# KEDA v2.19.0

- Product: KEDA (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/keda)
- Vendor: CNCF
- Date: 2026-02-02
- Version: v2.19.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/kedacore/keda/releases/tag/v2.19.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/keda/releases/v2.19.0

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- **added** — Add file-based authentication support for ClusterTriggerAuthentication
- **added** — Introduce new Kubernetes Resource Scaler
- **changed** — Correct error message when awsSecretAccessKey is missing in credential-based authentication
- **changed** — Emit more events about what is happening with ScaledObject/ScaledJob
- **changed** — Include trigger activity status in raw metrics stream response
- **changed** — Add cross-account observability support to AWS CloudWatch Scaler
- **changed** — Add FilterExpression support to DynamoDB Scaler
- **changed** — Support DQL querying in Dynatrace Scaler
- **changed** — Add TLS support to MongoDB Scaler
- **changed** — Track activity for each trigger in the status of ScaledObject/ScaledJob
- **fixed** — Apply fallback in polling loop to enable scaling from zero
- **fixed** — Fix accurateScalingStrategy ignoring pendingJobCount in maxReplicaCount check
- **fixed** — Replace deprecated azure autorest dependency with azure sdk for go
- **fixed** — Return request in cluster agent proxy without bearer auth in Datadog Scaler
- **fixed** — Use metricUnavailableValue for 422 errors in Datadog Cluster Agent
- **fixed** — Create new HTTP request for each queue query in IBMMQ scaler
- **fixed** — Improve check for missing partition information when calculating lag in Kafka Scaler
- **fixed** — Fix TLS RootCAs initialization when using API key authentication with Temporal Cloud
- **removed** — Remove NATS Streaming Server (aka Stan) from NATS Streaming scaler

We are happy to release KEDA 2.19.0 🎉

###### Highlights:

* Introducing new Kubernetes Resource Scaler
* Adding file-based authentication support for ClusterTriggerAuthentication

Learn how to deploy KEDA by reading [our documentation](https://keda.sh/docs/2.19/deploy/).

🗓️ The next KEDA release is currently being estimated for 2nd week of May 2026 , learn more in our [roadmap](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/blob/main/ROADMAP.md#upcoming-release-cycles).

###### New

- **General**: Add file-based authentication support for ClusterTriggerAuthentication ([#7083](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/7083))
- **General**: Introduce new Kubernetes Resource Scaler ([#7212](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/7212))

###### Improvements

- **General**: Correct error message when awsSecretAccessKey is missing in credential-based authentication ([#7265](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/7265))
- **General**: Emit more events about what is happening with ScaledObject/ScaledJob ([#7382](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/7382))
- **General**: Raw metrics stream - include trigger activity status in response ([#7369](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/7369))
- **AWS CloudWatch Scaler**: Add cross-account observability support ([#7189](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/7189))
- **Dynamodb Scaler**: Add FilterExpression support ([#7102](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/7102))
- **Dynatrace Scaler**: Support DQL querying ([#7377](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/7377))
- **MongoDB Scaler**: Add TLS support ([#6976](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/6976))

###### Fixes

- **General**: Apply fallback in polling loop to enable scaling from zero ([#7239](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/7239))
- **General**: Fix accurateScalingStrategy ignoring pendingJobCount in maxReplicaCount check ([#7329](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/7329))
- **General**: Replace deprecated `azure autorest` dependency to `azure sdk for go` ([#7073](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/7073))
- **Datadog Scaler**: Return request in cluster agent proxy without bearer auth ([#7341](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/7341))
- **Datadog Scaler**: Use metricUnavailableValue for 422 errors in Datadog Cluster Agent ([#7246](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/7246))
- **IBMMQ Scaler**: Create new HTTP request for each queue query in IBMMQ scaler ([#7202](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/7202))
- **Kafka Scaler**: Improve check for missing partition information when calculating lag ([#7414](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/7414))
- **Temporal Scaler**: Fix TLS RootCAs initialization when using API key authentication with Temporal Cloud ([#7367](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/7367))

###### Breaking Changes

- NATS Streaming scaler: Remove NATS Streaming Server (aka Stan) ([#6366](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/6366))

###### Other

- **ScaledObject/ScaledJob**: Track activity for each trigger in the status ([#7347](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/7347))