# KEDA v2.18.1

- Product: KEDA (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/keda)
- Vendor: CNCF
- Date: 2025-10-29
- Version: v2.18.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/kedacore/keda/releases/tag/v2.18.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/keda/releases/v2.18.1

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- **added** — Add feature flag KEDA_CHECK_UNEXPECTED_SCALERS_PARAMS for checking unexpected scaler parameters
- **fixed** — Fix incorrect 'unmatched input property' notification
- **fixed** — Fix missing error returns in error handling in Kafka Scaler
- **changed** — Raw metrics stream now sends metrics also during ScaledObject's interval

#### We are happy to release KEDA v2.18.1 :rocket: 

###### Fixes

- **General**: Add feature flag `KEDA_CHECK_UNEXPECTED_SCALERS_PARAMS` for checking unexpected scaler parameters ([#6721](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/6721))
- **General**: Fix incorrect 'unmatched input property' notification ([#7174](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/7174))
- **Kafka Scaler**: Fix missing error returns in error handling ([#7182](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/7182))

###### Other

- **General**: Raw metrics stream - send also metrics during ScaledObject's interval ([#7197](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/7197))

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/kedacore/keda/compare/v2.18.0...v2.18.1