v0.30.0-rc.2

What's Changed

💥 Breaking Changes

• system: BREAKING rename windows_system_system_up_time to windows_system_boot_time_timestamp_seconds by @jkroepke in #1784

✨ Exciting New Features

• performancecounter: rename collector by @jkroepke in #1787

🐞 Bug Fixes

• hyperv: Removed % Guest Idle Time performance counters (introduced in 0.30.0-beta.4) by @jkroepke in #1785
• logical_disk: fix volume access with limited permission by @jkroepke in #1786
• vmware: fix memory collector by @jkroepke in #1791
• iis: Fix label for Default Web Site by @jkroepke in #1792
• mssql: fix not collecting sql errors by @jkroepke in #1793

Full Changelog: v0.30.0-rc.1...v0.30.0-rc.2

v0.30.0-rc.1

What's Changed

🐞 Bug Fixes

• textfile: set windows_exporter_collector_success to 0, if an errors occurs by @jkroepke in #1775
• collector: don't fail if perf counters are empty. by @jkroepke in #1776
• mssql: set windows_exporter_collector_success to 0, if errors occurs by @jkroepke in #1777

Full Changelog: v0.30.0-rc.0...v0.30.0-rc.1

v0.30.0-rc.0

Technical Preview

windows_exporter is undergoing a modernization. We plan to deliver a stable release by mid-2025, with upcoming changes — including a newly designed Hyper-V collector — adding value to the official 1.0 stable release.

Windows Management Infrastructure (MI) as a Replacement for Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

As of version 0.30.0, windows_exporter no longer uses WMI directly. Instead, it utilizes its successor, Windows Management Infrastructure (MI), available since Windows Server 2012. MI offers several advantages, such as the ability to run queries in parallel.

Performance Data Helpers

windows_exporter 0.30 uses Performance Data Helpers instead grab and parse the binary data from the registry. This change also introduces support for Process V2, which is enabled by default on Windows Server 2022. In conclusion, the code from https://github.com/leoluk/perflib_exporter is removed.

💥 Breaking Changes

windows_exporter introduced an other wave of breaking changes. Sorry for that! The reason is that there is not enough maintainer capacity to hold backwards compatibility. Keep in mind, windows_exporter is using semver as versioning strategy and below version 1, backwards compatibility is not necessary.

On plan, this might be the last wave of breaking changes. All modernization steps are done and we are now looking for a stabilization and bug fixes phrase for now.

What's Changed

💥 Breaking Changes

• *: replace --collectors.[name].* with --collector.[name].* flags (click PR number for more information) by @jkroepke in #1659
• *: Remove teradici_pcoip and vmware_blast collector by @jkroepke in #1686
• logon: BREAKING: replace wmi query by Win32 API calls and expose detailed logon sessions. (click PR for more information) by @jkroepke in #1687
• chore: Switch to hostprocess base image and add support for Windows Server 2025 on Kubernetes (click PR number for more information) by @jkroepke in #1731
• pagefile: BREAKING: move paging metrics from os to dedicated collector (click PR for more information) by @jkroepke in #1735
• chore: Remove registry based perfdata collector by @jkroepke in #1742
• hyperv: Refactor collector, added DataStore, Virtual SMB and Dynamic Memory Balancer metrics (click PR number for more information) by @jkroepke in #1712

✨ Exciting New Features

• updates: add windows update collector by @jkroepke in #1652
• tcp: use GetExtendedTcpTable to display states Closed, Listening, SynSent, SynRcvd, CloseWait, TimeWait ... by @astigmata in #1638
• net: expose network interfaces address by @jkroepke in #1635
• chore: Move private packages to internal by @jkroepke in #1664
• process: Implement PDH collector and add support for Process V2 by @jkroepke in #1666
• exchange: Use new collector interface by @jkroepke in #1685
• mi: replace all WMI calls with MI calls by @jkroepke in #1714
• feat: add perfcounter.engine CLI option as alternative to WINDOWS_EXPORTER_PERF_COUNTERS_ENGINE env by @jkroepke in #1723
• udp: Added UDP collector by @jkroepke in #1725
• vmware: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1727
• time: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1728
• terminal_services: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1729
• system: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1730
• physical_disk: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1734
• remote_fx: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1738
• smtp: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1739
• smb: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1740
• service: parallelize api calls by @jkroepke in #1744
• mssql: expose server version info by @jkroepke in #1741
• exchange: Extend Transport Queue metrics by @jkroepke in #1749
• nps: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1764
• msmq: Use Performance Counter instead WMI by @jkroepke in #1766
• feat: Support OpenMetrics by @jkroepke in #1772

🐞 Bug Fixes

• scheduled_task: fix memory leaks by @jkroepke in #1649
• collector: add stack trace, if collector panics by @jkroepke in #1650
• initiate: fix Cannot create another system semaphore error by @jkroepke in #1653
• initiate: close event log handle by @jkroepke in #1654
• cpu: add workaround for counter resets related to % Processor Utility metric by @jkroepke in #1637
• *: don't exclude resources, if empty exclude is empty. by @jkroepke in #1680
• update: rename updates collector to update by @jkroepke in #1692
• fix: fail, if unknown collector is defined in enabled list by @jkroepke in #1693
• tcp: fix panic on collector by @jkroepke in #1699
• service: fixed buffer too low error by @jkroepke in #1745
• logicaldisk: fix base counter values by @jkroepke in #1747
• logical_disk: Get Volume ID for NTFS Volume Mounts by @jkroepke in #1752
• mssql: fix performance counter with additional server instance by @jkroepke in #1753
• logical_disk: revert panic trigger on error by @jkroepke in #1755
• collector: remove windows_exporter_perflib_snapshot_duration_seconds metric by @jkroepke in #1760
• adfs: fix collector by @jkroepke in #1761
• collector: fix wrong perfdata instances by @jkroepke in #1763
• smb: extend smb share metrics by @jkroepke in #1765
• mscluster: fix cluster and network sub collectors by @jkroepke in #1759
• feat: Tolerate collector failures by @jkroepke in #1769
• fix: use log.file=eventlog as default value, if running as windows service by @jkroepke in #1771

🛠️ Dependencies

• chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.25.0 to 0.26.0 by @dependabot in #1675
• chore(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/common from 0.59.2-0.20240918152650-14bac55a992f to 0.60.0 by @dependabot in #1674
• chore(deps): bump github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4 from 4.6.1 to 4.7.1 by @dependabot in #1689
• chore(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/client_golang from 1.20.4 to 1.20.5 by @dependabot in #1701
• chore(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/common from 0.60.0 to 0.60.1 by @dependabot in #1708
• chore(deps): bump github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim from 0.12.7 to 0.12.8 by @dependabot in #1707
• chore(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit from 0.13.0 to 0.13.1 by @dependabot in #1717
• chore(deps): bump github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim from 0.12.8 to 0.12.9 by @dependabot in #1716
• chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/sys ...

v0.30.0-beta.5

Technical Preview

windows_exporter is undergoing a modernization. We plan to deliver a stable release by mid-2025, with upcoming changes—including a newly designed Hyper-V collector—adding value to the official 1.0 stable release.

Windows Management Infrastructure (MI) as a Replacement for Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

As of version 0.30.0, windows_exporter no longer uses WMI directly. Instead, it utilizes its successor, Windows Management Infrastructure (MI), available since Windows Server 2012. MI offers several advantages, such as the ability to run queries in parallel.

Performance Data Helpers

windows_exporter 0.30 uses Performance Data Helpers instead grab and parse the binary data from the registry. This change also introduces support for Process V2, which is enabled by default on Windows Server 2022. In conclusion, the code from https://github.com/leoluk/perflib_exporter is removed.

💥 Breaking Changes

windows_exporter introduced an other wave of breaking changes. Sorry for that! The reason is that there is not enough maintainer capacity to hold backwards compatibility. Keep in mind, windows_exporter is using semver as versioning strategy and below version 1, backwards compatibility is not necessary.

On plan, this might be the last wave of breaking changes. All modernization steps are done and we are now looking for a stabilization and bug fixes phrase for now.

What's Changed

✨ Exciting New Features

• nps: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1764
• msmq: Use Performance Counter instead WMI by @jkroepke in #1766

🐞 Bug Fixes

• logical_disk: revert panic trigger on error by @jkroepke in #1755
• collector: remove windows_exporter_perflib_snapshot_duration_seconds metric by @jkroepke in #1760
• adfs: fix collector by @jkroepke in #1761
• collector: fix wrong perfdata instances by @jkroepke in #1763
• smb: extend smb share metrics by @jkroepke in #1765
• mscluster: fix cluster and network sub collectors by @jkroepke in #1759
• feat: Tolerate collector failures by @jkroepke in #1769

🛠️ Dependencies

• chore(deps): bump github.com/stretchr/testify from 1.9.0 to 1.10.0 by @dependabot in #1770

Full Changelog: v0.30.0-beta.4...v0.30.0-beta.5

v0.30.0-beta.4

Technical Preview

windows_exporter is undergoing a modernization. We plan to deliver a stable release by mid-2025, with upcoming changes—including a newly designed Hyper-V collector—adding value to the official 1.0 stable release.

Windows Management Infrastructure (MI) as a Replacement for Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

As of version 0.30.0, windows_exporter no longer uses WMI directly. Instead, it utilizes its successor, Windows Management Infrastructure (MI), available since Windows Server 2012. MI offers several advantages, such as the ability to run queries in parallel.

Performance Data Helpers

windows_exporter 0.30 uses Performance Data Helpers instead grab and parse the binary data from the registry. This change also introduces support for Process V2, which is enabled by default on Windows Server 2022. In conclusion, the code from https://github.com/leoluk/perflib_exporter is removed.

💥 Breaking Changes

windows_exporter introduced an other wave of breaking changes. Sorry for that! The reason is that there is not enough maintainer capacity to hold backwards compatibility. Keep in mind, windows_exporter is using semver as versioning strategy and below version 1, backwards compatibility is not necessary.

On plan, this might be the last wave of breaking changes. All modernization steps are done and we are now looking for a stabilization and bug fixes phrase for now.

What's Changed

💥 Breaking Changes

• hyperv: Refactor collector, added DataStore, Virtual SMB and Dynamic Memory Balancer metrics (click PR number for more information) by @jkroepke in #1712

✨ Exciting New Features

• mssql: expose server version info by @jkroepke in #1741
• exchange: Extend Transport Queue metrics by @jkroepke in #1749

🐞 Bug Fixes

• logicaldisk: fix base counter values by @jkroepke in #1747
• logical_disk: Get Volume ID for NTFS Volume Mounts by @jkroepke in #1752
• mssql: fix performance counter with additional server instance by @jkroepke in #1753

Full Changelog: v0.30.0-beta.3...v0.30.0-beta.4

v0.30.0-beta.3

Technical Preview

windows_exporter is undergoing a modernization. We plan to deliver a stable release by mid-2025, with upcoming changes—including a newly designed Hyper-V collector—adding value to the official 1.0 stable release.

Windows Management Infrastructure (MI) as a Replacement for Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

As of version 0.30.0, windows_exporter no longer uses WMI directly. Instead, it utilizes its successor, Windows Management Infrastructure (MI), available since Windows Server 2012. MI offers several advantages, such as the ability to run queries in parallel.

Performance Data Helpers

windows_exporter 0.30 uses Performance Data Helpers instead grab and parse the binary data from the registry. This change also introduces support for Process V2, which is enabled by default on Windows Server 2022. In conclusion, the code from https://github.com/leoluk/perflib_exporter is removed.

💥 Breaking Changes

windows_exporter introduced an other wave of breaking changes. Sorry for that! The reason is that there is not enough maintainer capacity to hold backwards compatibility. Keep in mind, windows_exporter is using semver as versioning strategy and below version 1, backwards compatibility is not necessary.

On plan, this might be the last wave of breaking changes. All modernization steps are done and we are now looking for a stabilization and bug fixes phrase for now.

What's Changed

💥 Breaking Changes

• *: replace --collectors.[name].* with --collector.[name].* flags (click PR number for more information) by @jkroepke in #1659
• *: Remove teradici_pcoip and vmware_blast collector by @jkroepke in #1686
• logon: BREAKING: replace wmi query by Win32 API calls and expose detailed logon sessions. (click PR for more information) by @jkroepke in #1687
• chore: Switch to hostprocess base image and add support for Windows Server 2025 on Kubernetes (click PR number for more information) by @jkroepke in #1731
• pagefile: BREAKING: move paging metrics from os to dedicated collector (click PR for more information) by @jkroepke in #1735
• chore: Remove registry based perfdata collector by @jkroepke in #1742

✨ Exciting New Features

• updates: add windows update collector by @jkroepke in #1652
• tcp: use GetExtendedTcpTable to display states Closed, Listening, SynSent, SynRcvd, CloseWait, TimeWait ... by @astigmata in #1638
• net: expose network interfaces address by @jkroepke in #1635
• chore: Move private packages to internal by @jkroepke in #1664
• process: Implement PDH collector and add support for Process V2 by @jkroepke in #1666
• exchange: Use new collector interface by @jkroepke in #1685
• mi: replace all WMI calls with MI calls by @jkroepke in #1714
• feat: add perfcounter.engine CLI option as alternative to WINDOWS_EXPORTER_PERF_COUNTERS_ENGINE env by @jkroepke in #1723
• udp: Added UDP collector by @jkroepke in #1725
• vmware: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1727
• time: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1728
• terminal_services: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1729
• system: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1730
• physical_disk: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1734
• remote_fx: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1738
• smtp: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1739
• smb: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1740
• service: parallelize api calls by @jkroepke in #1744

🐞 Bug Fixes

• scheduled_task: fix memory leaks by @jkroepke in #1649
• collector: add stack trace, if collector panics by @jkroepke in #1650
• initiate: fix Cannot create another system semaphore error by @jkroepke in #1653
• initiate: close event log handle by @jkroepke in #1654
• cpu: add workaround for counter resets related to % Processor Utility metric by @jkroepke in #1637
• *: don't exclude resources, if empty exclude is empty. by @jkroepke in #1680
• update: rename updates collector to update by @jkroepke in #1692
• fix: fail, if unknown collector is defined in enabled list by @jkroepke in #1693
• tcp: fix panic on collector by @jkroepke in #1699
• service: fixed buffer too low error by @jkroepke in #1745

🛠️ Dependencies

• chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.25.0 to 0.26.0 by @dependabot in #1675
• chore(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/common from 0.59.2-0.20240918152650-14bac55a992f to 0.60.0 by @dependabot in #1674
• chore(deps): bump github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4 from 4.6.1 to 4.7.1 by @dependabot in #1689
• chore(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/client_golang from 1.20.4 to 1.20.5 by @dependabot in #1701
• chore(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/common from 0.60.0 to 0.60.1 by @dependabot in #1708
• chore(deps): bump github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim from 0.12.7 to 0.12.8 by @dependabot in #1707
• chore(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit from 0.13.0 to 0.13.1 by @dependabot in #1717
• chore(deps): bump github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim from 0.12.8 to 0.12.9 by @dependabot in #1716
• chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.26.0 to 0.27.0 by @dependabot in #1724

📖 Documentation

• docs: fix link to update collector by @ehrenfeu in #1682
• docs: add actual Windows Update service name by @ehrenfeu in #1690
• docs: Add log.file argument to README by @PolygonError in #1702
• docs: Update textfile collector defaults inclusion by @yangskyboxlabs in #1722

Other Changes

• chore: disable quay.io push, since no credentials are available. by @jkroepke in #1733

New Contributors

• @astigmata made their first contribution in #1638
• @ehrenfeu made their first contribution in #1682
• @PolygonError made their first contribution in #1702
• @yangskyboxlabs made their first contribution in #1722

Full Changelog: v0.29.2...v0.30.0-beta.3

v0.30.0-beta.2

Technical Preview

windows_exporter is undergoing a modernization. We plan to deliver a stable release by mid-2025, with upcoming changes—including a newly designed Hyper-V collector—adding value to the official 1.0 stable release.

Windows Management Infrastructure (MI) as a Replacement for Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

As of version 0.30.0, windows_exporter no longer uses WMI directly. Instead, it utilizes its successor, Windows Management Infrastructure (MI), available since Windows Server 2012. MI offers several advantages, such as the ability to run queries in parallel.

Performance Data Helpers

windows_exporter 0.30 uses Performance Data Helpers instead grab and parse the binary data from the registry. This change also introduces support for Process V2, which is enabled by default on Windows Server 2022. In conclusion, the code from https://github.com/leoluk/perflib_exporter is removed.

💥 Breaking Changes

windows_exporter introduced an other wave of breaking changes. Sorry for that! The reason is that there is not enough maintainer capacity to hold backwards compatibility. Keep in mind, windows_exporter is using semver as versioning strategy and below version 1, backwards compatibility is not necessary.

On plan, this might be the last wave of breaking changes. All modernization steps are done and we are now looking for a stabilization and bugfixes phrase for now.

What's Changed

💥 Breaking Changes

• *: replace --collectors.[name].* with --collector.[name].* flags (click PR number for more information) by @jkroepke in #1659
• *: Remove teradici_pcoip and vmware_blast collector by @jkroepke in #1686
• logon: BREAKING: replace wmi query by Win32 API calls and expose detailed logon sessions. (click PR for more information) by @jkroepke in #1687
• chore: Switch to hostprocess base image and add support for Windows Server 2025 on Kubernetes (click PR number for more information) by @jkroepke in #1731
• pagefile: BREAKING: move paging metrics from os to dedicated collector (click PR for more information) by @jkroepke in #1735
• chore: Remove registry based perfdata collector by @jkroepke in #1742

✨ Exciting New Features

• updates: add windows update collector by @jkroepke in #1652
• tcp: use GetExtendedTcpTable to display states Closed, Listening, SynSent, SynRcvd, CloseWait, TimeWait ... by @astigmata in #1638
• net: expose network interfaces address by @jkroepke in #1635
• chore: Move private packages to internal by @jkroepke in #1664
• process: Implement PDH collector and add support for Process V2 by @jkroepke in #1666
• exchange: Use new collector interface by @jkroepke in #1685
• mi: replace all WMI calls with MI calls by @jkroepke in #1714
• feat: add perfcounter.engine CLI option as alternative to WINDOWS_EXPORTER_PERF_COUNTERS_ENGINE env by @jkroepke in #1723
• udp: Added UDP collector by @jkroepke in #1725
• vmware: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1727
• time: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1728
• terminal_services: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1729
• system: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1730
• physical_disk: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1734
• remote_fx: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1738
• smtp: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1739
• smb: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1740
• service: parallelize api calls by @jkroepke in #1744

🐞 Bug Fixes

• scheduled_task: fix memory leaks by @jkroepke in #1649
• collector: add stack trace, if collector panics by @jkroepke in #1650
• initiate: fix Cannot create another system semaphore error by @jkroepke in #1653
• initiate: close event log handle by @jkroepke in #1654
• cpu: add workaround for counter resets related to % Processor Utility metric by @jkroepke in #1637
• *: don't exclude resources, if empty exclude is empty. by @jkroepke in #1680
• update: rename updates collector to update by @jkroepke in #1692
• fix: fail, if unknown collector is defined in enabled list by @jkroepke in #1693
• tcp: fix panic on collector by @jkroepke in #1699

🛠️ Dependencies

• chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.25.0 to 0.26.0 by @dependabot in #1675
• chore(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/common from 0.59.2-0.20240918152650-14bac55a992f to 0.60.0 by @dependabot in #1674
• chore(deps): bump github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4 from 4.6.1 to 4.7.1 by @dependabot in #1689
• chore(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/client_golang from 1.20.4 to 1.20.5 by @dependabot in #1701
• chore(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/common from 0.60.0 to 0.60.1 by @dependabot in #1708
• chore(deps): bump github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim from 0.12.7 to 0.12.8 by @dependabot in #1707
• chore(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit from 0.13.0 to 0.13.1 by @dependabot in #1717
• chore(deps): bump github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim from 0.12.8 to 0.12.9 by @dependabot in #1716
• chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.26.0 to 0.27.0 by @dependabot in #1724

📖 Documentation

• docs: fix link to update collector by @ehrenfeu in #1682
• docs: add actual Windows Update service name by @ehrenfeu in #1690
• docs: Add log.file argument to README by @PolygonError in #1702
• docs: Update textfile collector defaults inclusion by @yangskyboxlabs in #1722

Other Changes

• chore: disable quay.io push, since no credentials are available. by @jkroepke in #1733

New Contributors

• @astigmata made their first contribution in #1638
• @ehrenfeu made their first contribution in #1682
• @PolygonError made their first contribution in #1702
• @yangskyboxlabs made their first contribution in #1722

Full Changelog: v0.29.2...v0.30.0-beta.2

v0.30.0-beta.1

Technical Preview

windows_exporter is undergoing a modernization. We plan to deliver a stable release by mid-2025, with upcoming changes—including a newly designed Hyper-V collector—adding value to the official 1.0 stable release.

Windows Management Infrastructure (MI) as a Replacement for Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

As of version 0.30.0, windows_exporter no longer uses WMI directly. Instead, it utilizes its successor, Windows Management Infrastructure (MI), available since Windows Server 2012. MI offers several advantages, such as the ability to run queries in parallel.

Performance Data Helpers

When the environment variable WINDOWS_EXPORTER_PERF_COUNTERS_ENGINE=pdh or CLI flag --perfcounter.engine=pdh is set, windows_exporter uses Performance Data Helpers instead of the Registry. This change also introduces support for Process V2, which is enabled by default on Windows Server 2022.

What's Changed

💥 Breaking Changes

• *: replace --collectors.[name].* with --collector.[name].* flags (click PR number for more information) by @jkroepke in #1659
• *: Remove teradici_pcoip and vmware_blast collector by @jkroepke in #1686
• logon: BREAKING: replace wmi query by Win32 API calls and expose detailed logon sessions. (click PR for more information) by @jkroepke in #1687
• chore: Switch to hostprocess base image and add support for Windows Server 2025 on Kubernetes (click PR number for more information) by @jkroepke in #1731
• pagefile: BREAKING: move paging metrics from os to dedicated collector (click PR for more information) by @jkroepke in #1735

✨ Exciting New Features

• updates: add windows update collector by @jkroepke in #1652
• tcp: use GetExtendedTcpTable to display states Closed, Listening, SynSent, SynRcvd, CloseWait, TimeWait ... by @astigmata in #1638
• net: expose network interfaces address by @jkroepke in #1635
• chore: Move private packages to internal by @jkroepke in #1664
• process: Implement PDH collector and add support for Process V2 by @jkroepke in #1666
• exchange: Use new collector interface by @jkroepke in #1685
• mi: replace all WMI calls with MI calls by @jkroepke in #1714
• feat: add perfcounter.engine CLI option as alternative to WINDOWS_EXPORTER_PERF_COUNTERS_ENGINE env by @jkroepke in #1723
• udp: Added UDP collector by @jkroepke in #1725
• vmware: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1727
• time: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1728
• terminal_services: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1729
• system: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1730
• physical_disk: refactor collector by @jkroepke in #1734

🐞 Bug Fixes

• scheduled_task: fix memory leaks by @jkroepke in #1649
• collector: add stack trace, if collector panics by @jkroepke in #1650
• initiate: fix Cannot create another system semaphore error by @jkroepke in #1653
• initiate: close event log handle by @jkroepke in #1654
• cpu: add workaround for counter resets related to % Processor Utility metric by @jkroepke in #1637
• *: don't exclude resources, if empty exclude is empty. by @jkroepke in #1680
• update: rename updates collector to update by @jkroepke in #1692
• fix: fail, if unknown collector is defined in enabled list by @jkroepke in #1693
• tcp: fix panic on collector by @jkroepke in #1699

🛠️ Dependencies

• chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.25.0 to 0.26.0 by @dependabot in #1675
• chore(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/common from 0.59.2-0.20240918152650-14bac55a992f to 0.60.0 by @dependabot in #1674
• chore(deps): bump github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4 from 4.6.1 to 4.7.1 by @dependabot in #1689
• chore(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/client_golang from 1.20.4 to 1.20.5 by @dependabot in #1701
• chore(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/common from 0.60.0 to 0.60.1 by @dependabot in #1708
• chore(deps): bump github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim from 0.12.7 to 0.12.8 by @dependabot in #1707
• chore(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit from 0.13.0 to 0.13.1 by @dependabot in #1717
• chore(deps): bump github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim from 0.12.8 to 0.12.9 by @dependabot in #1716
• chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.26.0 to 0.27.0 by @dependabot in #1724

📖 Documentation

• docs: fix link to update collector by @ehrenfeu in #1682
• docs: add actual Windows Update service name by @ehrenfeu in #1690
• docs: Add log.file argument to README by @PolygonError in #1702
• docs: Update textfile collector defaults inclusion by @yangskyboxlabs in #1722

Other Changes

• chore: disable quay.io push, since no credentials are available. by @jkroepke in #1733

New Contributors

• @astigmata made their first contribution in #1638
• @ehrenfeu made their first contribution in #1682
• @PolygonError made their first contribution in #1702
• @yangskyboxlabs made their first contribution in #1722

Full Changelog: v0.29.2...v0.30.0-beta.1

v0.30.0-beta.0

Technical Preview

windows_exporter is undergoing a modernization. We plan to deliver a stable release by mid-2025, with upcoming changes—including a newly designed Hyper-V collector—adding value to the official 1.0 stable release.

Windows Management Infrastructure (MI) as a Replacement for Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

As of version 0.30.0, windows_exporter no longer uses WMI directly. Instead, it utilizes its successor, Windows Management Infrastructure (MI), available since Windows Server 2012. MI offers several advantages, such as the ability to run queries in parallel.

Performance Data Helpers

When the environment variable WINDOWS_EXPORTER_PERF_COUNTERS_ENGINE=pdh is set, windows_exporter uses Performance Data Helpers instead of the Registry. This change also introduces support for Process V2, which is enabled by default on Windows Server 2022.

What's Changed

💥 Breaking Changes

• *: replace --collectors.[name].* with --collector.[name].* flags (click PR number for more information) by @jkroepke in #1659
• *: Remove teradici_pcoip and vmware_blast collector by @jkroepke in #1686
• logon: BREAKING: replace wmi query by Win32 API calls and expose detailed logon sessions. (click PR for more information) by @jkroepke in #1687

✨ Exciting New Features

• updates: add windows update collector by @jkroepke in #1652
• tcp: use GetExtendedTcpTable to display states Closed, Listening, SynSent, SynRcvd, CloseWait, TimeWait ... by @astigmata in #1638
• net: expose network interfaces address by @jkroepke in #1635
• chore: Move private packages to internal by @jkroepke in #1664
• process: Implement PDH collector and add support for Process V2 by @jkroepke in #1666
• exchange: Use new collector interface by @jkroepke in #1685
• mi: replace all WMI calls with MI calls by @jkroepke in #1714

🐞 Bug Fixes

• scheduled_task: fix memory leaks by @jkroepke in #1649
• collector: add stack trace, if collector panics by @jkroepke in #1650
• initiate: fix Cannot create another system semaphore error by @jkroepke in #1653
• initiate: close event log handle by @jkroepke in #1654
• cpu: add workaround for counter resets related to % Processor Utility metric by @jkroepke in #1637
• *: don't exclude resources, if empty exclude is empty. by @jkroepke in #1680
• update: rename updates collector to update by @jkroepke in #1692
• fix: fail, if unknown collector is defined in enabled list by @jkroepke in #1693
• tcp: fix panic on collector by @jkroepke in #1699

🛠️ Dependencies

• chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.25.0 to 0.26.0 by @dependabot in #1675
• chore(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/common from 0.59.2-0.20240918152650-14bac55a992f to 0.60.0 by @dependabot in #1674
• chore(deps): bump github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4 from 4.6.1 to 4.7.1 by @dependabot in #1689
• chore(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/client_golang from 1.20.4 to 1.20.5 by @dependabot in #1701
• chore(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/common from 0.60.0 to 0.60.1 by @dependabot in #1708
• chore(deps): bump github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim from 0.12.7 to 0.12.8 by @dependabot in #1707
• chore(deps): bump github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit from 0.13.0 to 0.13.1 by @dependabot in #1717
• chore(deps): bump github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim from 0.12.8 to 0.12.9 by @dependabot in #1716

📖 Documentation

• docs: fix link to update collector by @ehrenfeu in #1682
• docs: add actual Windows Update service name by @ehrenfeu in #1690
• docs: Add log.file argument to README by @PolygonError in #1702
• docs: Update textfile collector defaults inclusion by @yangskyboxlabs in #1722

New Contributors

• @astigmata made their first contribution in #1638
• @ehrenfeu made their first contribution in #1682
• @PolygonError made their first contribution in #1702
• @yangskyboxlabs made their first contribution in #1722

Full Changelog: v0.29.2...v0.30.0-beta.0

v0.28.2

What's Changed

🐞 Bug Fixes

• service: [0.28.x] fix panic with NewWithConfig code path by @jkroepke in #1647

Full Changelog: v0.28.1...v0.28.2