Elastic Metrics 7.7.0 has been released, featuring enhanced Prometheus integration, support for various cloud services, and new alerting capabilities. This update introduces PromQL queries and OpenMetrics support, allowing users to store, transform, and visualize Prometheus metrics in Elasticsearch for improved observability in containerized and hybrid environments. The release also includes new integrations for monitoring cloud services across Azure, AWS, GCP, and PCF, enabling comprehensive metrics collection and analysis from container services, serverless functions, databases, and load balancers. Notably, the new alerting functionality is free and offers a streamlined, customizable experience within Kibana, allowing users to create precise alerts across dynamic infrastructures. This version also brings support for IBM MQ, Redis Enterprise, and Istio monitoring, while offering the ability to define custom metrics for more tailored infrastructure views.