k6 Changelog

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{
  "source": "k6.releases",
  "vendor": "Grafana Labs",
  "id": "tag:github.com,2008:Repository/54400687/v1.8.1",
  "published_at": "2026-08-12T14:56:05.000Z",
  "title": "v1.8.1",
  "url": "https://github.com/grafana/k6/releases/tag/v1.8.1",
  "summary": "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, klauspost/compress , and the Go toolchain Bug fixes #6274 Stops enabling the Grafana Cloud secret source by default in k6 cloud run --local-execution , reverting #5875 . Scripts that configured their own secret source failed with no secret source with name \"default\" is configured . Explicitly configured secret sources now work again as they did in v1.7 . Fixes #6093 . #6275 Fixes HTTP/2 negotiation and error classification under Go 1.27, which changed HTTP/2 negotiation and error behaviour. Keeps VUs on HTTP/2, classifies connection and GOAWAY errors consistently across Go versions, and preserves unknown HTTP/2 error buckets. Backport of #6234 . Maintenance and security updates #6193 , #6194 Updates google.golang.org/grpc to v1.82.1 [security]. #6187 , #6189 Updates golang.org/x/net to v0.56.0 [security]. #6188 , #6190 Updates golang.org/x/text to v0.39.0 [security]. #6207 Updates go.opentelemetry.io/otel to v1.44.0 [security]. #6220 Updates github.com/klauspost/compress to v1.18.7 [security]. #6135 Updates the Go toolchain to v1.25.12 [security]. Updates golang.org/x/crypto to v0.53.0 [security].",
  "tags": [
    "Grafana Labs",
    "k6.releases",
    "load-testing",
    "performance",
    "open-source"
  ]
}