e5bb70411fe22ac958c7dc7e5bb20 Open

devcontainers/spec#734 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
[Universal]: Add bwrap and socat to the docker file as these are dependencies for sandbox feature in vscode Open

devcontainers/spec#735 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
variable to get the current folder name Open

devcontainers/spec#736 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Confusing statement about .env and env_file in dockerComposeFile docs Open

devcontainers/spec#738 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Proposal: preserve Dockerfile devcontainer.metadata through CLI metadata composition Open

devcontainers/spec#739 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Devcontainer Build without cache hangs after mostly successful build Open

devcontainers/spec#740 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Support variable substitution from files/vars generated in initializeCommand Open

devcontainers/spec#743 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
M Open

devcontainers/spec#745 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
API/github@me Open

devcontainers/spec#746 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
It's a law not a gimivk Open

devcontainers/spec#747 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Support the `.config` standard Open

devcontainers/spec#750 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
desconexion(๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧o(〃＾▽＾〃)o Open

devcontainers/spec#751 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026

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