diff --git a/.ci/build_packages/tests.sh b/.ci/build_packages/tests.sh
index 8498bd8be..1f07bd8c6 100755
--- a/.ci/build_packages/tests.sh
+++ b/.ci/build_packages/tests.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ emqx_test(){
                 unzip -q ${PACKAGE_PATH}/$packagename
                 sed -i "/zone.external.server_keepalive/c zone.external.server_keepalive = 60" ${PACKAGE_PATH}/emqx/etc/emqx.conf
                 sed -i "/mqtt.max_topic_alias/c mqtt.max_topic_alias = 10" ${PACKAGE_PATH}/emqx/etc/emqx.conf
+                sed -i '/emqx_telemetry/d' ${PACKAGE_PATH}/emqx/data/loaded_plugins
 
                 if [ ! -z $(echo ${EMQX_DEPS_DEFAULT_VSN#v} | grep -oE "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?-(alpha|beta|rc)\.[0-9]") ]; then
                     if [ ! -d ${PACKAGE_PATH}/emqx/lib/emqx-${EMQX_DEPS_DEFAULT_VSN#v} ] || [ ! -d ${PACKAGE_PATH}/emqx/releases/${EMQX_DEPS_DEFAULT_VSN#v} ] ;then
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ running_test(){
 
     sed -i "/zone.external.server_keepalive/c zone.external.server_keepalive = 60" /etc/emqx/emqx.conf
     sed -i "/mqtt.max_topic_alias/c mqtt.max_topic_alias = 10" /etc/emqx/emqx.conf
+    sed -i '/emqx_telemetry/d' /var/lib/emqx/loaded_plugins
 
     emqx start || tail /var/log/emqx/erlang.log.1
     IDLE_TIME=0
diff --git a/.ci/fvt_tests/docker-compose.yaml b/.ci/fvt_tests/docker-compose.yaml
index 50e5efa16..467a0ed25 100644
--- a/.ci/fvt_tests/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/.ci/fvt_tests/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ services:
         - -c
         - |
           sed -i "s 127.0.0.1 $$(ip route show |grep "link" |awk '{print $$1}') g" /opt/emqx/etc/acl.conf
+          sed -i '/emqx_telemetry/d' /opt/emqx/data/loaded_plugins
           /usr/bin/start.sh
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "/opt/emqx/bin/emqx_ctl", "status"]
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ services:
       - -c
       - |
         sed -i "s 127.0.0.1 $$(ip route show |grep "link" |awk '{print $$1}') g" /opt/emqx/etc/acl.conf
+        sed -i '/emqx_telemetry/d' /opt/emqx/data/loaded_plugins
         /usr/bin/start.sh
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "/opt/emqx/bin/emqx_ctl", "status"]
diff --git a/.ci/fvt_tests/relup.lux b/.ci/fvt_tests/relup.lux
index 990606b88..c0c2b7592 100644
--- a/.ci/fvt_tests/relup.lux
+++ b/.ci/fvt_tests/relup.lux
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
     !cd emqx
     !sed -i 's|listener.wss.external[ \t]*=.*|listener.wss.external = 8085|g' etc/emqx.conf
+    !sed -i '/emqx_telemetry/d' data/loaded_plugins
     !./bin/emqx start
     ?EMQ X Broker $old_vsn is started successfully!
 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
     ?SH-PROMPT
     !cd emqx2
 
+    !sed -i '/emqx_telemetry/d' data/loaded_plugins
     !./bin/emqx start
     ?EMQ X Broker $old_vsn is started successfully!
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/.gitlint b/.github/workflows/.gitlint
index 5982f6b66..50e7bf636 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/.gitlint
+++ b/.github/workflows/.gitlint
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ ignore=title-trailing-punctuation, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T8, B1, B2, B3, B4, B
 # python-style regex that the commit-msg title must match
 # Note that the regex can contradict with other rules if not used correctly
 # (e.g. title-must-not-contain-word).
-regex=^(feat|feature|fix|docs|style|refactor|test|chore|perf|improve)\(.+\): .+
+regex=^(feat|feature|fix|docs|style|refactor|test|chore|build|perf|improve)\(.+\): .+
 
 # [body-max-line-length]
 # line-length=72
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_packages.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_packages.yaml
index 8beaa9e57..cfe434961 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_packages.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_packages.yaml
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         pkg_name=$(basename _packages/emqx/emqx-macos-*.zip)
         unzip _packages/emqx/$pkg_name
+        gsed -i '/emqx_telemetry/d' ./emqx/data/loaded_plugins
         ./emqx/bin/emqx start || cat emqx/log/erlang.log.1
         ./emqx/bin/emqx_ctl status
         ./emqx/bin/emqx stop
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_fvt_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/run_fvt_tests.yaml
index e8ca663ea..fd2c55f05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_fvt_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_fvt_tests.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ jobs:
 
             sed -i -r "s/^appVersion: .*$/appVersion: \"${version}\"/g" deploy/charts/emqx/Chart.yaml
             sed -i -r 's/  pullPolicy: .*$/  pullPolicy: Never/g' deploy/charts/emqx/values.yaml
+            sed -i '/emqx_telemetry/d' deploy/charts/emqx/values.yaml
 
             helm install emqx --set emqxAclConfig="" --set emqxConfig.EMQX_ZONE__EXTERNAL__RETRY_INTERVAL=2s --set emqxConfig.EMQX_MQTT__MAX_TOPIC_ALIAS=10 deploy/charts/emqx --debug --dry-run
             helm install emqx --set emqxAclConfig="" --set emqxConfig.EMQX_ZONE__EXTERNAL__RETRY_INTERVAL=2s --set emqxConfig.EMQX_MQTT__MAX_TOPIC_ALIAS=10 deploy/charts/emqx
@@ -89,6 +90,11 @@ jobs:
               echo "waiting emqx started";
               sleep 10;
             done
+        - name: get pods log
+          if: failure()
+          env:
+            KUBECONFIG: "/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml"
+          run: kubectl describe pods emqx-0
         - uses: actions/checkout@v2
           with:
             repository: emqx/paho.mqtt.testing
diff --git a/deploy/charts/emqx/templates/StatefulSet.yaml b/deploy/charts/emqx/templates/StatefulSet.yaml
index 43494b6ec..c364ec83d 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/emqx/templates/StatefulSet.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/emqx/templates/StatefulSet.yaml
@@ -49,6 +49,18 @@ spec:
         app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
     spec:
       volumes:
+      - name: emqx-loaded-plugins
+        configMap:
+          name: {{ include "emqx.fullname" . }}-loaded-plugins
+          items:
+          - key: loaded_plugins
+            path: loaded_plugins
+      - name: emqx-loaded-modules
+        configMap:
+          name: {{ include "emqx.fullname" . }}-loaded-modules
+          items:
+          - key: loaded_modules
+            path: loaded_modules
       - name: emqx-acl
         configMap:
           name: {{ include "emqx.fullname" . }}-acl
@@ -128,6 +140,12 @@ spec:
           - name: emqx-acl
             mountPath: "/opt/emqx/etc/acl.conf"
             subPath: "acl.conf"
+          - name: emqx-loaded-plugins
+            mountPath: "/opt/emqx/data/loaded_plugins"
+            subPath: "loaded_plugins"
+          - name: emqx-loaded-modules
+            mountPath: "/opt/emqx/data/loaded_modules"
+            subPath: "loaded_modules"
           {{ if .Values.emqxLicneseSecretName  }}
           - name: emqx-license
             mountPath: "/opt/emqx/etc/emqx.lic"
diff --git a/deploy/charts/emqx/templates/configmap.yaml b/deploy/charts/emqx/templates/configmap.yaml
index bf7a1c1e6..c9c4b4770 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/emqx/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/emqx/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -11,4 +11,49 @@ metadata:
 data:
   {{- range $index, $value := .Values.emqxConfig}}
     {{$index}}: "{{ $value }}" 
-  {{- end}}
\ No newline at end of file
+  {{- end}}
+
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "emqx.fullname" . }}-acl
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "emqx.name" . }}
+    helm.sh/chart: {{ include "emqx.chart" . }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+data:
+  "acl.conf": |
+    {{ .Values.emqxAclConfig }}
+
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "emqx.fullname" . }}-loaded-plugins
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "emqx.name" . }}
+    helm.sh/chart: {{ include "emqx.chart" . }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+data:
+  "loaded_plugins": |
+    {{ .Values.emqxLoadedPlugins }}
+
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "emqx.fullname" . }}-loaded-modules
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "emqx.name" . }}
+    helm.sh/chart: {{ include "emqx.chart" . }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+data:
+  "loaded_modules": |
+    {{ .Values.emqxLoadedModules }}
diff --git a/deploy/charts/emqx/templates/configmap_for_acl.yaml b/deploy/charts/emqx/templates/configmap_for_acl.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 23b8ab583..000000000
--- a/deploy/charts/emqx/templates/configmap_for_acl.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "emqx.fullname" . }}-acl
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "emqx.name" . }}
-    helm.sh/chart: {{ include "emqx.chart" . }}
-    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
-    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
-data:
-  "acl.conf": |
-    {{ .Values.emqxAclConfig }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/charts/emqx/values.yaml b/deploy/charts/emqx/values.yaml
index 2d82d4a5e..f75afcc06 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/emqx/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/emqx/values.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
 
 ## It is recommended to have odd number of nodes in a cluster, otherwise the emqx cluster cannot be automatically healed in case of net-split.
-replicaCount: 3 
+replicaCount: 3
 image:
   repository: emqx/emqx
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
@@ -74,6 +74,23 @@ emqxAclConfig: >
   {deny, all, subscribe, ["$SYS/#", {eq, "#"}]}.
   {allow, all}.
 
+emqxLoadedPlugins: >
+  {emqx_management, true}.
+  {emqx_recon, true}.
+  {emqx_retainer, true}.
+  {emqx_dashboard, true}.
+  {emqx_telemetry, true}.
+  {emqx_rule_engine, true}.
+  {emqx_bridge_mqtt, false}.
+
+emqxLoadedModules: >
+  {emqx_mod_acl_internal, true}.
+  {emqx_mod_presence, true}.
+  {emqx_mod_delayed, false}.
+  {emqx_mod_rewrite, false}.
+  {emqx_mod_subscription, false}.
+  {emqx_mod_topic_metrics, false}.
+
 ## EMQX Enterprise Edition requires manual creation of a Secret containing the licensed content. Write the name of Secret to the value of "emqxLicneseSecretName"
 ## Example:
 ##   kubectl create secret generic emqx-license-secret-name --from-file=/path/to/emqx.lic
@@ -86,7 +103,7 @@ service:
   ## Port for MQTT
   ##
   mqtt: 1883
-  ## Port for MQTT(SSL) 
+  ## Port for MQTT(SSL)
   ##
   mqttssl: 8883
   ## Port for mgmt API