Changelog¶

All notable changes to k13d are documented here.

[0.8.5] - 2026-02-16¶

Added¶

• TUI: Sort Picker (:sort): Interactive column picker modal for sorting resources
• TUI: Help Modal Sorting Section: Help screen (?) now documents all sorting shortcuts (Shift+N/A/T/P/C/D)
• Web UI: Report Section Selection: Choose which sections to include when generating reports
• Web UI: Rich Custom Resource Detail: CRDs now display Overview/YAML/Events tabs
• Web UI: Historical Metrics Charts: Time-series charts with configurable time ranges (5m–24h)
• Web UI: Collect Now Button: Trigger immediate metrics collection
• AI Provider: Upstage/Solar: Added Upstage (Solar) as a supported LLM provider

Fixed¶

• Web UI: Metrics Array Sync: Fixed metricsHistory arrays going out of sync
• Web UI: Chart Cleanup: Charts properly destroyed on Metrics modal close
• Web UI: Context Switch Stale Data: Context switch now reloads namespaces and data

Removed¶

• Web UI: Healing View: Removed auto-remediation rules UI

[0.8.4] - 2026-02-16¶

Added¶

• Helm Chart Release: Helm chart (.tgz) now included as extra file in goreleaser releases
• Validation Resource Counts: Validation view now shows scanned resource counts

[0.8.0] - 2026-02-14¶

Added¶

• Multi-Cluster: Context switcher in top bar for switching between kubeconfig contexts
• RBAC Viewer: Visual subject→role relationship viewer with filtering by kind
• Network Policy Map: Ingress/egress rule visualization per policy
• Event Timeline: Cluster events grouped by time windows with stats
• GitOps Integration: ArgoCD Application and Flux Kustomization sync status
• Resource Templates: One-click deploy for common K8s patterns (Nginx, Redis, PostgreSQL, etc.)
• Backups (Velero): Velero backup and schedule management with status tracking
• Resource Diff: Side-by-side YAML comparison (current vs last-applied-configuration)
• Notifications: Slack/Discord/Teams webhook alerts for cluster events
• AI Auto-Troubleshoot: One-click AI-powered cluster diagnosis via Diagnose button
• kubectl Plugin: Install as kubectl k13d via Krew or direct binary
• Homebrew Formula: brew install k13d support

Changed¶

• Sidebar reorganized with new sections: RBAC Viewer, Net Policy Map, Event Timeline under Visualization; GitOps, Templates, Backups under Operations
• Settings modal gains Notifications tab

[0.7.7] - 2026-02-14¶

Added¶

• Audit Logs Modal: Audit logs open as modal overlay, preserving center resource table
• Reports Modal: Cluster reports open as modal overlay instead of replacing resource table
• Overview Page: Dedicated Overview with cluster health cards, quick actions, and recent events
• Trivy-Bundled Release: goreleaser produces k13d-with-trivy archives for linux/darwin

Changed¶

• AI Assistant panel auto-hides on Overview and restores on other views
• Audit Logs filter controls integrated into modal header

[0.7.6] - 2026-02-14¶

Added¶

• Web UI: Metrics Dashboard: Real-time cluster health cards with CPU/Memory bars, pod/deployment/node status
• Web UI: Topology Tree View: Hierarchical resource ownership visualization with collapsible tree nodes
• Web UI: Applications View: App-centric grouped view by app.kubernetes.io/name labels
• Web UI: Validate View: Cross-resource validation with severity levels (critical/warning/info)
• Web UI: Healing View: Auto-remediation rules CRUD interface with event history tracking
• Web UI: Helm Manager: Full Helm release management with details, values, history, rollback, uninstall
• Web UI: Theme/Skin Selector: 5 color themes - Tokyo Night, Production, Staging, Development, Light
• Cross-view Navigation: Related views linked together (Metrics↔Charts, Topology Graph↔Tree, Validate↔Reports)
• Dashboard Phase 1-5: Backend APIs for pulse, xray, applications, validate, healing, helm, cost analysis

Changed¶

• Sidebar reorganized: Visualization, Operations, Monitoring sections
• XRay renamed to "Topology Tree", Pulse renamed to "Metrics"

[Unreleased]¶

Added¶

• Documentation site with MkDocs Material
• GitHub Pages deployment
• Screen Ghosting Fix: 50ms draw throttle for AI streaming + 500ms periodic safety sync + modal transition sync
• AI Chat History Preservation: Previous Q&A sessions preserved with visual dividers within TUI session
• Autocomplete Dropdown: k9s-style dropdown overlay when 2+ command completions match
• Configurable Resource Aliases (aliases.yaml): Custom command shortcuts (e.g., pp → pods) with :alias viewer
• Per-Resource Sort Defaults (views.yaml): Remember sort column and direction per resource type
• LLM Model Switching: :model command to switch AI model profiles, :model <name> for direct switch
• Plugin System TUI Integration: Plugins from plugins.yaml now accessible via keyboard shortcuts and :plugins command

Changed¶

• All modal open/close calls migrated to showModal()/closeModal() helpers with screen sync
• Command handling refactored for prefix matching (:model <name>)
• Improved error handling consistency

Fixed¶

• TUI screen ghosting (visual artifacts) during modal transitions and AI streaming
• AI chat history lost when new response arrives
• Minor bug fixes

[0.6.3] - 2024-01-15¶

Added¶

• Tool Approval unification for consistent security
• PolicyEnforcer for centralized approval logic
• TUI audit logging for better compliance

Changed¶

• Refactored index.html into modular CSS/JS files
• Improved frontend build process

Fixed¶

• Docker Hub login conditional in CI workflow
• formatAge utility function consolidation

[0.6.2] - 2024-01-10¶

Added¶

• Tokyo Night theme for TUI
• Enhanced benchmark tooling
• MCP server mode (--mcp flag)

Changed¶

• Improved AI response streaming
• Better error messages

Fixed¶

• Test timeout issues (300s → 600s)
• TUI resize handling

[0.6.1] - 2024-01-05¶

Added¶

• Embedded LLM support (--embedded-llm)
• llama.cpp integration
• Offline operation capability

Changed¶

• Reduced binary size
• Improved startup time

Fixed¶

• Memory leaks in streaming responses
• Context cancellation handling

[0.6.0] - 2024-01-01¶

Added¶

• MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration
• External tool extensibility
• MCP client for connecting to MCP servers
• Sequential thinking MCP server support

Changed¶

• Tool registry architecture
• AI agent state machine improvements

Fixed¶

• Tool timeout issues
• JSON-RPC 2.0 compliance

[0.5.0] - 2023-12-15¶

Added¶

• Web UI with full feature parity to TUI
• SSE (Server-Sent Events) for AI streaming
• Authentication system
• Session management
• Audit logging

Changed¶

• Unified API between TUI and Web
• Improved Kubernetes client performance

Fixed¶

• Multiple concurrent session handling
• Resource leak on connection close

[0.4.0] - 2023-12-01¶

Added¶

• AI-powered analysis features
• Tool calling (kubectl, bash)
• Safety analyzer with AST parsing
• Command approval workflow

Changed¶

• Agent architecture improvements
• Better prompt engineering

Fixed¶

• Tool execution timeout issues
• Safety analysis false positives

[0.3.0] - 2023-11-15¶

Added¶

• Multi-provider LLM support
• OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Ollama providers
• Provider abstraction layer
• Streaming response support

Changed¶

• Configuration file format
• API key handling

Fixed¶

• Provider reconnection logic
• Rate limit handling

[0.2.0] - 2023-11-01¶

Added¶

• AI Assistant panel in TUI
• Basic chat functionality
• Context-aware queries
• Resource context injection

Changed¶

• TUI layout improvements
• Keyboard shortcut refinements

Fixed¶

• Input handling edge cases
• Screen rendering issues

[0.1.0] - 2023-10-15¶

Added¶

• Initial release
• k9s-style TUI dashboard
• Kubernetes resource views
• Basic resource operations
• Vim-style navigation
• Multi-namespace support

Version Format¶

k13d follows Semantic Versioning:

• MAJOR: Incompatible API changes
• MINOR: New features (backwards compatible)
• PATCH: Bug fixes (backwards compatible)

Links¶

• GitHub Releases
• Migration Guide
• Contributing