Docker's ~/.docker/config.json file is reset upon Windows application restart

[MarkHarrisCanterbury]

Description

When the Docker desktop application is restarted in Windows the .docker/config.json file is overwritten, so that the "credsStore" key's value is changed to "desktop.exe".

Reproduce

1. Start Ubuntu WSL and Docker Desktop app in Windows
2. In WSL, change the ~/.docker/config.json file's "credsStore" key value to "ecr-login"
3. Restart Docker Desktop app
4. ~/.docker/config.json file's "credsStore" key value is changed to "desktop.exe"

Expected behavior

When the Docker desktop application is restarted in Windows, the .docker/config.json file is not changed.

docker version

Client:
 Version:           20.10.21
 API version:       1.41
 Go version:        go1.18.1
 Git commit:        20.10.21-0ubuntu1~22.04.3
 Built:             Thu Apr 27 05:57:17 2023
 OS/Arch:           linux/amd64
 Context:           default
 Experimental:      true

Server: Docker Desktop
 Engine:
  Version:          24.0.2
  API version:      1.43 (minimum version 1.12)
  Go version:       go1.20.4
  Git commit:       659604f
  Built:            Thu May 25 21:52:17 2023
  OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          1.6.21
  GitCommit:        3dce8eb055cbb6872793272b4f20ed16117344f8
 runc:
  Version:          1.1.7
  GitCommit:        v1.1.7-0-g860f061
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0

docker info

Client:
 Context:    default
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc., v0.10.5)
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc., v2.18.1)
  dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc., v0.1.0)
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc., v0.2.19)
  init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc., v0.1.0-beta.4)
  sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc., 0.6.0)
  scan: Docker Scan (Docker Inc., v0.26.0)
  scout: Command line tool for Docker Scout (Docker Inc., v0.12.0)

Server:
 Containers: 27
  Running: 27
  Paused: 0
  Stopped: 0
 Images: 46
 Server Version: 24.0.2
 Storage Driver: overlay2
  Backing Filesystem: extfs
  Supports d_type: true
  Using metacopy: false
  Native Overlay Diff: true
  userxattr: false
 Logging Driver: json-file
 Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
 Cgroup Version: 1
 Plugins:
  Volume: local
  Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
  Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local logentries splunk syslog
 Swarm: inactive
 Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 runc
 Default Runtime: runc
 Init Binary: docker-init
 containerd version: 3dce8eb055cbb6872793272b4f20ed16117344f8
 runc version: v1.1.7-0-g860f061
 init version: de40ad0
 Security Options:
  seccomp
   Profile: builtin
 Kernel Version: 5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
 Operating System: Docker Desktop
 OSType: linux
 Architecture: x86_64
 CPUs: 8
 Total Memory: 15.47GiB
 Name: docker-desktop
 ID: 560b6de5-77ec-4677-b127-96d39655bc8b
 Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
 Debug Mode: false
 HTTP Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 HTTPS Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 No Proxy: hubproxy.docker.internal
 Registry: https://index.docker.io/v1/
 Labels:
 Experimental: false
 Insecure Registries:
  hubproxy.docker.internal:5555
  127.0.0.0/8
 Live Restore Enabled: false

Diagnostics ID

FB6DE0E8-61EA-4B62-B718-29D081250211/20230606031133

Additional Info

No response

[MihaelaStoica]

This issue has been fixed in Docker Desktop 4.27. See release note.