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Cortexv1.21.0ObservabilityApr 27, 2026

ACTION 1CHECK 1PLAN 3OTHER 81View full analysis

A feature and maintenance release that adds Store Gateway, federation, overrides, caching, metric, and query capabilities while graduating several experimental features. It also changes defaults and configuration names, updates dependencies, and fixes correctness, memory, panic, and data-corruption defects.

Action needed (1)

breakingThe blocks storage bucket index default
Blocks storage now enables the bucket index by default through -blocks-storage.bucket-store.bucket-index.enabled. Disabling it with -blocks-storage.bucket-store.bucket-index.enabled=false is not recommended for production.

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breakingThe Distributor type and unit label flag
Applies if you configure either -distributor.enable-type-and-unit-labels or -distributor.otlp.enable-type-and-unit-labels for remote write v2 and OTLP requests.

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breakingThe Ruler API flag rename
Applies if you configure -experimental.ruler.enable-api.
breakingThe Alertmanager API flag rename
Applies if you configure -experimental.alertmanager.enable-api.
breakingThe Users Scanner user index update configuration
Applies if you configure either -*.users-scanner.user-index.cleanup-interval or clean_up_interval.

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Litmus3.28.0ObservabilityApr 15, 2026

ACTION 2OTHER 3View full analysis

A maintenance release with several defect fixes, including prevention of stale configuration leakage and a frontend base-image update to address a Python vulnerability. It also includes fixes for workflow event handling, branding, and experiment image-registry behavior.

Action needed (2)

securityStale configuration across probes of the same type
Stale configuration no longer leaks across multiple probes of the same type.
securityFrontend base image updated to ubi9
The frontend base image is updated to ubi9 to resolve a Python vulnerability.

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OpenCostv1.120.0ObservabilityApr 13, 2026

ACTION 1OTHER 26View full analysis

A maintenance release with dependency updates, defect corrections, expanded compatibility, and new integrations and configuration capabilities. An existing configuration source is replaced, so affected operators need to update their configuration.

Action needed (1)

breakingProvider configuration replaced by cloud-integration.json
The provider config is no longer used, and configuration is read from cloud-integration.json instead. Operators using the replaced configuration source need to update their configuration.

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