Testcontainers Product Updates and Newsletter

September 2023

Testcontainers August Roundup

Hey there! It's time for our August Testcontainers newsletter. This month, we officially announced that we are donating Testcontainers Cloud Desktop and its features to the community as a free Testcontainers Desktop application! In this roundup you'll learn more about it and our recent OSS news.

September 5, 2023

August 2023

Testcontainers Desktop Testcontainers Cloud

Inspect local test sessions in collaborative dashboards

Testcontainers Desktop now ensures that local container runtimes automatically power collaborative dashboards, as was already the case when running tests in the cloud.

August 25, 2023

Testcontainers Cloud

Avoid image pull delays in your CI (public beta)

For Testcontainers Cloud customers on a paid Team or Enterprise plan, container images now typically remain available in-between CI runs, leading to faster CI pipelines.

August 18, 2023

Testcontainers Desktop

Get started with popular technologies thanks to preconfigured services

Testcontainers Desktop now ships with 15+ preconfigured configuration files, including postgres, kafka, and many others. Simply rename a file from .example to a .toml extension to get started with the corresponding technology.

August 11, 2023

Testcontainers Desktop

Verify running services and spot configuration issues

With Testcontainers Desktop you can now open the services menu to verify at a glance which services are configured and the corresponding ports, as well as spot any service with a potential configuration issue.

August 4, 2023

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Testcontainers July Roundup

Hey there! It's time for our July Testcontainers newsletter. This month, we have amazing product updates for you! We released the Testcontainers Desktop application 🎉, which has a number of features that are useful for local development with Testcontainers...

August 1, 2023

July 2023

Testcontainers Desktop

Enable reusable containers with a single click

By keeping containers running and allowing multiple tests to "reuse" the same container, it's possible to shave off container start times. With Testcontainers Desktop switching the "reuse" capability on and off is now as easy as clicking the corresponding option in the app's menu.

July 21, 2023

Testcontainers Desktop

Freeze containers to prevent their shutdown while you debug

With Testcontainers Desktop, you can now "freeze" containers to prevent their shutdown so that you can debug them. After enabling "Freeze containers shutdown", simply run your test as usual, and the app will prevent its shutdown, effectively keeping the test running indefinitely.

July 20, 2023

Testcontainers Desktop

Switch container runtimes and burst to the cloud

With Testcontainers Desktop, you can now easily switch between your local container runtimes for all your Testcontainers-powered dependencies. And thanks to Testcontainers Cloud, you can even run them in the cloud on demand!

July 19, 2023

Testcontainers Desktop

Set fixed ports to easily debug development services

You can now configure Testcontainers Desktop to proxy running services to a fixed port on your machine, making it easy to debug Testcontainers-based services with your local tools.

July 10, 2023

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Testcontainers August Roundup

Inspect local test sessions in collaborative dashboards

Avoid image pull delays in your CI (public beta)

Get started with popular technologies thanks to preconfigured services

Verify running services and spot configuration issues

Testcontainers July Roundup

Enable reusable containers with a single click

Freeze containers to prevent their shutdown while you debug

Switch container runtimes and burst to the cloud

Set fixed ports to easily debug development services

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