docker sandbox (with claude) system time is out of date

[HormyAJP]

Bug report

System Time Out of Sync With Host

I can't explain any better than the title . See below for more info.

Reproduction Steps

• Starting from a clean machine (no docker sandboxes in existence)
• Run docker sandbox run claude .
• Use the sandbox (and container)
• Exit claude containers but don't stop the sandbox
• Come back some time later (e.g. 24hrs)
• Execute docker sandbox run claude .
• Execute !date from claude or open a bash terminal into the sandbox and execute date
• Observe: System date/time is out of sync with host (pointing to when the sandbox was last used I believe)
• Expected?: System date/time stays in sync with the host?

Discussion

I hit this issue when trying to install tools into my sandbox and/or container within the sandbox. I can't run apt-get update due to the error

Release file for http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/questing-updates/InRelease is not valid yet (invalid for another 1d 0h 29min 40s). Updates for this repository will not be applied.

There's no way I can find to force the sandbox (and hence the containers) to sync with the host. Regular linux commands don't work because docker delegates management of datetime to the host.

Workaround/Fix

Manually stop the sandbox and restart it.

Note: Unclear to me if this is expected, but it's not a great user experience. I'd expect the sandbox to keep in sync with the host without a restart.

Platform

macOS

Version information

Client:
 Version:           29.1.5
 API version:       1.52
 Go version:        go1.25.6
 Git commit:        0e6fee6
 Built:             Fri Jan 16 12:47:44 2026
 OS/Arch:           darwin/arm64
 Context:           desktop-linux

Server: Docker Desktop 4.58.1 (217134)
 Engine:
  Version:          29.1.5
  API version:      1.52 (minimum version 1.44)
  Go version:       go1.25.6
  Git commit:       3b01d64
  Built:            Fri Jan 16 12:48:37 2026
  OS/Arch:          linux/arm64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          v2.2.1
  GitCommit:        dea7da592f5d1d2b7755e3a161be07f43fad8f75
 runc:
  Version:          1.3.4
  GitCommit:        v1.3.4-0-gd6d73eb8
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0
Client:
 Version:    29.1.5
 Context:    desktop-linux
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  ai: Docker AI Agent - Ask Gordon (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.17.1
    Path:     /Users/badger/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-ai
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.30.1-desktop.2
    Path:     /Users/badger/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v5.0.1
    Path:     /Users/badger/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
  debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  0.0.47
    Path:     /Users/badger/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-debug
  desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.0
    Path:     /Users/badger/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-desktop
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.31
    Path:     /Users/badger/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-extension
  init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.4.0
    Path:     /Users/badger/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-init
  mcp: Docker MCP Plugin (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.35.0
    Path:     /Users/badger/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-mcp
  model: Docker Model Runner (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.0.7
    Path:     /Users/badger/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-model
  offload: Docker Offload (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.5.41
    Path:     /Users/badger/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-offload
  pass: Docker Pass Secrets Manager Plugin (beta) (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.0.22
    Path:     /Users/badger/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-pass
  sandbox: Docker Sandbox (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.10.1
    Path:     /Users/badger/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-sandbox
  sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc.)
    Version:  0.6.0
    Path:     /Users/badger/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-sbom
  scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.19.0
    Path:     /Users/badger/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-scout

Server:
 Containers: 20
  Running: 0
  Paused: 0
  Stopped: 20
 Images: 17
 Server Version: 29.1.5
 Storage Driver: overlayfs
  driver-type: io.containerd.snapshotter.v1
 Logging Driver: json-file
 Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
 Cgroup Version: 2
 Plugins:
  Volume: local
  Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
  Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local splunk syslog
 CDI spec directories:
  /etc/cdi
  /var/run/cdi
 Swarm: inactive
 Runtimes: runc io.containerd.runc.v2
 Default Runtime: runc
 Init Binary: docker-init
 containerd version: dea7da592f5d1d2b7755e3a161be07f43fad8f75
 runc version: v1.3.4-0-gd6d73eb8
 init version: de40ad0
 Security Options:
  seccomp
   Profile: builtin
  cgroupns
 Kernel Version: 6.12.65-linuxkit
 Operating System: Docker Desktop
 OSType: linux
 Architecture: aarch64
 CPUs: 10
 Total Memory: 7.653GiB
 Name: docker-desktop
 ID: 14b74c93-bc4a-4f56-af31-372e7c1799d5
 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
 Labels:
  com.docker.desktop.address=unix:///Users/badger/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/docker-cli.sock
 Experimental: false
 Insecure Registries:
  hubproxy.docker.internal:5555
  ::1/128
  127.0.0.0/8
 Live Restore Enabled: false

Diagnostics ID

E96933A1-CC20-46E7-8239-BBF80536212C/20260206103652