Pod exec and port-forwarding to Kubernetes don’t work from Lens (After last update)

[sm1lexops]

Describe the bug
I am unable to execute commands in pods or use port-forwarding via Lens GUI or Lens’ integrated terminal CLI (after last update).

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
1. Open Lens.
2. Navigate to the desired pod in the Pods section.
3. Click on Pod Shell or Attach to Pod.
4. Attempt to exec into the pod.

error output:

exec /usr/local/bin/kubectl exec -i -t -n gitlab-ci gitlab-runner-5d48dc4f94-2j8kr -c gitlab-runner -- sh -c "clear; (bash || ash || sh)" ✔ │ aleks.com ⎈ error: unable to upgrade connection: error dialing backend: read tcp 192.168.101.120:60692->xx.xx.xx.xx:443: read: network is down Terminal will auto-close in 15 seconds ...

same when try to port-forward:
All is working from local env terminal CLI

Port Forwarding Error occurred starting port-forward, the local port may not be available or the pod devops-atd-qa1-d56b6f558-jhhjk may not be reachable

Expected behavior
exec to pod or port-forward success

Environment (please complete the following information):
• macOS 14.x, 15.x (desktop)
• Linux Ubuntu 24.04 (desktop)

Kubeconfig:
Using OIDC Dex

- name: aleks.org
  user:
    auth-provider:
      config:
        client-id: k8s-authenticator
        client-secret: 
        id-token: 
        idp-issuer-url: https://test-dex.com
        refresh-token: 
      name: oidc

Additional context
when I delete the and unset KUBECONFIG it directly from the Lens integrated terminal, it works as expected.
unset KUBECONFIG

Screenshots

[clrothmann]

Thank you for reaching out @sm1lexops, and for your time! We appreciate it! Could you please let us know your Lens version of your mentioned last update? Looking forward to your response.

[clrothmann]

@sm1lexops We recommend to download the latest version of Lens from our website. We recently released a major update that changes completely the UI/UX, and fixes a lot of this issues. This new version is not yet accessible by checking updates in-App, only downloading from the website.

[sm1lexops]

I downloaded the latest version of Lens, but it doesn’t work as well as the previous one.

lens-logs-1729685216762.zip