Prometheus v3.8.0 released on 02-12-2025
Prometheus v3.8.0 is out now. Users can benefit from the introduction of Native Histograms as a stable feature, enhancing data handling capabilities.
Users need to visit the product GitHub or official pages for more information.
What’s in this release
- Native Histograms are now a stable, but optional feature, activated via the
scrape_native_histogramconfig setting. - Support for OAuth2 jwt-bearer grant-type and unified AWS service discovery for EC2, Lightsail, and ECS services.
- Performance improvements in parsing variadic functions in PromQL and optimisations in UI responsiveness.
Upgrade notes
- Ensure to activate Native Histograms by setting
scrape_native_histogramtotruein your configurations. - Rollback to the previous version is possible if issues arise during the upgrade process.
We invite users to share comments on their experience with this release.