--- title: "Lens Release — Lens" description: "Release notes for Lens Desktop and Lens Cloud: new features, fixes, and upgrade notes, version by version." url: https://lenshq.io/blog/category/lens-release/ --- Blog # Lens Release 18 posts from Team Lens. [![What's new in Lens K8S IDE 2026.9.1: the Cost Monitoring dashboard with cost over time, next to a Cost monitoring and optimization badge](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-september26-cost/cover.webp)](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-september26-cost/) [Lens Release](https://lenshq.io/blog/category/lens-release/) ### [What's new in Lens K8S IDE 2026.9.1: Cost Monitor & Optimization](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-september26-cost/) Cost Monitoring breaks cluster spend down per namespace with nothing installed on the cluster, plus VictoriaMetrics auto-detection and Azure Government support. Yalton Ruiz September 21, 2026 4 min read [![What's new in Lens K8S IDE 2026.9: Device Resources, Advanced Editor, and the Ask AI tool selector](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-september26/cover.webp)](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-september26/) [Lens Release](https://lenshq.io/blog/category/lens-release/) ### [What's new in Lens K8S IDE 2026.9: Manage GPU and NIC devices with DRA](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-september26/) Lens K8S IDE 2026.9 brings Kubernetes DRA to the navigator for managing devices like GPUs and NICs, plus an advanced editor for editing YAML manifests. Yalton Ruiz September 2, 2026 4 min read [![What's new in Lens K8S IDE 2026.8: 20× performance boost and Argo CD](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-august26/cover.webp)](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-august26/) [Lens Release](https://lenshq.io/blog/category/lens-release/) ### [What's new in Lens K8S IDE 2026.8: 20× performance boost and Argo CD](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-august26/) Lens K8S IDE 2026.8 is up to 20× faster on large clusters and brings Argo CD GitOps into the navigator, with one-click Sync, Refresh, and Ask AI. Yalton Ruiz August 19, 2026 2 min read [![What's new in Lens Desktop 2026.6](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-june-26/cover.webp)](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-june-26/) [Lens Release](https://lenshq.io/blog/category/lens-release/) ### [What's new in Lens Desktop 2026.6: Integrated with familiar AI Tools and Flux](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-june-26/) Lens Prism has evolved: You can run the AI agent you already use, Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot CLI, or Gemini CLI, right inside Lens, without needing to bring your own API key. Yalton Ruiz June 23, 2026 5 min read [![Lens Experimental Features](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-experimental-features/cover.webp)](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-experimental-features/) [Lens Release](https://lenshq.io/blog/category/lens-release/) ### [Lens Experimental Features: Ship Faster, Opt-In Only](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-experimental-features/) Lens Experimental Features let you try out new functionality that is still in development, a new opt-in delivery mechanism that ships features to Lens Kubernetes IDE outside of the normal release cycles. Flavius Dinu June 3, 2026 4 min read [![What's new in Lens Desktop 2026.5](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-may26/cover.webp)](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-may26/) [Lens Release](https://lenshq.io/blog/category/lens-release/) ### [What's new in Lens Desktop 2026.5](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-may26/) Lens Desktop 2026.5 comes equipped with Navigator support for the Kubernetes Gateway API, support for Kubernetes Admission Policies, and Premium Features dashboard updates for the Lens Plus trial. Yalton Ruiz May 20, 2026 5 min read [![Lens MCP Server connecting AI assistants to Kubernetes clusters](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-mcp-server/cover.webp)](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-mcp-server/) [Lens Release](https://lenshq.io/blog/category/lens-release/) ### [Manage All Your K8s Clusters from Any AI Assistant with the Lens MCP Server](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-mcp-server/) Lens Kubernetes IDE now offers its own MCP server that makes it easy for AI assistants to communicate with the Kubernetes clusters you have added in Lens K8s. Flavius Dinu March 19, 2026 6 min read [![Lens Kubernetes IDE 2026.3 release banner](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-march26/cover.webp)](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-march26/) [Lens Release](https://lenshq.io/blog/category/lens-release/) ### [Major updates to Lens Kubernetes IDE – Release 2026.3](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-march26/) AI is reshaping how we manage our Kubernetes clusters, and Lens K8s IDE is here to help. This release brings deeper AI integration with a new MCP Server, an upgraded Lens Prism that can act on your behalf, and tools to get new users productive from day one. Flavius Dinu March 17, 2026 4 min read [![Lens 2026.1 release with Azure integration and AI improvements](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-january26/cover.webp)](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-january26/) [Lens Release](https://lenshq.io/blog/category/lens-release/) ### [AI Improvements and Azure Integration in Lens 2026.1](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-january26/) Lens Desktop 2026.1 has been released and is now available to download. It helps platform and DevOps teams operate Kubernetes more efficiently with native Azure AKS integration, Prism AI improvements, and UX updates. Yalton Ruiz January 28, 2026 3 min read [![One Click AKS Integration](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-aks-integration/cover.webp)](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-aks-integration/) [Lens Release](https://lenshq.io/blog/category/lens-release/) ### [One Click AKS Integration](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-aks-integration/) Lens Kubernetes IDE now offers one-click Azure AKS integration, allowing users to automatically discover and access all their AKS clusters without manual kubeconfig configuration, dramatically reducing setup time for managing multiple Kubernetes clusters. Flavius Dinu January 15, 2026 4 min read [![Lens Release October 2025](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-october25/cover.webp)](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-october25/) [Lens Release](https://lenshq.io/blog/category/lens-release/) ### [Lens Release October 2025](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-october25/) We are proud to announce a new stable release of Lens Desktop that features major improvements to Lens Prism, along with enhancements to AWS EKS integration and the log viewer. Flavius Dinu October 24, 2025 3 min read [![Lens Release September 2025](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-september25/cover.webp)](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-september25/) [Lens Release](https://lenshq.io/blog/category/lens-release/) ### [Lens Release September 2025](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-release-september25/) A new stable release of Lens Desktop featuring improvements to Lens Prism and AWS EKS integration, with UX enhancements and bug fixes. Flavius Dinu September 16, 2025 3 min read [![One-Click AWS Integration for Lens Desktop](https://lenshq.io/blog/one-click-aws-integration/cover.webp)](https://lenshq.io/blog/one-click-aws-integration/) [Lens Release](https://lenshq.io/blog/category/lens-release/) ### [One-Click AWS Integration – Instant EKS Cluster Access Without the Complexity](https://lenshq.io/blog/one-click-aws-integration/) Lens already makes working with Kubernetes clusters easier. Now, we're removing one of the biggest roadblocks in the onboarding journey: connecting to your AWS EKS clusters. Miska Kaipiainen July 16, 2025 4 min read [![Lens Prism conversational assistant inside Lens Desktop](https://lenshq.io/blog/introducing-lens-prism/cover.webp)](https://lenshq.io/blog/introducing-lens-prism/) [Lens Release](https://lenshq.io/blog/category/lens-release/) ### [Introducing Lens Prism: Your AI-Powered Kubernetes Copilot](https://lenshq.io/blog/introducing-lens-prism/) Lens Prism brings a context-aware AI assistant into the Kubernetes IDE, plus one-click AWS EKS integration — so you can talk to your clusters instead of memorizing kubectl. Miska Kaipiainen July 2, 2025 7 min read [![Lens Desktop Hotbar release banner](https://lenshq.io/blog/hotbar-is-back/cover.webp)](https://lenshq.io/blog/hotbar-is-back/) [Lens Release](https://lenshq.io/blog/category/lens-release/) ### [Hotbar is Back!](https://lenshq.io/blog/hotbar-is-back/) We're excited to announce the latest release of Lens Desktop, bringing back one of the most beloved features of all time - Hotbar - stronger and more powerful than ever. Miska Kaipiainen April 10, 2025 4 min read [![Contextual Tab Filtering in Lens](https://lenshq.io/blog/introducing-contextual-tab-filtering-in-lens/cover.webp)](https://lenshq.io/blog/introducing-contextual-tab-filtering-in-lens/) [Lens Release](https://lenshq.io/blog/category/lens-release/) ### [Introducing Contextual Tab Filtering in Lens: Streamline Your Kubernetes Workflow and Reduce Tab Clutter](https://lenshq.io/blog/introducing-contextual-tab-filtering-in-lens/) This update introduces Contextual Tab Filtering, a feature designed to help you stay organized while managing multiple clusters by ensuring only tabs relevant to your current context remain visible. Miska Kaipiainen February 19, 2025 3 min read [![A fresher, more powerful version of Lens](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-just-got-better-october-2024/cover.webp)](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-just-got-better-october-2024/) [Lens Release](https://lenshq.io/blog/category/lens-release/) ### [Lens Just Got Better: A Fresher, More Powerful Version of Lens Out Now!](https://lenshq.io/blog/lens-just-got-better-october-2024/) With over a million individual users and 50,000 organizations using Lens, the latest version introduces a host of enhancements that transform how you interact with Kubernetes, making management more intuitive and efficient. Miska Kaipiainen October 1, 2024 6 min read [![Lens Security Center](https://lenshq.io/blog/introducing-lens-security-center/cover.webp)](https://lenshq.io/blog/introducing-lens-security-center/) [Lens Release](https://lenshq.io/blog/category/lens-release/) ### [Introducing Lens Security Center](https://lenshq.io/blog/introducing-lens-security-center/) Security is of utmost importance for all organizations, and we understand that at Lens. That's why we're proud to introduce Lens Security Center, a feature that empowers Lens users to identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in their workloads and clusters with ease. Lee Namba March 2, 2023 8 min read