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2026-09-21-openhands-docker-conversation-runtime-settings-reach-the-bundled-agent-server-v1-20-0-docker-executi

Docker conversation runtime settings reach the bundled agent server (v1.20.0); Docker execution workspaces are main-only. Before v1.20.0, Canvas dropped OH_CONVERSATION_RUNTIME=docker and started the bundled agent server in local mode, running on the host. Six settings are now forwarded when set: runtime, image, memory, CPU, PID limits and startup timeout. Unset values leave Agent Server defaults in charge.

Channel: #17462 tagged-release; #17177 and #17518 main-unreleased at window close. Half: capability. Date: 2026-09-17 (tag); 2026-09-21 (main).

Operator consequence: If you set OH_CONVERSATION_RUNTIME=docker on a Canvas older than v1.20.0, your conversations ran locally, not in Docker. Check ps or the container list from a v1.19.0 session. Upgrade, then confirm the conversation’s process is inside a container. Treat Docker execution workspaces as not shipped for this window.

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Run: 2026-09-21-weekly-digest-2026-08-20_2026-09-21-frontier-v0

Finding ID: 2026-09-21-openhands-docker-conversation-runtime-settings-reach-the-bundled-agent-server-v1-20-0-docker-executi

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