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Latest Buildkite changelog updates
Adds an Open Desktop button for macOS hosted agents, opening a browser‑based remote desktop session.
Buildkite now displays an organization-wide banner when the GitHub App's API rate limit is exhausted.
Buildkite is now a launch partner for Origin, offering integration via the Origin Marketplace for CI across multiple git forges.
Added list_tests read‑only endpoint for suite‑wide test metrics.
List tests API now returns aggregated reliability, duration, and execution metrics per test.
Added native `checkout` block in pipeline YAML to configure Git checkout options (skip, shallow clones, submodules, custom flags) at pipeline or step level.
Adds a "promise-failure" command (agent v3.128.0+) to declare an expected hard failure early, letting the build be marked failing while the job continues running useful work.
Exposes extensive new Buildkite REST and GraphQL endpoints for pipeline creation, organization administration, notifications, hosted agents, and artifact management.
Added support to export Buildkite job logs to an OpenTelemetry collector via OTLP.
Added wait_for_build endpoint to MCP server that blocks until a build reaches a terminal state (up to 45 s per call)
MCP protocol is now stateless request-response, removing sessions and handshakes for easier scaling
Introduces a preview Request Log panel for the OpenTelemetry Notification Service, displaying the last 20 outbound trace export requests.
Buildkite Agent v4 becomes the default stable release on 1 September 2026, with automatic upgrades for non‑pinned installations.
Adds get_build_failure_summary tool to MCP Server for concise failure cause extraction
Added Ubuntu 24.04 LTS support for Elastic CI Stack for AWS Linux agents (x86‑64 & ARM64).
Agents can discover and load on-demand skill guides, searchable by keyword (e.g., a guide for debugging build failures).
Added support for building and testing GitLab merge requests and merged-results builds to catch integration failures early
list_jobs now returns compact job summaries by default, with optional detail_level "detailed" or "full" for more metadata