Macos gitlab-runner fails to run containers with version 4.52

[Macaplix]

Description

On a Mac mini M1 with Macos 26.1 switching to version 4.52 of Docker Desktop made gitlab-runner fail with the following:
ERROR: Failed to remove network for build
my pipeline uses a Docker dind 28 image to run
Downgrading to Docker Desktop 4.51 solved the issue after half an hour struggling to find out where to download it.

Reproduce

gitlab-ci:
...
image: docker:28.0
services:

• name: docker:28.0-dind
  alias: docker
  ...

Expected behavior

gitlab-runner starts new containers to run the pipeline. Now the error makes the pipeline fail before any new container shows in Docker Desktop. Downgrading solved the issue without any other change to my setup

docker version

Client:
 Version:           28.5.2
 API version:       1.51
 Go version:        go1.25.3
 Git commit:        ecc6942
 Built:             Wed Nov  5 14:42:30 2025
 OS/Arch:           darwin/arm64
 Context:           desktop-linux

Server: Docker Desktop 4.51.0 (210443)
 Engine:
  Version:          28.5.2
  API version:      1.51 (minimum version 1.24)
  Go version:       go1.25.3
  Git commit:       89c5e8f
  Built:            Wed Nov  5 14:44:06 2025
  OS/Arch:          linux/arm64
  Experimental:     true
 containerd:
  Version:          v1.7.29
  GitCommit:        442cb34bda9a6a0fed82a2ca7cade05c5c749582
 runc:
  Version:          1.3.3
  GitCommit:        v1.3.3-0-gd842d771
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0

docker info

Client:
 Version:    28.5.2
 Context:    desktop-linux
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  ai: Docker AI Agent - Ask Gordon (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.9.11
    Path:     /Users/pe/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-ai
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.29.1-desktop.1
    Path:     /Users/pe/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v2.40.3-desktop.1
    Path:     /Users/pe/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
  debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  0.0.45
    Path:     /Users/pe/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-debug
  desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.0
    Path:     /Users/pe/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-desktop
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.31
    Path:     /Users/pe/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-extension
  init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.4.0
    Path:     /Users/pe/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-init
  mcp: Docker MCP Plugin (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.27.0
    Path:     /Users/pe/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-mcp
  model: Docker Model Runner (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.1.46
    Path:     /Users/pe/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-model
  offload: Docker Offload (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.5.17
    Path:     /Users/pe/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-offload
  sandbox: Docker Sandbox (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.5.3
    Path:     /Users/pe/.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/pe/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-sbom
  scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.18.3
    Path:     /Users/pe/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-scout

Server:
 Containers: 8
  Running: 1
  Paused: 0
  Stopped: 7
 Images: 36
 Server Version: 28.5.2
 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
 Discovered Devices:
  cdi: docker.com/gpu=webgpu
 Swarm: inactive
 Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 runc
 Default Runtime: runc
 Init Binary: docker-init
 containerd version: 442cb34bda9a6a0fed82a2ca7cade05c5c749582
 runc version: v1.3.3-0-gd842d771
 init version: de40ad0
 Security Options:
  seccomp
   Profile: builtin
  cgroupns
 Kernel Version: 6.12.54-linuxkit
 Operating System: Docker Desktop
 OSType: linux
 Architecture: aarch64
 CPUs: 8
 Total Memory: 3.827GiB
 Name: docker-desktop
 ID: 7b1b58c6-67eb-4ffc-979c-63f2431af6ba
 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/pe/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/docker-cli.sock
 Experimental: true
 Insecure Registries:
  hubproxy.docker.internal:5555
  ::1/128
  127.0.0.0/8
 Live Restore Enabled: false

[DEPRECATION NOTICE]: API is accessible on http://localhost:2375 without encryption.
         Access to the remote API is equivalent to root access on the host. Refer
         to the 'Docker daemon attack surface' section in the documentation for
         more information: https://docs.docker.com/go/attack-surface/
In future versions this will be a hard failure preventing the daemon from starting! Learn more at: https://docs.docker.com/go/api-security/

Diagnostics ID

B6398C20-A403-4D95-839D-77F04280F608/20251124200055

Additional Info

Thanks for your work. Legacy version download should be obvious to access in the same page as latest downloads.