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Werk #19288: Kubernetes: Add swap usage monitoring for containers

Component Checks & agents
Title Kubernetes: Add swap usage monitoring for containers
Date May 27, 2026
Level Trivial Change
Class New Feature
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
3.0.0b1
Not yet released
Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Cloud, Checkmk Ultimate MT

Upstream Kubernetes supports swap as a stable feature as of version 1.34.

Swap usage is now shown as part of the Memory resources service for Kubernetes hosts.

At the pod host level, swap usage across containers is summed and displayed. For workload, namespace, and cluster level hosts, swap usage is rolled up and summed, similarly to memory usage.

Configurable thresholds are available under Kubernetes memory resource utilization.

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