Releasesby IbisBuildkite MCP Server updates
UpdateyesterdayUnverifiedAdded Oct 9, 2026
Your agent can now do more of the work between a failed build and a green one. Here are the latest tool updates for the Buildkite MCP Server . See what changed since the last green build When a build fails, one of the first questions is what's different from the last one that passed. compare_builds answers it in a single call.
Topics: AI agents, MCP, Data integration, Observability
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Every Buildkite releaseMonitor billable active-user usage with the Buildkite API
You can now monitor your organization's billable active-user usage programmatically and compare it with your contracted allowance. Send the count to observability tools such as Datadog to track usage over time, or include it in internal license, billing, and compliance reporting.
Weekly wrap: September 27 – October 3, 2026
What shipped this week Between September 27 and October 3, 2026, we published 4 changelog entries and 35 releases across 13 public repos. Three things run through them: more control and predictability for platform teams, fewer gaps for teams moving off GitHub Actions, and more of the platform agents can drive directly. Tightened how secrets are handled.
Get notified about new macOS base image releases
You can now subscribe to RSS feeds for macOS base image releases on Buildkite hosted agents, making it easier to keep up with changes to your build environments. For updates to stable base images used in production, add the stable RSS feed to your preferred RSS reader.
Choose the organization for each Remote MCP Server connection
If you belong to more than one Buildkite organization, you can now choose which one each Remote MCP Server connection uses. Add the organization's slug to the server URL: https://mcp.buildkite.com/mcp?organization=your-organization When your MCP client asks you to authorize, that organization is already selected.
Buildkite agent version support policy
From 1 January 2027 , each minor release line of the Buildkite agent will be supported for one year from its first stable release . The final three months are a deprecation period: agents remain supported, with warnings encouraging you to upgrade. Installing an agent or updating to a newer patch doesn't restart that window.
Manage secrets from pipeline settings
If you can edit a pipeline and manage its associated cluster, you can now create and manage secrets directly from Pipeline settings → Secrets . Pipeline secrets are cluster secrets with access restricted to the current pipeline.
See the important parts of job logs first
Job logs on the new build page are easier to scan now that Buildkite folds de-emphasized system groups into compact rows by default. Command output and the groups you usually need remain visible, while setup and other supporting output take up less space. Select a folded row to reveal just that section in place.
Buildkite Cache is now in public preview
Buildkite Cache is now available in public preview. It saves and restores files and directories across pipeline jobs and builds. Use it for package manager download caches, compiled dependencies, and other regenerable data to avoid repeating work.
Also shipped on Oct 8, 2026
Buildkite in October 2026The Compliance API chat endpoints now also return chats from the unified Claude experience, in beta for
The Compliance API chat endpoints now also return chats from the unified Claude experience, in beta for Claude Enterprise organizations, with your existing Compliance Access Key. See Retrieve and delete chats, files, and projects.
Cloud SQL for MySQL supports blue-green deployments ( Preview )
Cloud SQL for MySQL supports blue-green deployments ( Preview ). Blue-green deployments let you update databases, such as performing major version upgrades from MySQL 8.0 to 8.4 and staging hardware or configuration modifications, while minimizing downtime.
Updates to Intelligent Workloads and Standard Workloads
Create and define Intelligent Workloads Intelligent Workloads is now generally available (GA), designed for teams that want to proactively monitor business-impacting transactions and associated KPIs. You can now leverage bulk creation to build multiple workloads at once.
Performance Risks Inbox is now generally available
Performance Risks Inbox is GA Performance Risks Inbox is now generally available (GA). It finds the performance anti-patterns that quietly slow your application down, such as N+1 queries and inefficient database calls, and groups them in one place so your team can fix them before they become incidents.
CLI v0.9.0 | CLI, Beta
CLI v0.9.0 Manage cloud tasks with cr code , including interactive messages, side questions, plans, and delivery. Complete shell commands and read richer review JSON . Verify signed Linux releases and recover more reliably from login and update failures. Run cr update . See cloud tasks and upgrade details .
The Discover page and domains are now GA
The Discover page and domains are now generally available. Discover is a curated browsing experience that helps users find assets across Databricks without requiring deep knowledge of catalog hierarchies.