Issues

• Missing labels datas on some metrics since k8s v1.37.0

  needs-triage
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#3142 · Filter by author Nemric opened on Oct 9, 2026
  1

• kube-state-metrics V3 Plan

  triage/accepted
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#3118 · Filter by author mrueg opened on Sep 8, 2026 · v3.0.0
  3

• test: move shell tests to go (addressing a TODO comment)

  needs-triage
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#3113 · Filter by author bxrne opened on Sep 6, 2026
  1

• Feature Proposal: Support loading multiple Custom Resource State ConfigMaps simultaneously

  kind/featureneeds-triage
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#3095 · Filter by author Dentrax opened on Aug 17, 2026
  1

• Collect status.nodeInfo.bootID from Node objects

  kind/featureneeds-triage
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#3056 · Filter by author kwohlfahrt opened on Aug 4, 2026
  3

• customResourceState registers the metric family and then serves nothing

  needs-triage
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#3052 · Filter by author vde-dis opened on Jul 29, 2026
  1

• Support count/aggregation of list elements in Custom Resource State metrics

  kind/featureneeds-triage
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#3035 · Filter by author alikhil opened on Jul 13, 2026
  1

• Since v2.19.0 Release does not include binaries anymore

  kind/bugneeds-triage
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#3032 · Filter by author benjaminguttmann-avtq opened on Jul 7, 2026
  4

• New metric: kube_crd_created

  kind/featureneeds-triage
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#3028 · Filter by author alshain opened on Jul 3, 2026
  2

  

• Update and move KSM metrics documentation to https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/instrumentation/metrics/

  kind/featuretriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#3023 · Filter by author CatherineF-dev opened on Jun 28, 2026
  3

• Identical cron behaviour to k8s

  kind/featureneeds-triage
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#3021 · Filter by author mpldr opened on Jun 26, 2026
  1

• Content negotiation ignores supported formats when highest-quality Accept entry is unsupported (protobuf)

  kind/bugneeds-triage
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#3010 · Filter by author adziauho opened on Jun 18, 2026
  2

• kube_pod_owner should report owner apiVersion

  kind/featureneeds-triage
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#3008 · Filter by author kwohlfahrt opened on Jun 18, 2026
  1

• Feature Request: Add metrics for actual allocated container resources (status.containerStatuses[*].resources) to support In-Place Pod Resize

  kind/featuretriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#2980 · Filter by author P0lskay opened on Jun 5, 2026
  2

• Add optional native OTLP metrics exporter

  kind/featureneeds-triage
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#2975 · Filter by author tonychoe opened on Jun 1, 2026
  3

• Make kube-state-metrics easier to embed as a Go library

  kind/featuretriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#2972 · Filter by author kgeckhart opened on May 29, 2026
  7

• Standardize goroutine leak detection

  kind/featuretriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#2958 · Filter by author bhope opened on May 15, 2026
  4

  

• Revisit Release Process

  kind/bugneeds-triage
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#2954 · Filter by author rexagod opened on May 11, 2026
  4

• Add TopologyAffinityError to pod status reasons

  kind/featureneeds-triage
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#2927 · Filter by author JoseL7 opened on Apr 15, 2026
  3

• Question on adding additional metrics for core apps/v1 resources via customResourceState

  lifecycle/staleneeds-triage
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#2921 · Filter by author samavasi opened on Apr 11, 2026
  3

• Do not have regexp support for metricAnnotationsAllowList

  kind/featurelifecycle/rottenneeds-triage
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#2901 · Filter by author chownx1 opened on Mar 18, 2026
  4

• Push permission should require multi-party reviews

  kind/buglifecycle/rottenneeds-triage
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#2893 · Filter by author CatherineF-dev opened on Mar 11, 2026
  4

• Add per-resource label selector support via --label-selectors flag

  kind/featurelifecycle/rottenneeds-triage
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#2885 · Filter by author superbrothers opened on Mar 9, 2026
  3

• kube_pod_status_phase{phase="Pending"} can be misleading

  triage/accepted
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#2882 · Filter by author vatine opened on Mar 2, 2026
  4

  

• Exposed StateSet metrics "state" label do not follow OpenMetrics protocol

  kind/bugtriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kube-state-metrics#2879 · Filter by author bwplotka opened on Feb 27, 2026
  1