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Open source

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 exporters (otlptrace, otlptracegrpc, and otlptracehttp) to v1.45.0.
  • #6545 and #6553 Updates golang.org/x/net to v0.60.0.

Maintenance updates

  • #6285 Updates GitHub actions and CI workflows
  • #6280 Backports the Sobek update to v1.x, which also updates Masterminds/semver to v3.5.0 and dlclark/regexp2 to v2.
  • #6505 Fixes the implicit area role test fixture in the browser module tests, so hidden image map areas are included.