Headlamp 0.45.0 reduces desktop startup memory and unnecessary background requests, while adding new scheduling and Gateway API views, guided resource creation forms, and more flexible plugin and product customization. Security updates protect desktop APIs, verify external plugin archives, and close command-consent and dependency vulnerabilities. Accessibility improvements make high-zoom layouts, keyboard controls, and custom theme contrast more usable, alongside 31 bug fixes across authentication, port forwarding, Resource Map, tables, and the desktop app.
⚡ Performance
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Plugin i18n now fetches only the active locale's translation file instead of all declared locales, preventing a flood of 404 requests when a plugin declares multiple languages. │Thanks to:
│@YousufFFFF
│@r0hansaxena.
│Thanks to @mjeanrichard for reporting.
│#7363
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Desktop startup now defers optional work, retains smaller Kubernetes objects, and tunes garbage collection, reducing memory by about 60 MiB RSS across combined isolated measurements. │Thanks to @illume.
│#7358
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Replaced the manual setInterval in useClustersVersion with React Query's useQueries, so polling pauses when the browser tab is hidden and unnecessary network requests to connected clusters are │Thanks to:
avoided. │@shreyas-acharya
│@illume.
│#6707
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✨ Enhancements (part 1)
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Added target container selection for ephemeral debug containers, allowing users to share the process namespace and filesystem of a specific container in multi-container pods during debugging. │Thanks to:
│@Suyog241005
│@yush-1018.
│Thanks to @eightfourseventwo for reporting.
│#7245
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Added a 'Keep Large Graph Groups Expanded' setting that persists namespace group expansion state across sessions, eliminating repetitive manual expansion clicks on large cluster resource maps. │Thanks to:
│@Suyog241005
│@mudit06mah.
│Thanks to @syorito-hatsuki for reporting.
│#7156
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A right-click context menu with copy and paste options has been added to the pod terminal, so users can copy and paste text without workarounds. │Thanks to @rootp1.
│Thanks to @jimmyjones2 for reporting.
│#7121
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Added a form-based UI for creating PersistentVolumeClaims, including multi-select access mode support, so users can provision storage directly from the Storage section without writing raw YAML. │Thanks to @anoopw3bdev.
│#5333
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Validated legal documents from the build manifest now appear in About and Legal tabs, letting desktop products present licenses and third-party notices in the app. │Thanks to:
│@illume
│@joaquimrocha.
│#7299
