k6 v1.8.2 is here! This patch release includes: Security updates for gRPC, golang.org/x/net, golang.org/x/crypto, OpenTelemetry, and the Go toolchain Security updates #6294 Updates the Go toolchain directive to go1.25.13. #6364, #6365, #6386 and #6387 Update google.golang.org/grpc to v1.83.2. #6352 Updates golang.org/x/crypto to v0.56.0. #6420, #6421, and #6422 Update the OpenTelemetry OTLP trace…
k6 v2.3.0 is here 🎉! This release includes: A --scenario flag to run selected parts of a test without editing the script. A --once flag to reuse load-test scripts for smoke and functional testing. Experimental async group() support that keeps metrics in the right group across await. Built-in byte encoding, Set operations, and raw JSON values. Opt-in fetching of missing TLS certificates for servers…
k6 v1.8.1 is here! This patch release includes: Bug fix for the cloud secret source being enabled by default, which broke scripts that configure their own secret source Bug fix for HTTP/2 negotiation and error classification under Go 1.27 Security updates for gRPC, golang.org/x/net, golang.org/x/text, golang.org/x/crypto, OpenTelemetry, klauspost/compress, and the Go toolchain Bug fixes #6274 Stop…
k6 v2.2.0 is here 🎉! This release includes: k6 cloud run --local-execution now streams k6's logs to Grafana Cloud, so the test run's log view works for local execution too. chromium.connectOverCDP(), which connects browser tests to an already-running Chromium instance. TextEncoder and TextDecoder available as globals, and WritableStream support in k6/experimental/streams. A k6 cloud load-zone list…
k6 v2.1.0 is here 🎉 This release includes: An opt-in feature-flag system — --features, the K6_FEATURES environment variable, and a k6 features discovery command — shipping with experimental native histograms for trend metrics as its first flag. A context-level proxy option for browser contexts. Subcommand discovery in k6 x, so binaries can report which extension commands they expose. Breaking chan…
k6 v1.8.0 is here! This maintenance release on v1.x includes: Cloud secrets are now automatically available in k6 cloud run --local-execution — use --no-cloud-secrets to opt out. Pre-manifest extension dependencies are captured in archive metadata for cloud consumers. Structured logging from k6provider for better visibility into automatic extension provisioning. Multiple bug fixes for Browser, Web…
k6 v2.0.0 is here 🎉! k6 v2.0.0 is the final release of the v2 major version, completing the cleanup of deprecated APIs, old commands, and obsolete configuration options that was started with v2.0.0-rc1. If you were already running the release candidate, this release includes a handful of additional changes on top — they are marked with (new since v2.0.0-rc1) throughout these notes. Here's a glimps…
k6 v1.7.1 is here 🎉! This release includes: Dependency updates for google.golang.org/grpc. Maintenance and internal improvements #5746 Updates google.golang.org/grpc which contains a fix for CVE-2026-33186.
k6 v2.0.0-rc1 is here 🎉! This release marks the first release candidate for k6 v2.0.0 — a major version that completes a long-running cleanup of deprecated APIs, old commands, and obsolete configuration options. Like the v1.0.0-rc1 before it, the purpose of this release is to give the community a chance to test the upgrade path, identify any issues, and migrate scripts or workflows affected by bre…
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 noreply@anthropic.com
k6 v1.7.0 is here 🎉! This release includes: Automatic resolution for subcommand extensions — no more manual xk6 builds required to use them! K6_SECRET_SOURCE env var as an alternative to --secret-source, accepting the same syntax. Breaking changes There are no breaking changes in this release. New features Automatic resolution for subcommand extensions #5664 You can now rely on automatic extension…
k6 v1.6.1 is here! This patch release includes: Bug fix for a race condition in the experimental CSV module Bug fix for manifest k6 version override Version updates for Go toolchain and Docker images Bug fixes #5632 Fixes a race condition in the experimental/csv module when multiple files with async code use csv.parse in parallel during initialization. #5642 Fixes an issue where k6 was not always…
k6 v1.6.0 is here 🎉! This release includes: Cloud commands now support configurable default Grafana Cloud stack. New k6 deps command for analyzing script dependencies. Browser APIs enhancements with frameLocator(), goBack(), goForward() methods. Crypto module adds PBKDF2 support for password-based key derivation. jslib gets a new TOTP library for time-based one-time password generation and validat…
k6 1.5.0 is here 🎉! This release includes: Changes in the browser module: page.waitForEvent() for event-based synchronization with page events. locator.pressSequentially() for character-by-character typing simulation. Improved debugging with deep object logging in console.log(). Extended WebSocket support with close code and reason information. Enhanced extension ecosystem with custom subcommands…