diff --git a/extensions/metrics-cluster-feature/resources/14-kube-state-metrics-deployment.yml.hb b/extensions/metrics-cluster-feature/resources/14-kube-state-metrics-deployment.yml.hb
index cb13c8112d..763649f4f1 100644
--- a/extensions/metrics-cluster-feature/resources/14-kube-state-metrics-deployment.yml.hb
+++ b/extensions/metrics-cluster-feature/resources/14-kube-state-metrics-deployment.yml.hb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: kube-state-metrics
       containers:
       - name: kube-state-metrics
-        image: quay.io/coreos/kube-state-metrics:v1.9.5
+        image: quay.io/coreos/kube-state-metrics:v1.9.7
         ports:
         - name: metrics
           containerPort: 8080
diff --git a/extensions/metrics-cluster-feature/src/metrics-feature.ts b/extensions/metrics-cluster-feature/src/metrics-feature.ts
index e29a9156bd..886cabe6dd 100644
--- a/extensions/metrics-cluster-feature/src/metrics-feature.ts
+++ b/extensions/metrics-cluster-feature/src/metrics-feature.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export interface MetricsConfiguration {
 
 export class MetricsFeature extends ClusterFeature.Feature {
   name = "metrics";
-  latestVersion = "v2.17.2-lens1";
+  latestVersion = "v2.17.2-lens2";
 
   templateContext: MetricsConfiguration = {
     persistence: {
diff --git a/src/main/lens-proxy.ts b/src/main/lens-proxy.ts
index 5770429a7e..e4f6ab4a34 100644
--- a/src/main/lens-proxy.ts
+++ b/src/main/lens-proxy.ts
@@ -120,6 +120,14 @@ export class LensProxy {
   protected createProxy(): httpProxy {
     const proxy = httpProxy.createProxyServer();
 
+    proxy.on("proxyRes", (proxyRes, req) => {
+      const retryCounterId = this.getRequestId(req);
+
+      if (this.retryCounters.has(retryCounterId)) {
+        this.retryCounters.delete(retryCounterId);
+      }
+    });
+
     proxy.on("error", (error, req, res, target) => {
       if (this.closed) {
         return;
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/crd-resource-details.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/crd-resource-details.tsx
index 6610fb4b56..412293eee1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/crd-resource-details.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/crd-resource-details.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { crdStore } from "./crd.store";
 import { KubeObjectMeta } from "../kube-object/kube-object-meta";
 import { Input } from "../input";
 import { AdditionalPrinterColumnsV1, CustomResourceDefinition } from "../../api/endpoints/crd.api";
+import { parseJsonPath } from "../../utils/jsonPath";
 
 interface Props extends KubeObjectDetailsProps<CustomResourceDefinition> {
 }
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ export class CrdResourceDetails extends React.Component<Props> {
   renderAdditionalColumns(crd: CustomResourceDefinition, columns: AdditionalPrinterColumnsV1[]) {
     return columns.map(({ name, jsonPath: jp }) => (
       <DrawerItem key={name} name={name} renderBoolean>
-        {convertSpecValue(jsonPath.value(crd, jp.slice(1)))}
+        {convertSpecValue(jsonPath.value(crd, parseJsonPath(jp.slice(1))))}
       </DrawerItem>
     ));
   }
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/crd-resources.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/crd-resources.tsx
index cca7ac7015..72209c80f7 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/crd-resources.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/crd-resources.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { autorun, computed } from "mobx";
 import { crdStore } from "./crd.store";
 import { TableSortCallback } from "../table";
 import { apiManager } from "../../api/api-manager";
+import { parseJsonPath } from "../../utils/jsonPath";
 
 interface Props extends RouteComponentProps<ICRDRouteParams> {
 }
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ export class CrdResources extends React.Component<Props> {
     };
 
     extraColumns.forEach(column => {
-      sortingCallbacks[column.name] = (item: KubeObject) => jsonPath.value(item, column.jsonPath.slice(1));
+      sortingCallbacks[column.name] = (item: KubeObject) => jsonPath.value(item, parseJsonPath(column.jsonPath.slice(1)));
     });
 
     return (
@@ -91,10 +92,18 @@ export class CrdResources extends React.Component<Props> {
         renderTableContents={(crdInstance: KubeObject) => [
           crdInstance.getName(),
           isNamespaced && crdInstance.getNs(),
-          ...extraColumns.map(column => ({
-            renderBoolean: true,
-            children: JSON.stringify(jsonPath.value(crdInstance, column.jsonPath.slice(1))),
-          })),
+          ...extraColumns.map((column) => {
+            let value = jsonPath.value(crdInstance, parseJsonPath(column.jsonPath.slice(1)));
+
+            if (Array.isArray(value) || typeof value === "object") {
+              value = JSON.stringify(value);
+            }
+
+            return {
+              renderBoolean: true,
+              children: value,
+            };
+          }),
           crdInstance.getAge(),
         ]}
       />
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace.store.ts b/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace.store.ts
index 21c3e454a0..ad02dd137c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace.store.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace.store.ts
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ export class NamespaceStore extends KubeObjectStore<Namespace> {
   }
 
   subscribe(apis = [this.api]) {
-    const { allowedNamespaces } = getHostedCluster();
+    const { accessibleNamespaces } = getHostedCluster();
 
     // if user has given static list of namespaces let's not start watches because watch adds stuff that's not wanted
-    if (allowedNamespaces.length > 0) {
+    if (accessibleNamespaces.length > 0) {
       return Function; // no-op
     }
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+nodes/nodes.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+nodes/nodes.tsx
index da0e9e8c4c..32885a4c66 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+nodes/nodes.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+nodes/nodes.tsx
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export class Nodes extends React.Component<Props> {
         <KubeObjectListLayout
           className="Nodes"
           store={nodesStore} isClusterScoped
-          isReady={nodesStore.isLoaded && nodesStore.metricsLoaded}
+          isReady={nodesStore.isLoaded}
           dependentStores={[podsStore]}
           isSelectable={false}
           sortingCallbacks={{
diff --git a/src/renderer/utils/__tests__/jsonPath.test.tsx b/src/renderer/utils/__tests__/jsonPath.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53ef16dc05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/utils/__tests__/jsonPath.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { parseJsonPath } from "../jsonPath";
+
+describe("parseJsonPath", () => {
+  test("should convert \\. to use indexed notation", () => {
+    const res = parseJsonPath(".metadata.labels.kubesphere\\.io/alias-name");
+
+    expect(res).toBe(".metadata.labels['kubesphere.io/alias-name']");
+  });
+
+  test("should convert keys with escpaped charatecrs to use indexed notation", () => {
+    const res = parseJsonPath(".metadata.labels.kubesphere\\\"io/alias-name");
+
+    expect(res).toBe(".metadata.labels['kubesphere\"io/alias-name']");
+  });
+
+  test("should convert '-' to use indexed notation", () => {
+    const res = parseJsonPath(".metadata.labels.alias-name");
+
+    expect(res).toBe(".metadata.labels['alias-name']");
+  });
+
+  test("should handle scenario when both \\. and indexed notation are present", () => {
+    const rest = parseJsonPath(".metadata.labels\\.serving['some.other.item']");
+
+    expect(rest).toBe(".metadata['labels.serving']['some.other.item']");
+  });
+
+
+  test("should not touch given jsonPath if no invalid characters present", () => {
+    const res = parseJsonPath(".status.conditions[?(@.type=='Ready')].status");
+
+    expect(res).toBe(".status.conditions[?(@.type=='Ready')].status");
+  });
+
+  test("strips '\\' away from the result", () => {
+    const res = parseJsonPath(".metadata.labels['serving\\.knative\\.dev/configuration']");
+
+    expect(res).toBe(".metadata.labels['serving.knative.dev/configuration']");
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/src/renderer/utils/jsonPath.ts b/src/renderer/utils/jsonPath.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea31ffa80e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/utils/jsonPath.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Helper to convert strings used for jsonPath where \. or - is present to use indexed notation,
+// for example: .metadata.labels.kubesphere\.io/alias-name -> .metadata.labels['kubesphere\.io/alias-name']
+
+export function parseJsonPath(jsonPath: string) {
+  let pathExpression = jsonPath;
+
+  if (jsonPath.match(/[\\-]/g)) { // search for '\' and '-'
+    const [first, ...rest] = jsonPath.split(/(?<=\w)\./); // split jsonPath by '.' (\. cases are ignored)
+
+    pathExpression = `${convertToIndexNotation(first, true)}${rest.map(value => convertToIndexNotation(value)).join("")}`;
+  }
+
+  // strip '\' characters from the result
+  return pathExpression.replace(/\\/g, "");
+}
+
+function convertToIndexNotation(key: string, firstItem = false) {
+  if (key.match(/[\\-]/g)) { // check if found '\' and '-' in key
+    if (key.includes("[")) { // handle cases where key contains [...]
+      const keyToConvert = key.match(/^.*(?=\[)/g); // get the text from the key before '['
+
+      if (keyToConvert && keyToConvert[0].match(/[\\-]/g)) { // check if that part contains illegal characters
+        return key.replace(keyToConvert[0], `['${keyToConvert[0]}']`); // surround key with '[' and ']'
+      } else {
+        return `.${key}`; // otherwise return as is with leading '.'
+      }
+    }
+
+    return `['${key}']`;
+  } else { // no illegal chracters found, do not touch
+    const prefix = firstItem ? "" : ".";
+
+    return `${prefix}${key}`;
+  }
+}
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