Docker Knowledge Patch

Baseline: Docker Engine 24.x and Compose 2.x. Covered range: Engine 25.0.0 through 29.3, Engine API v1.44 through v1.55, Compose 5.0.0 through 5.3.0, Buildx 0.30.0 through 0.35.0, BuildKit 0.28.0, and Dockerfile 1.22.0.

Included versioned batches: 25.0.0, 26.0.0, 27.0.1, 28.0.0, 0.30.0, 5.0.0, 0.31.0, 5.1.0, 0.28.0, 1.22.0, 0.32.0, 0.33.0, 0.34.0, 0.35.0, 5.2.0, and 5.3.0.

Use this patch

1. Identify whether the task targets Engine runtime, networking, images, the Engine API, Go integration, Buildx, BuildKit/Dockerfile, or Compose.
2. Read the matching reference before changing configuration, client calls, parsers, or automation.
3. Check both the daemon version and negotiated API version; several defaults and response shapes are API-gated.
4. Treat fresh installations, upgrades, and downgrades separately. Engine 28 and 29 include stateful storage and firewall transitions.
5. Make output parsing explicit. Several human-oriented CLI defaults changed, while event and Compose JSON streams use record framing.

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