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title: "| Grafana k6 documentation"
description: "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, WebSocket, and Cloud modules. Dependency updates and reliability improvements. Breaking changes There are no breaking changes in this release."
---

> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

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Open source

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, WebSocket, and Cloud modules.
- Dependency updates and reliability improvements.

## Breaking changes

There are no breaking changes in this release.

## New features

### Cloud secrets now automatically available in local execution [#5738](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5738) & [#5875](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5875)

When running `k6 cloud run --local-execution`, secrets stored in Grafana Cloud are now automatically available to your script via `secrets.get()` without any additional configuration.

To opt out, pass `--no-cloud-secrets`:

shell ![Copy code to clipboard](/media/images/icons/icon-copy-small-2.svg) Copy

```shell
k6 cloud run --local-execution --no-cloud-secrets script.js
```

Thanks, @vortegatorres!

### Pre-manifest extension dependencies captured in archive metadata [#5819](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5819) & [#5977](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5977)

When creating a k6 archive (`k6 archive`), extension dependency information is now captured in `metadata.json` under a `"dependencies"` field, using the constraints declared by the script before any external manifest overrides are applied. This ensures that `k6/x/` imports are preserved correctly during auto-extension-resolution re-execution.

## UX improvements and enhancements

- [#5815](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5815) & [#5993](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5993) Warns when `http.get()` or `http.head()` receive extra arguments that are silently ignored, helping catch common scripting mistakes. Thanks, @moko-poi!
- [#5657](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5657) Adds automatic retries to `newAction`-based Locator APIs in the browser module, improving reliability of browser tests. Thanks, @janHildebrandt98!
- [#5845](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5845) Wires k6provider’s structured logging into k6’s logger. Provisioning operations (artifact resolution, cache hits, downloads, retries, and cache pruning) now appear in k6’s log output at the correct level.

## Bug fixes

- [#5855](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5855) Fixes auto-extension-resolution incorrectly triggering binary provisioning when a script manifest specifies a dependency as a Go module pseudo-version (`v0.0.0+sha` or `v0.0.0-timestamp-sha`), even when the running binary already satisfied the constraint.
- [#5574](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5574) Fixes position parser for base pointer options. Thanks, @chrismooreproductions!
- [#5630](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5630) & [#5987](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5987) Fixes duplicate redirect request metric emissions in the browser module, where each redirect was incorrectly emitting metrics for all prior redirects in the chain.
- [#5620](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5620) & [#5991](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5991) Preserves context cancellation causes across the scheduler, browser, and secret-source layers, improving the accuracy of error messages surfaced when a test is interrupted. Thanks, @LBaronceli!
- [#5716](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5716) & [#5990](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5990) Fixes WebSocket `bufferedAmount` not being incremented when sending TypedArrays, causing it to go negative. Thanks, @prakharbirla-ng!
- [#5814](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5814) & [#5975](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5975) Fixes `k6 cloud run --local-execution` ignoring `K6_CLOUD_PUSH_REF_ID` and unconditionally creating a new test run instead of reusing the provided run ID. Thanks, @Reranko05!
- [#5786](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5786) Fixes swapped Min and Max values for Gauge metrics in Cloud output v2, which caused incorrect peak and floor values in cloud test result queries. Thanks, @esquonk!
- [#5785](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5785) Fixes a race condition in the browser module’s `handleExitEvent` where `Done()` was signalled before the subscription was removed, causing tests to hang until the timeout.
- [#5905](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5905) Fixes a deadlock where WebSocket connections hang forever during teardown when the server sends pings. A server ping arriving during shutdown could permanently stall the k6 process.
- [#5923](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5923) & [#5989](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5989) Fixes a nil pointer panic in `ElementHandle.DefaultTimeout` (and any method that calls it, such as `GetAttribute`) when invoked on a nil or partially-initialized handle. Thanks, @SAY-5!

## Maintenance and internal improvements

- [#5896](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5896) & [#5897](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5897) Updates `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptracehttp` and `otlpmetrichttp` to `v1.43.0` \[security], adding a 4 MiB response body cap to mitigate memory exhaustion from misconfigured or malicious servers.
- [#5857](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5857), [#5950](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5950) Updates Go to `v1.25.10`.
- [#5946](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5946) Updates `golang.org/x/net` to `v0.55.0` \[security].
- [#6042](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/6042) Updates Go toolchain to `v1.25.11` \[security].
- [#6047](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/6047) Updates `golang.org/x/crypto` to `v0.52.0` \[security].
- [#5863](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5863), [#5880](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5880), [#5908](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5908) Updates `github.com/grafana/k6provider` to `v0.5.0`.
- [#5740](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5740), [#5796](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5796), [#5910](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/5910) Updates `github.com/grafana/sobek` digest.
- [#6035](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/6035) Move Docker Hub publishing to GAR mirror.
- [#6064](https://github.com/grafana/k6/pull/6064) Bumps Dockerfile images for security updates.

## External contributors

A huge thank you to the external contributors who helped during this release: @moko-poi, @janHildebrandt98, @Reranko05, @prakharbirla-ng, @esquonk, @chrismooreproductions, @vortegatorres, @SAY-5, and @LBaronceli! 🙏