Lens not loading my local kubeconfig

[Vikas252]

Describe the bug
Lens desktop after the newest updated, is not showing any of my clusters from local kubeconfig. Initally it gets stuck on loading the lens once closed then opened normally but without any clusters which i had

Expected behavior
Application should open and show the existing clusters

Environment (please complete the following information):

• Lens Version: 2025.8.121212-latest
• OS: Win11
• Installation method (e.g. snap or AppImage in Linux): Offically downloaded by website

Logs:
When you run the application executable from command line you will see some logging output. Please paste them here:

lens open --debug
time="2025-08-25T12:00:49+05:30" level=debug msg="load plugin configurations from lens API: get commands from api: client request: Get \"http://api/commands\": dial windows pipe: open \\\\.\\pipe\\lens-cli-vikas: The system cannot find the file specified."
time="2025-08-25T12:00:49+05:30" level=debug msg="failed to walk plugin dir: CreateFile C:\\Users\\vikas\\AppData\\Local\\lens\\cli\\plugins/.: The system cannot find the file specified."
time="2025-08-25T12:00:49+05:30" level=debug msg="found 0 file based plugin configurations"
time="2025-08-25T12:00:49+05:30" level=debug msg="sending telemetry: &{Action:open Metadata:map[arch:amd64 cols:120 commit:69888e4 inputTTY:true isPre:false msDuration:35.3532ms msSetupDuration:25.0748ms os:windows outputTTY:true pluginCount:0 rows:30 success:true version:dev wsl:false]}"
time="2025-08-25T12:00:49+05:30" level=debug msg="failed to send telemetry payload: Post \"http://api/telemetry\": dial windows pipe: open \\\\.\\pipe\\lens-cli-vikas: The system cannot find the file specified."

[Tixon123]

Hello @Vikas252,

Thank you for reaching out to Lens support!

Thank you for reporting a bug.

We are working on your issue. Stand by for further updates.

Best Regards,
Tikhon Kudinov
Lens Support Engineer
Mirantis, Inc

[Nokel81]

1. Are you able to provide logs? If not then can you please look through them for any "error" lines or logs related to "Kubeconfig sync"?
2. You said that you do not see any of your kube clusters, can you share a screenshot with the "Kubernetes Clusters" folder expanded in the Navigator?
3. Finally, a common reason that kube clusters are not showing up is that the config file has some missing data, are you missing any context entries within your config files?

[Vikas252]

@Nokel81 Hi, if you could help me with the command to sync through CLI i could get you the logs for this Are you able to provide logs? If not then can you please look through them for any "error" lines or logs related to "Kubeconfig sync"?

And I've attached the screenshot of expanded view of navigator

And i do have context entries in my kubeConfig file too

- context:
    cluster: service-name_location_cluster-name
    user: service-name_location_cluster-name
  name: service-name_location_cluster-name

[Vikas252]

An update i tried adding one my cluster through Add KubeConfig from clipboard from GUI no errors were given but still the navigtor is empty and same kubeconfig works with other similar lens kindof applications correctly

[Nokel81]

The logs are available through the application menu under help

[Vikas252]

The export support logs will export to file path(if so please provide the path where it will be stored) or directly show up when clicked? If the case is directly show up then nothing came up when i clicked on export support logs

Thank you,
Vikas M D