Release 0.6¶
21 July 2026 · Full changelog
Release 0.6 turns many everyday Kubernetes jobs into complete workflows. Helm releases can be managed from install through rollback, port forwards have a dedicated home and resource lists gain saved views, bulk actions and deeper keyboard support. The overview becomes a namespace-aware health dashboard instead of a collection of counters.
Full Helm lifecycle management¶
Kubus can now install and upgrade charts, inspect values and rendered manifests, follow an operation's progress, roll back to an earlier revision and uninstall a release. Readiness checks explain which workload is holding an operation up, and safety checks cover common failure and recovery cases.
All of this runs through the built-in Helm engine; a separate Helm binary is not required.
An overview built around health¶
The overview follows the active namespace scope and combines workload readiness, unhealthy pods, warnings and expiring certificates into one picture. It also highlights why pods are not ready and keeps operator and certificate data isolated between namespace scopes.
Resource workflows that stay in context¶
Resource lists now support saved views that restore filters, sorting, columns and other grid state. You can delete or restart a selection in bulk, toggle favourites from a row or detail view and open the active resource directly in the navigation drawer.
Scaling respects HPA and KEDA ownership, DaemonSets join Deployments in rollout history and rollback, and CronJob and Job actions include schedule validation and more useful operations.
Port forwarding from start to finish¶
Start a port forward from an eligible workload or Service, choose the target and ports, then monitor or stop it from the Port Forwards page. Kubus checks access before starting and keeps the forward's status and errors visible for its lifetime.
ConfigMap and Secret data editor¶
ConfigMaps and Secrets gain a per-key editor alongside YAML. Add, edit, copy or remove individual values without manually handling encoded Secret data, with conflict checks before concurrent changes are overwritten.
Keyboard-first navigation¶
Resource tables, row actions, details, filters and the navigation drawer are now reachable from the keyboard. A shortcut reference makes the available commands discoverable, while the first-run welcome screen and collapsible navigation improve narrow-window use.
Logs and terminals¶
The log viewer has bounded history, stronger reconnect behaviour and clearer stream controls.
The embedded terminal gains right-click copy and paste, while pod debug sessions can use
kubectl-style profiles.
Performance and desktop reliability¶
Shared watches and context state reduce background polling, table updates keep stable inputs and desktop preferences are persisted without blocking the renderer. Deep links wait for the window to be ready, and state writes fall back safely if the desktop store is unavailable.
Patches¶
0.6.1¶
21 July 2026 · Changes
- Topology selection stays above surrounding edges and focused graphs no longer fan out through shared infrastructure.
- Warning events link to their resources, including cluster-scoped objects.
- CRDs are grouped more clearly in resource navigation.
- Usage bars mark values that exceed their requests or capacity.
0.6.2¶
22 July 2026 · Changes
- Detail drawers use a more consistent layout with clearer environment values and real truncation.
- Unreachable clusters no longer crash overview warm-up.
- The false metrics-server prompt at startup is fixed, and overview sections stream in as they become available.
- Empty lists distinguish a filter with no matches from a resource kind with no objects.
0.6.3¶
27 July 2026 · Changes
- Pod debug sessions offer reusable image presets and configured shells run as login shells.
- Topology discovers typed cross-namespace references more accurately.
- The detail drawer can be resized by dragging its handle.
- SSH jump-host settings survive kubeconfig imports and remain isolated between clusters.
- Favourites are scoped to the clusters where they were created.
0.6.4¶
8 August 2026 · Changes
- Pod details gain a quick-action bar, concise fact rows and per-container log and shell actions.
- Terminal shortcuts focus the dock reliably and repeated shortcuts cycle through sessions.
- The overview shows total CPU and memory capacity across all nodes.
0.6.5¶
10 August 2026 · Changes
- Terminal settings can automatically copy selected text and configure right-click behaviour.
- The command-palette search field stays put while results change.
- Favourite navigation remains selected through URL updates.
- Connectivity errors appear with the affected cluster, including contexts with special characters.
- Bulk-delete counts stay synchronized with the current grid selection.