Kubeshark Release v52.11.0 (12-16-2025)

Release Highlights

This is the first release in preparation for V2.00, which will be officially launched in January 2026. We will continue adding new features while deprecating older ones, as V1.00 is gradually being sunset.

You can read more about this transition here.

This release includes a complementary license, enabling Kubeshark to run in clusters of up to 100 nodes, free

Bug Fixes & New Features

• The backend was completely refactored. The new backend is now available as part of V2.00, while V1.00 continues to use the legacy backend. In addition to enabling new features, the new backend is significantly more performant than the legacy implementation.
• Added an easy way to export cluster-wide L4 traffic (PCAP). Read more here.
• Added L7-to-L4 mapping (API calls mapped to L4 TCP/UDP connections). This functionality includes an online PCAP viewer, as well as the ability to download a single aggregated PCAP file. Read more here
• Fixed an issue where backend filter rules related to namespace exclusion did not work correctly.

Patches

When new patch releases are published, they will be automatically added and listed in this section.

v52.11.1 (12-26-2025)

• Bring back agentic infrastructure (not usable yet)
• Removed Connect Go buffering that caused message to appear missing as they were kept buffered under slow traffic conditions.
• Made cluster-wide L4 connectivity map default

v52.11.4 (12-31-2025)

• Fixed broken HTTP2 and WS dissectors
• Improved Dashboard memory consumption

Download Kubeshark for your platform

Mac (x86-64/Intel)

curl -Lo kubeshark https://github.com/kubeshark/kubeshark/releases/download/v52.11.0/kubeshark_darwin_amd64 && chmod 755 kubeshark

Mac (AArch64/Apple M1 silicon)

curl -Lo kubeshark https://github.com/kubeshark/kubeshark/releases/download/v52.11.0/kubeshark_darwin_arm64 && chmod 755 kubeshark

Linux (x86-64)

curl -Lo kubeshark https://github.com/kubeshark/kubeshark/releases/download/v52.11.0/kubeshark_linux_amd64 && chmod 755 kubeshark

Linux (AArch64)

curl -Lo kubeshark https://github.com/kubeshark/kubeshark/releases/download/v52.11.0/kubeshark_linux_arm64 && chmod 755 kubeshark

Windows (x86-64)

curl -LO https://github.com/kubeshark/kubeshark/releases/download/v52.11.0/kubeshark.exe

Checksums

SHA256 checksums available for compiled binaries. Run shasum -a 256 -c kubeshark_OS_ARCH.sha256 to verify.