Grafana Beyla 1.2 introduces full Kubernetes support, enhancing its auto-instrumentation capabilities by allowing users to decorate metrics and traces with Kubernetes metadata such as pods and deployments. This update eliminates the need for an intermediate OpenTelemetry collector, providing a richer experience when visualizing and querying metrics and traces. The DaemonSet deployment mode is now preferred, and the new service selectors enable precise selection of services to instrument based on Kubernetes attributes like namespaces, deployments, and pod names. This version simplifies deployment and operation by allowing users to specify high-level selection criteria, enhancing the identification and grouping of instrumented applications while maintaining the versatility of the service selectors. By integrating Kubernetes-specific service selection criteria, Beyla 1.2 allows for better application observability and streamlined operations, significantly improving the user experience.