Kubernetes Metrics Server

Kubernetes Metrics Server 0.9.0

Scalable and efficient source of container resource metrics for Kubernetes built-in autoscaling pipelines.

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About Kubernetes Metrics Server

Scalable and efficient source of container resource metrics for Kubernetes built-in autoscaling pipelines.

What's new in 0.9.0

Improvements
- Bump Kubernetes dependencies to v1.36.2. (@slashpai, @dgrisonnet, PR #1687, #1712, #1758, #1803)
- Honor stderrthreshold when logtostderr is enabled. (@pierluigilenoci, PR #1782)
- Downgrade log level for scrape failures of not ready nodes. (@bhope, PR #1783)
- Add a diagram showing how metrics-server handles kubectl top pod requests. (@CatherineF-dev, PR #1654)
Bug fixes
- Require both node and pod metrics for storage readiness. (@slashpai, PR #1818)
Security
- Bump Go version to v1.26.4, addressing CVE-2025-47907 and CVE-2025-47906. (@dependabot, @RainbowMango, @dgrisonnet, @yangjunmyfm192085, PR #1681, #1738, #1758, #1784, #1803, #1830)
- Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.39.0 to 0.45.0. (@dependabot, PR #1737)
Others
- Bump golangci-lint to v2.11.4. (@slashpai, @dongjiang1989, @yangjunmyfm192085, PR #1686, #1713, #1740, #1784)
- Bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.23.4 to 2.32.0. (@dependabot, PR #1804, #1820, #1835)
- Bump github.com/onsi/gomega from 1.37.0 to 1.42.1. (@dependabot, PR #1693, #1820, #1835)
- Bump github.com/prometheus/prometheus from 0.304.2 to 0.313.0. (@dependabot, PR #1828, #1833)
- Bump github.com/prometheus/common from 0.65.0 to 0.69.0. (@dependabot, PR #1828, #1833)
- Bump github.com/spf13/pflag from 1.0.6 to 1.0.10. (@dependabot, PR #1690, #1820)
- Bump github.com/moby/spdystream from 0.5.0 to 0.5.1. (@dependabot, PR #1792)
- Bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.72.0 to 1.81.1. (@dependabot, PR #1777, #1820)
- Bump mikefarah/yq from 4.45.4 to 4.47.1. (@dependabot, PR #1682, #1694)
- Bump actions/checkout from 4.2.2 to 7.0.0. (@dependabot, PR #1698, #1749, #1808, #1827)
- Bump actions/github-script from 7.0.1 to 9.0.0. (@dependabot, PR #1718, #1812)
- Bump actions/setup-python from 5.6.0 to 6.3.0. (@dependabot, PR #1728, #1742, #1832)
- Bump softprops/action-gh-release from 2.3.2 to 3.0.1. (@dependabot, PR #1731, #1746, #1819, #1826)
- Bump action-stars/install-tool-from-github-release. (@dependabot, PR #1743)
- Update versions in README and kustomization.yaml for v0.9.0. (@slashpai, PR #1822)
- Add slashpai and RainbowMango as reviewers. (@dgrisonnet, PR #1679)
- Use go tools. (@mrueg, PR #1648)

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Technical details

PublisherKubernetes SIGs
Version0.9.0
Release date2026-07-13
LicenseApache-2.0
Installer typeportable
Architecturex64, arm64
Package IDKubernetes.metrics-server

Install Kubernetes Metrics Server from the command line

Install with Windows Package Manager
winget install --id=Kubernetes.metrics-server -e
Update to the latest version
winget upgrade --id=Kubernetes.metrics-server -e
Uninstall
winget uninstall --id=Kubernetes.metrics-server -e

Kubernetes Metrics Server adds this command to the command line: metrics-server.

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Kubernetes Metrics Server version history

0.8.1 Jan 29, 2026

Improvements

  • Bump Golang to v1.24.12 and Kubernetes dependencies to v0.33.7 (@dgrisonnet, #1758)
0.8.0 Jul 3, 2025

Improvements
- Wire server run options to flags #1560 #1656 (@benluddy, @slashpai)
- Bump Golang to v1.24.4 and to Kubernetes clients to v0.33.2 #1662, #1665 (@dgrisonnet,@yangjunmyfm192085,@slashpai)
- This will help to include the disable-http2-serving flag added in SecureServingOptions (https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122176) for metrics-server
- Bump Prometheus module to v0.304.2 #1652, #1675 (@slashpai , @dependabot)
Tooling
- Add support for specifying other container engines #1649 (@slashpai)

0.7.2 Aug 28, 2024

Improvements

  • Update Golang to v1.22.5 and Kubernetes dependencies to v1.29.8

Frequently asked questions

Is Kubernetes Metrics Server free?

Yes. Kubernetes Metrics Server is free and open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 license.

What is the latest version of Kubernetes Metrics Server?

The latest version is 0.9.0, released on Jul 13, 2026.

Is it safe to download Kubernetes Metrics Server?

The download button links to the official installer published on github.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with bbd6c295d599b5b2b638e2c953ccb36fca61628d4d1eb3b8d76180b103e6ba63.

Which Windows versions does Kubernetes Metrics Server support?

Kubernetes Metrics Server runs on Windows and is available for 64-bit (x64), ARM64 systems.

How do I uninstall Kubernetes Metrics Server?

Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find Kubernetes Metrics Server and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=Kubernetes.metrics-server -e.

Is there a portable version of Kubernetes Metrics Server?

Yes. Kubernetes Metrics Server is available as a portable program (metrics-server-windows-amd64.exe, 64-bit (x64)) that runs without installation. Copy it to any folder or USB drive and run it from there.

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