Checkly Agent.
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- updating to the latest version in updating the agent container
- supported runtimes for each agent version in agent version and runtimes
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The agent now exposes HTTP health probe endpoints:
- GET /-/readiness: Returns
200 OKwhen the agent is ready,503 Service Unavailableduring shutdown - GET /-/liveness: Returns
200 OK - GET /health: Returns
200 OKHealth endpoints run on port 8081 by default, configurable via theAGENT_HEALTH_PORTenvironment variable
- Added agent-dev image including build tools to support building native npm packages. Going forward, the dev variant is published as a separate image rather than a tag on the main agent image
- Improved secret scrubbing speed
- Improved error logging for hanging or long running Playwright Check Suite jobs
Ensured
devDependencies are not installed in the agent image- Added support for a dev image including build tools to support building native npm packages
- Improved internal logging and metrics for Playwright Check Suites
- Browser and Multistep checks using runtime 2025.04 now automatically scrub the
Authorizationheader from requests
Added Checkly environment variables and configuration to Playwright Check Suites. See the docs on Playwright Check Suites environment variables:
- Adds support for
CHECKLYto all checkly triggered runs: scheduled checks and test sessions triggered through eithernpx checkly test,npx checkly triggerornpx checkly pw-test - Includes the environment variable
CIas true only for test session triggered runs
Added Playwright test metrics to the check overview page, including Test performance and Test statuses graphs
Minor patches on reporting
Improved and centralized secret scrubbing for more reliable removal of sensitive data
Added support for
CHECKLY_SECRET_* environment variables. Secrets containing special characters (e.g. @, %, !, +) are now reliably scrubbed from traces, including when they appear in encoded form in URLs or request payloads. Learn more in our documentation on Dynamic Secret ScrubbingFixed an issue where checks could fail behind proxies during dependency installation because proxy-related environment variables were not consistently available
- Added runtime secret detection for Browser and Multistep checks (enabled for selected accounts)
- See the product changelog for details on changes from version 6.0.1 to 6.1.0
Internal improvements and fixes related to networking and request handling