VictoriaMetrics 2026 Mid Year Roundup
Take a look at what we shipped in the first half of 2026 across VictoriaMetrics: metrics, logs, traces, and cloud,with improvements in performance, scalability, and usability.
VictoriaMetrics Observability Blog
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VictoriaMetrics May 2026 Ecosystem Updates
May 2026 VictoriaMetrics release roundup: v1.144.0 brings 15 bug fixes and 9 UX improvements for reliability and observability, while v1.143.0 adds native Prometheus histogram ingestion support across vmagent, vmsingle, and vminsert. Also includes the first LTS release for VictoriaMetrics Operator.
How Airbnb Built a High-Volume Metrics Pipeline with OpenTelemetry and vmagent
Learn how Airbnb rebuilt its observability pipeline with OpenTelemetry and vmagent to handle over 100 million samples per second, reduce cost by 10x, and simplify high-scale metrics aggregation.
Multi-tiered Observability: A Practical Way to Handle Diverse Workloads
Discover multi-tier observability architecture with VictoriaMetrics OSS. Learn how to isolate default, high-cardinality, and business-critical workloads into separate tiers with optimized retention periods, ingestion resolution, cardinality limits, alerting policies, and cost controls.
VictoriaMetrics April 2026 Ecosystem Updates
VictoriaMetrics April 2026 release round‑up: heads up about critical VictoriaMetrics bugfixes in v1.141.0–v1.142.0, and explore new VictoriaLogs features including Splunk ingestion and advanced LogsQL tooling.
Not All Telemetry Requires Premium Pricing
Reduce observability costs with hybrid strategies: prioritize revenue-driving signals in SaaS, self-host high-volume telemetry. Cut bills 3-12x without losing visibility.
VictoriaMetrics March 2026 Ecosystem Updates
March 2026 VictoriaMetrics Stack releases deliver Grafana Cardinality Explorer, VMUI pagination, JWT auth enhancements, log UI sidebar, and Kubernetes log enrichment for scalable observability. Upgrade now for better UI usability, query performance, and production-ready monitoring workflows.
Observability Lessons From OpenAI
OpenAI applies observability to autonomous AI agents using the VictoriaMetrics Stack and OpenTelemetry. Learn to build your own local setup with metrics, logs, and traces that help LLMs test, benchmark, and iterate autonomously.
VictoriaMetrics February 2026 Ecosystem Updates
February 2026 updates deliver new LTS support, VMUI memory insights, queue alerts, jsonline output, resizable Web UI tables, and automatic snapshot expiry across the VictoriaMetrics Observability Stack.
VictoriaMetrics January 2026 Ecosystem Updates
January 2026 updates deliver quality of life improvements, performance optimizations, and tighter Kubernetes integration across the VictoriaMetrics Observability Stack.