diff --git a/glance-system/glance-helper.yaml b/glance-system/glance-helper.yaml
index 998c28d..a080a87 100644
--- a/glance-system/glance-helper.yaml
+++ b/glance-system/glance-helper.yaml
@@ -328,13 +328,233 @@ data:
         if redirect:
             return RedirectResponse(url=redirect, status_code=302)
         return {"ok": True, "date": today, "cooked": id}
+
+    # ================================
+    # Version Checker - Container Version Monitoring
+    # ================================
+    # Scrapes version-checker Prometheus metrics, parses versions,
+    # and returns properly sorted results with the NEWEST available version.
+    
+    VERSION_CHECKER_URL = os.getenv("VERSION_CHECKER_URL", "http://version-checker.version-checker-system.svc.cluster.local:8080/metrics")
+    
+    # Regex patterns for filtering (same as in Glance widget)
+    VERSION_CHECKER_EXCLUDE_IMAGES = os.getenv("VERSION_CHECKER_EXCLUDE_IMAGES", 
+        r"(^|.*/)(busybox|redis|alpine|nginx|mariadb|mysql|valkey)$|^longhornio.*$|(^|.*/)postgres.*$|^registry\.k8s\.io/ingress-nginx/.*$"
+    )
+    
+    def _parse_semver(version: str) -> tuple:
+        """
+        Parse version string into comparable tuple.
+        Handles: v1.2.3, 1.2.3, v1.2.3-beta, 1.2.3-20251030, etc.
+        Returns tuple that sorts correctly: (major, minor, patch, prerelease_flag, prerelease)
+        """
+        if not version:
+            return (0, 0, 0, 0, "")
+        
+        # Skip sha256 digests entirely
+        if "sha256:" in version or version.startswith("sha"):
+            return (0, 0, 0, 0, version)
+        
+        # Remove 'v' prefix
+        v = version.lstrip("v")
+        
+        # Remove @sha256:... suffix if present (e.g., "1.2.3@sha256:abc...")
+        if "@" in v:
+            v = v.split("@")[0]
+        
+        # Split into version and prerelease/build metadata
+        # Handle: 1.2.3-beta, 1.2.3-20251030, 1.2.3+build
+        prerelease = ""
+        if "-" in v:
+            parts = v.split("-", 1)
+            v = parts[0]
+            prerelease = parts[1]
+        elif "+" in v:
+            parts = v.split("+", 1)
+            v = parts[0]
+            prerelease = parts[1]
+        
+        # Parse major.minor.patch
+        segments = v.split(".")
+        try:
+            major = int(segments[0]) if len(segments) > 0 and segments[0].isdigit() else 0
+            minor = int(segments[1]) if len(segments) > 1 and segments[1].isdigit() else 0
+            patch = int(segments[2]) if len(segments) > 2 and segments[2].isdigit() else 0
+        except (ValueError, IndexError):
+            major, minor, patch = 0, 0, 0
+        
+        # For sorting: no prerelease > prerelease (1.2.3 > 1.2.3-beta)
+        # prerelease_flag: 1 = no prerelease (higher), 0 = has prerelease (lower)
+        prerelease_flag = 1 if not prerelease else 0
+        
+        return (major, minor, patch, prerelease_flag, prerelease)
+    
+    def _compare_versions(v1: str, v2: str) -> int:
+        """Compare two version strings. Returns: -1 if v1<v2, 0 if equal, 1 if v1>v2"""
+        t1 = _parse_semver(v1)
+        t2 = _parse_semver(v2)
+        if t1 < t2:
+            return -1
+        elif t1 > t2:
+            return 1
+        return 0
+    
+    def _parse_prometheus_metrics(text: str) -> list[dict]:
+        """
+        Parse Prometheus metrics text format.
+        Extracts version_checker_is_latest_version metrics.
+        """
+        results = []
+        pattern = re.compile(
+            r'version_checker_is_latest_version\{([^}]+)\}\s+(\d+(?:\.\d+)?)'
+        )
+        
+        for match in pattern.finditer(text):
+            labels_str = match.group(1)
+            value = float(match.group(2))
+            
+            # Parse labels
+            labels = {}
+            # Handle labels like: container="foo",image="bar",current_version="1.0"
+            label_pattern = re.compile(r'(\w+)="([^"]*)"')
+            for label_match in label_pattern.finditer(labels_str):
+                labels[label_match.group(1)] = label_match.group(2)
+            
+            results.append({
+                "labels": labels,
+                "value": value  # 1 = up to date, 0 = outdated
+            })
+        
+        return results
+    
+    def _fetch_version_checker_data() -> dict:
+        """
+        Fetch and process version-checker metrics.
+        Returns structured data with deduplicated images and newest versions.
+        """
+        try:
+            r = requests.get(VERSION_CHECKER_URL, timeout=30)
+            r.raise_for_status()
+            metrics = _parse_prometheus_metrics(r.text)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Version checker fetch error: {e}")
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=502, detail=f"Failed to fetch version-checker: {e}")
+        
+        # Build exclude pattern
+        exclude_pattern = re.compile(VERSION_CHECKER_EXCLUDE_IMAGES) if VERSION_CHECKER_EXCLUDE_IMAGES else None
+        
+        # Group metrics by image
+        # Structure: {image: {"current": str, "latest_versions": [str], "is_latest": bool}}
+        images: Dict[str, Dict] = {}
+        
+        for metric in metrics:
+            labels = metric["labels"]
+            container_type = labels.get("container_type", "")
+            image = labels.get("image", "")
+            current = labels.get("current_version", "")
+            latest = labels.get("latest_version", "")
+            is_latest = metric["value"] == 1
+            
+            # Filter: only containers (not init containers for simplicity)
+            if container_type != "container":
+                continue
+            
+            # Filter: exclude patterns
+            if exclude_pattern and exclude_pattern.search(image):
+                continue
+            
+            # Filter: skip sha256 versions (can't compare meaningfully)
+            if "sha256:" in current or "sha256:" in latest:
+                continue
+            
+            # Initialize or update image entry
+            if image not in images:
+                images[image] = {
+                    "current_version": current,
+                    "latest_versions": [],
+                    "is_latest": True
+                }
+            
+            # Track all latest versions reported (for outdated images)
+            if not is_latest:
+                images[image]["is_latest"] = False
+                if latest and latest not in images[image]["latest_versions"]:
+                    images[image]["latest_versions"].append(latest)
+        
+        # Process: find the NEWEST version for each image
+        up_to_date = []
+        outdated = []
+        
+        for image, data in images.items():
+            current = data["current_version"]
+            
+            if data["is_latest"]:
+                up_to_date.append({
+                    "image": image,
+                    "current_version": current,
+                    "latest_version": current
+                })
+            else:
+                # Sort versions and pick the newest
+                versions = data["latest_versions"]
+                if versions:
+                    versions_sorted = sorted(versions, key=lambda v: _parse_semver(v), reverse=True)
+                    newest = versions_sorted[0]
+                else:
+                    newest = current
+                
+                outdated.append({
+                    "image": image,
+                    "current_version": current,
+                    "latest_version": newest,
+                    "all_newer_versions": len(versions)
+                })
+        
+        # Sort outdated by image name for consistent ordering
+        outdated.sort(key=lambda x: x["image"])
+        up_to_date.sort(key=lambda x: x["image"])
+        
+        return {
+            "fetched_at_unix": int(time.time()),
+            "summary": {
+                "up_to_date": len(up_to_date),
+                "outdated": len(outdated),
+                "total": len(up_to_date) + len(outdated)
+            },
+            "outdated": outdated,
+            "up_to_date": up_to_date
+        }
+    
+    @APP.get("/versions")
+    def versions_api():
+        """
+        Returns container version status with properly sorted newest versions.
+        Response format optimized for Glance custom-api widget.
+        """
+        data = _fetch_version_checker_data()
+        return Response(
+            content=json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False),
+            media_type="application/json; charset=utf-8"
+        )
+    
+    @APP.get("/versions/outdated")
+    def versions_outdated():
+        """Returns only outdated images (for simpler widget)."""
+        data = _fetch_version_checker_data()
+        return Response(
+            content=json.dumps({
+                "fetched_at_unix": data["fetched_at_unix"],
+                "summary": data["summary"],
+                "images": data["outdated"]
+            }, ensure_ascii=False),
+            media_type="application/json; charset=utf-8"
+        )
 ---
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   annotations:
     argocd.argoproj.io/tracking-id: glance:apps/Deployment:glance-system/glance-helper
-    deployment.kubernetes.io/revision: "9"
     reloader.stakater.com/auto: "true"
   name: glance-helper
   namespace: glance-system
@@ -349,7 +569,6 @@ spec:
     type: Recreate
   template:
     metadata:
-      creationTimestamp: null
       labels:
         app: glance-helper
         app.kubernetes.io/name: glance-helper
@@ -368,8 +587,6 @@ spec:
         - /bin/sh
         - -lc
         env:
-        - name: STAKATER_GLANCE_HELPER_APP_CONFIGMAP
-          value: c6e34df8429997db4bd9c1b119c5a6f1e2337ecb
         - name: IDOKEP_URL
           value: https://www.idokep.hu/idojaras/Budapest%20VII.%20ker
         - name: PLACE_NAME
@@ -388,6 +605,11 @@ spec:
           value: oplQqnLnJK2vErRVYJpvVUcSDBOSbCHZSbsYY2bwSifgTMfT
         - name: TZ
           value: Europe/Budapest
+        # Version Checker configuration
+        - name: VERSION_CHECKER_URL
+          value: http://version-checker.version-checker-system.svc.cluster.local:8080/metrics
+        - name: VERSION_CHECKER_EXCLUDE_IMAGES
+          value: "(^|.*/)(busybox|redis|alpine|nginx|mariadb|mysql|valkey)$|^longhornio.*$|(^|.*/)postgres.*$|^registry\\.k8s\\.io/ingress-nginx/.*$"
         image: python:3.12-bookworm
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: glance-helper
@@ -468,4 +690,4 @@ spec:
   tls:
     - hosts:
         - glance-helper.dooplex.hu
-      secretName: glance-helper-tls
+      secretName: glance-helper-tls
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