# 2.5.0 release notes


October 04, 2022

NGINX Instance Manager 2.5.0 release notes
## Upgrade Paths {#2-5-0-upgrade-paths}

NGINX Instance Manager 2.5.0 supports upgrades from these previous versions:

- 2.2.0 - 2.4.0

If your NGINX Instance Manager version is older, you may need to upgrade to an intermediate version before upgrading to the target version.

## What's new {#2-5-0-whats-new}

This release includes the following updates:

- [icon: feature] **Track NGINX Plus usage over time**<a name="2-5-0-whats-new-Track-NGINX-Plus-usage-over-time-34862"></a>

   When viewing your NGINX Plus instances in the Instance Manager web interface, you can set a date and time filter to review the [NGINX Plus instance count](/nim/licensing-and-reporting/report-usage-connected-deployment.md) for a specific period. Also, you can use the Instance Manager REST API to view the lowest, highest, and average number of NGINX Plus instances over time.

- [icon: feature] **New helm charts for each release of Instance Manager**<a name="2-5-0-whats-new-New-helm-charts-for-each-release-of-Instance-Manager-34880"></a>

   Each release of Instance Manager now includes a helm chart, which you can use to easily [install Instance Manager on Kubernetes](/nim/deploy/kubernetes/deploy-using-helm.md). You can download the helm charts from [MyF5](https://my.f5.com/manage/s/downloads).

## Resolved issues {#2-5-0-resolved-issues}

This release fixes the following issues. Use your browser's search function to find the issue ID in the page.

- [icon: resolved] OIDC is not supported for helm chart deployments (33248)
- [icon: resolved] Managed certificates may be overwritten if they have the same name on different datapath certificates (36240)
- [icon: resolved] Scan overview page doesn't scroll to show the full list of instances (36514)

## Known issues {#2-5-0-known-issues}

You can find information about known issues in the [Known Issues](/nim/releases/known-issues.md) topic.