k6 2.1.0
k6 v2.1.0 is here ๐ 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.
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Analytical search (Public Preview)
Analytical search, an orchestration capability in Cortex Agents that enables analytical queries over large document collections, is now in Public Preview. Traditional retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) approaches retrieve a small number of passages, which limits their ability to answer questions requiring comprehensive analysis, such as counts...
MATCH_RECOGNIZE is now in Beta
Databricks SQL and Databricks Runtime now support the SQL:2016 MATCH_RECOGNIZE clause for row pattern recognition. Enable the Match Recognize preview in workspace preview settings . See MATCH_RECOGNIZE clause .
Lakehouse Real-Time (Beta)
Lakehouse Real-Time (Lakehouse//RT) is now in Beta . Lakehouse//RT is a serverless SQL warehouse type built for low-latency, high-concurrency workloads, delivering sub-second SQL read queries against Unity Catalog tables.
Gemini Omni Flash in public preview
Released gemini-omni-flash-preview, a high-performance multimodal model designed for high-speed video generation and conversational video editing. Using the Interactions API, you can generate 3--10 second videos at 720p from text descriptions or animate still images, and then conversationally edit and refine the outputs.
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image (Nano Banana 2 Lite) is generally available
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image is a multimodal model optimized for ultra-low latency, cost-effective image generation and editing, now GA in the Gemini API.
[Launched] Generally Available: Toolboxes in Microsoft Foundry
Microsoft Foundry brings Toolboxes to GA, providing a unified endpoint to invoke the most-used tools in prompt agents and callable outside of prompt agents. Today every agent team hand-assembles its own tool list to solve the same tasks, with no shared ar
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k6 1.8.0
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.
k6 2.2.0
k6 v2.2.0 is here ๐! 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.
k6 1.8.1
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...
k6 2.0.0
k6 v2.0.0 is here ๐! 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.
k6 1.7.1
k6 v1.7.1 is here ๐! 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 2.3.0
k6 v2.3.0 is here ๐! 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.
k6 1.7.0
k6 v1.7.0 is here ๐! 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.
k6 1.8.2
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.