v1.8.1

[dex4er]

What's new:

• New section for favorite items in a sidebar menu. See New Favorites section in the sidebar menu #1565
• Fixed a regression when Freelens stopped working with active HTTP proxy. See Fix proxy bypass for renderer.freelens.app on Electron 39+ #1552, release 1.8.0 crashes trying to connect to https://renderer.freelens.app:56289 on startup #1526
• Fixed an issue where the line progress for CPU and memory was not visible in PodDetailsList. See fix: visualize CPU and Memory usage with LineProgress in pod list #1556
• Fixed HPA metrics for type ContainerResource. See Fix ContainerResource HPA metric to display utilization percentage #1537
• Fixed Prometheus Operator support. See Recover Prometheus Operator by fixing the injectable extension. #1529
• Fixed typos in the template names. See Rename DeamonSet.yaml to DaemonSet.yaml #1548
• Electron v39.5.2 with Chrome v142.0.7444.265 and Node v22.22.0.
• kubectl 1.35.1
• Helm 4.1.1

[dex4er]

Nightly build to test: https://github.com/freelensapp/freelens-nightly-builds/releases/tag/v1.8.1-0-nightly-2026-02-13

Confirmed manual tests:

• Linux
• MacOS
• Windows

[MatiasRoje]

#1529, #1548 and #1565 should be included in the release notes.
Linux build looks fine.

[mariomamo]

I tested it on windows and it works, I found no issues

[dex4er]

What's Changed

Features

• List automated updates separately in GitHub release description by @vitaliyf in List automated updates separately in GitHub release description #1523
• Freelens Proxy readiness check by @dex4er in Freelens Proxy readiness check #1527
• Recover Prometheus Operator by fixing the injectable extension. by @RubenNL in Recover Prometheus Operator by fixing the injectable extension. #1529
• Rename DeamonSet.yaml to DaemonSet.yaml by @burnedoutman in Rename DeamonSet.yaml to DaemonSet.yaml #1548
• chore: Update copyright notice in README.md by @omarluq in chore: Update copyright notice in README.md #1553
• fix: visualize CPU and Memory usage with LineProgress in pod list by @HanCheo in fix: visualize CPU and Memory usage with LineProgress in pod list #1556
• Update other pending copyright instances by @MatiasRoje in Update other pending copyright instances #1558
• Fix proxy bypass for renderer.freelens.app on Electron 39+ by @MatiasRoje in Fix proxy bypass for renderer.freelens.app on Electron 39+ #1552
• Update README to include Release Engineering Team by @robertobandini in Update README to include Release Engineering Team #1567
• Update node to v22.22.0 by @dex4er in Update node to v22.22.0 #1578
• Fix ContainerResource HPA metric to display utilization percentage by @vadym-replianchuk in Fix ContainerResource HPA metric to display utilization percentage #1537
• Revert dependency pnpm to v10.29.2 by @dex4er in Revert dependency pnpm to v10.29.2 #1634
• New Favorites section in the sidebar menu by @MatiasRoje in New Favorites section in the sidebar menu #1565
• Enabled npm package provenance by @dex4er in Enabled npm package provenance #1642

Dependencies

• Automated npm version v1.8.1-0 by @freelensbot in Automated npm version v1.8.1-0 #1525
• Update dependency lodash to ^4.17.23 [SECURITY] by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency lodash to ^4.17.23 [SECURITY] #1550
• Update dependency electron to v39.5.1 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency electron to v39.5.1 #1572
• Update dependency helm/helm to v4.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency helm/helm to v4.1.0 #1573
• Update dependency fast-xml-parser to ^5.3.4 [SECURITY] by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency fast-xml-parser to ^5.3.4 [SECURITY] #1564
• Update dependency turbo to v2.8.3 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency turbo to v2.8.3 #1577
• Update dependency pnpm to v10.28.2 [SECURITY] by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency pnpm to v10.28.2 [SECURITY] #1535
• Update dependency prettier to v3.8.1 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency prettier to v3.8.1 #1586
• Update dependency @types/node to ~22.19.9 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency @types/node to ~22.19.9 #1584
• Update azure/trusted-signing-action action to v1 by @renovate[bot] in Update azure/trusted-signing-action action to v1 #1593
• Update dependency node-gyp to v12.2.0 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency node-gyp to v12.2.0 #1575
• Update dependency @biomejs/biome to v2.3.14 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency @biomejs/biome to v2.3.14 #1580
• Automated biome migrate [skip ci] by @freelensbot in Automated biome migrate [skip ci] #1597
• Update dependency node-pty to v1.2.0-beta.10 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency node-pty to v1.2.0-beta.10 #1576
• Update dependency @quantco/pnpm-licenses to ^2.2.3 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency @quantco/pnpm-licenses to ^2.2.3 #1582
• Update dependency webpack to ^5.105.0 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency webpack to ^5.105.0 #1589
• Update dependency zod to ^4.3.6 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency zod to ^4.3.6 #1591
• Update dependency @types/lodash to ^4.17.23 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency @types/lodash to ^4.17.23 #1583
• Automated trunk upgrade actionlint 1.7.9 → 1.7.10, yamlfmt 0.20.0 → 0.21.0, yamllint 1.37.1 → 1.38.0 [skip ci] by @freelensbot in Automated trunk upgrade actionlint 1.7.9 → 1.7.10, yamlfmt 0.20.0 → 0.21.0, yamllint 1.37.1 → 1.38.0 [skip ci] #1528
• Update google/osv-scanner-action action to v2.3.2 by @renovate[bot] in Update google/osv-scanner-action action to v2.3.2 #1603
• Update dependency cronstrue to ^3.11.0 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency cronstrue to ^3.11.0 #1604
• Update dependency semver to ^7.7.4 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency semver to ^7.7.4 #1601
• Update dependency glob to ^13.0.1 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency glob to ^13.0.1 #1598
• Update dependency immer to ^11.1.3 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency immer to ^11.1.3 #1599
• Update dependency sass to ^1.97.3 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency sass to ^1.97.3 #1600
• Update dependency ws to ^8.19.0 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency ws to ^8.19.0 #1590
• Update dependency type-fest to ^5.4.3 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency type-fest to ^5.4.3 #1588
• Update dependency spdx-license-list to ^6.11.0 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency spdx-license-list to ^6.11.0 #1587
• Update dependency @types/react to ^17.0.91 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency @types/react to ^17.0.91 #1585
• Update dependency jsdom to v28 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency jsdom to v28 #1607
• Update dependency sass-loader to ^16.0.7 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency sass-loader to ^16.0.7 #1612
• Update dependency knip to v5.83.1 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency knip to v5.83.1 #1614
• Automated npm dedupe by @freelensbot in Automated npm dedupe #1596
• Automated update of kubectl versions (bundled 1.35.1) by @freelensbot in Automated update of kubectl versions (bundled 1.35.1) #1616
• Update dependency pnpm to v10.29.2 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency pnpm to v10.29.2 #1620
• Update dependency electron to v39.5.2 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency electron to v39.5.2 #1618
• Update dependency helm/helm to v4.1.1 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency helm/helm to v4.1.1 #1619
• Update dependency turbo to v2.8.6 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency turbo to v2.8.6 #1623
• Update dependency node-pty to v1.2.0-beta.11 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency node-pty to v1.2.0-beta.11 #1621
• Update dependency @types/node to ~22.19.11 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency @types/node to ~22.19.11 #1624
• Update dependency openid-client to ^6.8.2 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency openid-client to ^6.8.2 #1622
• Update dependency freelensapp/freelens-k8s-proxy to v1.5.1 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency freelensapp/freelens-k8s-proxy to v1.5.1 #1625
• Update dependency pnpm to v10.29.3 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency pnpm to v10.29.3 #1629
• Update dependency fast-xml-parser to ^5.3.5 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency fast-xml-parser to ^5.3.5 #1627
• Update dependency glob to ^13.0.2 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency glob to ^13.0.2 #1628
• Update dependency type-fest to ^5.4.4 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency type-fest to ^5.4.4 #1630
• Update dependency immer to ^11.1.4 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency immer to ^11.1.4 #1633
• Update dependency cronstrue to ^3.12.0 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency cronstrue to ^3.12.0 #1632
• Update dependency webpack to ^5.105.1 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency webpack to ^5.105.1 #1631
• Automated npm dedupe by @freelensbot in Automated npm dedupe #1626
• Update google/osv-scanner-action action to v2.3.3 by @renovate[bot] in Update google/osv-scanner-action action to v2.3.3 #1639
• Update dependency turbo to v2.8.7 by @renovate[bot] in Update dependency turbo to v2.8.7 #1638
• Automated npm version v1.8.1 by @freelensbot in Automated npm version v1.8.1 #1643

New Contributors

• @vitaliyf made their first contribution in List automated updates separately in GitHub release description #1523
• @burnedoutman made their first contribution in Rename DeamonSet.yaml to DaemonSet.yaml #1548
• @vadym-replianchuk made their first contribution in Fix ContainerResource HPA metric to display utilization percentage #1537

Full Changelog: v1.8.0...v1.8.1