Summary:
We would like to ask whether it would be possible to provide an official Podman monitoring template compatible with Zabbix 7 LTS, in addition to the version planned for Zabbix 8.

Context:

• The current Podman template is primarily targeting Zabbix 8.
• We understand that fixes and improvements are planned for the Zabbix 8 release.
• However, many production environments are still running Zabbix 7 LTS.

Blocking point:
Changing only the YAML export version does not make the v8 template truly compatible with Zabbix 7 LTS.
There are functional differences between the two versions, including:

• nested LLD (v8 mechanism) is not available in v7
• value_type: JSON is not supported in v7
• some v8 template wizard/metadata fields are not recognized as-is in v7

Impact:

• No official Podman template that can be directly used in production on Zabbix 7 LTS
• Need to maintain local/custom adaptations
• Increased maintenance effort and functional risk for LTS environments

Request:
Would it be possible to provide:

• either an official Podman template version adapted for Zabbix 7 LTS
• or an official backport of the v8 template to 7 LTS with equivalent monitoring coverage

Why this request:
This need has already been raised by multiple users. Supporting Zabbix 7 LTS would enable safer and more reliable Podman monitoring in production while organizations prepare migration to Zabbix 8.