kube-prometheus-stack

Update Helm release kube-prometheus-stack to v79.0.1

Michi Kofler-Häusler

30 Oct 2025 — 5 min read

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This MR contains the following updates:

Package	Update	Change
kube-prometheus-stack (source)	major	`77.12.0` -> `79.0.1`

Release Notes

prometheus-community/helm-charts (kube-prometheus-stack)

`v79.0.1`

kube-prometheus-stack collects Kubernetes manifests, Grafana dashboards, and Prometheus rules combined with documentation and scripts to provide easy to operate end-to-end Kubernetes cluster monitoring with Prometheus using the Prometheus Operator.

What's Changed

[kube-prometheus-stack] Update kube-prometheus-stack dependency non-major updates by @renovate[bot] in #6277

Full Changelog: https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts/compare/prometheus-nginx-exporter-1.15.1...kube-prometheus-stack-79.0.1

`v79.0.0`

kube-prometheus-stack collects Kubernetes manifests, Grafana dashboards, and Prometheus rules combined with documentation and scripts to provide easy to operate end-to-end Kubernetes cluster monitoring with Prometheus using the Prometheus Operator.

What's Changed

[kube-prometheus-stack] Fix insecure default password in grafana by @robalb in #5679

New Contributors

@robalb made their first contribution in #5679

Full Changelog: https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts/compare/prometheus-conntrack-stats-exporter-0.5.28...kube-prometheus-stack-79.0.0

`v78.5.0`

kube-prometheus-stack collects Kubernetes manifests, Grafana dashboards, and Prometheus rules combined with documentation and scripts to provide easy to operate end-to-end Kubernetes cluster monitoring with Prometheus using the Prometheus Operator.

What's Changed

[kube-prometheus-stack] Update kube-prometheus-stack dependency non-major updates by @renovate[bot] in #6262

Full Changelog: https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts/compare/prometheus-nginx-exporter-1.15.0...kube-prometheus-stack-78.5.0

`v78.4.0`

kube-prometheus-stack collects Kubernetes manifests, Grafana dashboards, and Prometheus rules combined with documentation and scripts to provide easy to operate end-to-end Kubernetes cluster monitoring with Prometheus using the Prometheus Operator.

What's Changed

[kube-prometheus-stack] Update kube-prometheus-stack dependency non-major updates by @renovate[bot] in #6257

Full Changelog: https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts/compare/prometheus-stackdriver-exporter-4.12.2...kube-prometheus-stack-78.4.0

`v78.3.2`

kube-prometheus-stack collects Kubernetes manifests, Grafana dashboards, and Prometheus rules combined with documentation and scripts to provide easy to operate end-to-end Kubernetes cluster monitoring with Prometheus using the Prometheus Operator.

What's Changed

[kube-prometheus-stack] Update kube-prometheus-stack dependency non-major updates by @renovate[bot] in #6239
[kube-prometheus-stack] Update kube-prometheus-stack dependency non-major updates by @renovate[bot] in #6252

Full Changelog: https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts/compare/kube-prometheus-stack-78.3.1...kube-prometheus-stack-78.3.2

`v78.3.1`

kube-prometheus-stack collects Kubernetes manifests, Grafana dashboards, and Prometheus rules combined with documentation and scripts to provide easy to operate end-to-end Kubernetes cluster monitoring with Prometheus using the Prometheus Operator.

What's Changed

[kube-prometheus-stack] add CRD generator to renovate hook by @jkroepke in #6251
[kube-prometheus-stack] Parameterize job names by @abelfodil in #6228

New Contributors

@abelfodil made their first contribution in #6228

Full Changelog: https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts/compare/prometheus-27.41.1...kube-prometheus-stack-78.3.1

`v78.3.0`

kube-prometheus-stack collects Kubernetes manifests, Grafana dashboards, and Prometheus rules combined with documentation and scripts to provide easy to operate end-to-end Kubernetes cluster monitoring with Prometheus using the Prometheus Operator.

What's Changed

[kube-prometheus-stack] Support validating AlertmanagerConfigs by @vladimirpetr in #6244

Full Changelog: https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts/compare/prometheus-27.41.0...kube-prometheus-stack-78.3.0

`v78.2.1`

kube-prometheus-stack collects Kubernetes manifests, Grafana dashboards, and Prometheus rules combined with documentation and scripts to provide easy to operate end-to-end Kubernetes cluster monitoring with Prometheus using the Prometheus Operator.

What's Changed

[kube-prometheus-stack] quote prometheusSpec logLevel by @IvoGoman in #6229

New Contributors

@IvoGoman made their first contribution in #6229

Full Changelog: https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts/compare/kube-prometheus-stack-78.2.0...kube-prometheus-stack-78.2.1

`v78.2.0`

kube-prometheus-stack collects Kubernetes manifests, Grafana dashboards, and Prometheus rules combined with documentation and scripts to provide easy to operate end-to-end Kubernetes cluster monitoring with Prometheus using the Prometheus Operator.

What's Changed

[kube-prometheus-stack] explicitly allow a null Prometheus ruleSelector by @ba-work in #6178

Full Changelog: https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts/compare/prometheus-druid-exporter-1.2.0...kube-prometheus-stack-78.2.0

`v78.1.0`

kube-prometheus-stack collects Kubernetes manifests, Grafana dashboards, and Prometheus rules combined with documentation and scripts to provide easy to operate end-to-end Kubernetes cluster monitoring with Prometheus using the Prometheus Operator.

What's Changed

[kube-prometheus-stack] Update kube-prometheus-stack dependency non-major updates by @renovate[bot] in #6226

Full Changelog: https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts/compare/prometheus-pgbouncer-exporter-0.9.0...kube-prometheus-stack-78.1.0

`v78.0.0`

kube-prometheus-stack collects Kubernetes manifests, Grafana dashboards, and Prometheus rules combined with documentation and scripts to provide easy to operate end-to-end Kubernetes cluster monitoring with Prometheus using the Prometheus Operator.

What's Changed

[kube-prometheus-stack] bump to 0.86.0 by @DrFaust92 in #6211

Full Changelog: https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts/compare/prometheus-27.40.0...kube-prometheus-stack-78.0.0

`v77.14.0`

kube-prometheus-stack collects Kubernetes manifests, Grafana dashboards, and Prometheus rules combined with documentation and scripts to provide easy to operate end-to-end Kubernetes cluster monitoring with Prometheus using the Prometheus Operator.

What's Changed

[kube-prometheus-stack] Update kube-prometheus-stack dependency non-major updates by @renovate[bot] in #6193

Full Changelog: https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts/compare/alertmanager-1.27.0...kube-prometheus-stack-77.14.0

`v77.13.0`

kube-prometheus-stack collects Kubernetes manifests, Grafana dashboards, and Prometheus rules combined with documentation and scripts to provide easy to operate end-to-end Kubernetes cluster monitoring with Prometheus using the Prometheus Operator.

What's Changed

[kube-prometheus-stack] Update kube-prometheus-stack dependency non-major updates by @renovate[bot] in #6186

Full Changelog: https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts/compare/prometheus-smartctl-exporter-0.16.0...kube-prometheus-stack-77.13.0

`v77.12.1`

kube-prometheus-stack collects Kubernetes manifests, Grafana dashboards, and Prometheus rules combined with documentation and scripts to provide easy to operate end-to-end Kubernetes cluster monitoring with Prometheus using the Prometheus Operator.

What's Changed

[kube-prometheus-stack] Support supplying jsonData on the default datasource by @ba-work in #6179

New Contributors

@ba-work made their first contribution in #6179

Full Changelog: https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts/compare/prometheus-postgres-exporter-7.3.0...kube-prometheus-stack-77.12.1

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