What kiali/kiali shipped
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Week of September 14, 2026
What shipped
- Kiali v2.32.0 released with updated features and fixes. Release
- Added PatternFly appearance modes including color schemes (System/Light/Dark), contrast options (Glass/High contrast), and themes (Default/Project Felt) with a new Preferences modal. Pull request #10284
- Fixed ztunnel metrics queries and multi-cluster namespace access in the Ztunnel Metrics tab for federated metrics deployments. Pull request #10326
- Fixed empty Kiali Internal Metrics charts after federation by relocating Prometheus federation rules and retaining namespace labels. Pull request #10316
- Fixed empty metrics for Envoy by sending workload version to retrieve metrics. Pull request #10314
- Synced Perses dashboards with renamed Istio dashboard IDs and simplified the sync-dashboards.sh script. Pull request #10312
- Added support for setting up federated metrics as a follow-up improvement. Pull request #10299
- Added logging of Prometheus queries used to obtain metrics for debugging custom dashboards. Pull request #10313
- Updated container image references following Istio's migration from gcr.io to docker.io. Pull request #10318
- Ported CRD validation tests from Cypress to Playwright with new kubectl helpers for Istio and Gateway API resources. Pull request #10292
Why it matters
This week includes the v2.32.0 release along with critical fixes for federated metrics and ztunnel support in multi-cluster deployments. UI improvements add appearance customization options, and test coverage has been expanded with Playwright migration. These changes improve reliability for distributed Istio environments and enhance the user interface.
Changelog entry
- Add PatternFly appearance modes including color scheme (System/Light/Dark), contrast options (System/Default/Glass/High contrast), and themes (Default/Project Felt) with Preferences modal Pull request #10284
- Fix ztunnel metrics queries and multi-cluster namespace access in Ztunnel Metrics tab Pull request #10326
- Fix empty Kiali Internal Metrics charts after federation by relocating Prometheus federation rules and retaining namespace labels Pull request #10316
- Fix empty metrics for Envoy by sending workload version to retrieve metrics Pull request #10314
- Sync Perses dashboards with renamed Istio dashboard IDs and simplify sync-dashboards.sh script Pull request #10312
- Add support for setting up federated metrics Pull request #10299
- Add logging of Prometheus queries used to obtain metrics for custom dashboards and all metric sources Pull request #10313
- Update container image references following Istio migration from gcr.io to docker.io Pull request #10318
- Port CRD validation tests from Cypress to Playwright with kubectl helpers for Istio and Gateway API resources Pull request #10292
- Stabilize KIA0208 CRD validation and mTLS cleanup in Playwright tests Pull request #10308
- Fix Tempo CI MinIO image pull failure by replacing gcr.io image with quay.io alternative Pull request #10322
Kiali v2.32.0 is out with federated metrics support, appearance customization, ztunnel multi-cluster fixes, and expanded Playwright tests. Check the release notes.
Kiali v2.32.0 is available with significant improvements for multi-cluster deployments. Key updates include federated metrics support, ztunnel metrics fixes for multi-cluster namespaces, new PatternFly appearance modes (light/dark/glass), and migration of CRD validation tests to Playwright. Enhanced Prometheus query logging aids debugging, and Istio image references have been updated for the gcr.io to docker.io migration.