The new Stable release of Lens Desktop is here — featuring improvements to Lens Prism and AWS EKS integration. This release also includes UX enhancements driven by community feedback and a range of bug fixes for improved stability.
To ensure a smooth transition and minimize disruption we’ll start by rolling out the update to a small portion of our users, then incrementally increasing this number until all users have access to the update. If you have not received the update and wish to try it out, you can download this version manually at our website .
Lens Prism Enhancements
- Smart Auto-Scroll: Chat is scrolled to the bottom automatically on submit. Prism chat maintains scroll position when switching between chats.
- HTTPS Proxy Support: Prism now supports proxying AI chat requests via HTTPS proxies configured in user preferences.
AWS EKS Integration Improvements
- Profile Expiration Warnings: Added an expiration warning icon for AWS SSO profiles.
- Automatic Expansion: AWS EKS nodes now automatically expand in the navigator upon first launch.
- AWS Profile Error Handling: Warning icon is displayed when an AWS profile fails to load.
- Fixed Stale Credentials: Fixed an issue where stale credentials were inadvertently used.
Navigator Enhancements
- Automatic Node Expansion: “Local KubeConfigs” nodes automatically expand upon first launch.
- Context Menu Improvements: Automatically expand “Local KubeConfigs” node after adding new entries via the context menu.
- Cluster Node Icons: Improved ordering of cluster navigator node icons.
Performance and Stability
- Navigator Performance: Fixed scrolling performance degradation issue.
- Eliminated Extraneous IPC Logs: Eliminated unnecessary IPC debug logs.
- Kubectl Compatibility: Automated bundled kubectl versions as of 2025-07-21.
- Metrics Installation Fix: Resolved installation issues with Lens Metrics on Kubernetes 1.27+ due to deprecated annotations.
- Node Shell Stability: Addressed shell access bug after PC sleep.
Miscellaneous Improvements
- Hotbar Integration: Clusters can now be connected and disconnected directly from the Hotbar.
- Improved Error Messaging: Auth proxy error messages are now formatted clearly.
- CronJob UI Enhancements: Improved UI for CronJob trigger dialogs.
- Support Logs Organization: Logs are now split by session start time for improved readability.
Bug Fixes
- Corrected an issue causing the Terminal to not utilize full available width.
- Resolved an issue causing logs to scroll when enabling wrap lines.
- Ensured the search index is retained when loading new logs.
- Fixed incorrect kubectl arguments when executing into pods on Windows nodes.
- CronJobs now correctly respect the timezone specified in the spec for correct next execution time calculation.
- Username is now correctly displayed in Lens ID menu without network access.
- Removed unnecessary insecure entitlements for macOS.
- Restyled some drawer titles to align with overall Lens UI.