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Operator now has Long-Term Support (LTS) version

VictoriaMetrics Operator introduces Long-Term Support (LTS) releases starting with v0.68.x, ensuring stability and a predictable upgrade path for users.

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.

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.

Benchmarking Kubernetes Log Collectors: vlagent, Vector, Fluent Bit, OpenTelemetry Collector, and more

We benchmarked vlagent, Vector, Fluent Bit, Filebeat, Fluentd, Promtail, Grafana Alloy, and OpenTelemetry Collector on throughput, resource usage, and delivery correctness - and found correctness issues that most benchmarks overlook.

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.

VictoriaMetrics Achieves Red Hat OpenShift Operator Certification

Becoming a Red Hat OpenShift Certified Operator brings portability and scalability benefits on the leading enterprise Kubernetes platform.

Our latest updates across the VictoriaMetrics Observability ecosystem

The VictoriaMetrics ecosystem continues to evolve rapidly, and the latest updates bring meaningful improvements across metrics, logs, and traces. Read the announcement for details.

Integrations made easy with VictoriaMetrics Cloud

Discover the latest improvements to integrations in VictoriaMetrics Cloud, including interactive guides, streamlined Kubernetes monitoring, and our commitment to full-stack observability without vendor lock-in.

Graceful Shutdown in Go: Practical Patterns

Go applications can implement graceful shutdown by handling termination signals (SIGTERM, SIGINT) via os/signal or signal.NotifyContext. Shutdown must complete within a specified timeout (e.g., Kubernetes’ terminationGracePeriodSeconds)…