Docker Desktop Strips Proxy Credentials on Manual Proxy Configuration
Developers behind authenticated corporate proxies find Docker Desktop fails to pull images even after configuring proxy settings via UI, environment variables, and daemon.json — with manual proxy configuration silently stripping the username and password on save. This leaves engineers on proxied networks unable to pull images through any documented configuration path.
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