New in Grafana k6: The latest OSS features in v0.49.0 and static IPs in Grafana Cloud k6

Grafana k6 v0.49.0 introduces several new features, including a built-in web dashboard for real-time visualization of test results and the promotion of the gRPC streaming API to a core module. The release enhances the k6 browser module by generating traces for browser actions and adding new methods for interacting with input fields. In Grafana Cloud k6, static IPs have been introduced for enhanced security, alongside improvements in user-defined project limits and enhancements to the k6 datasource. The k6-operator v0.0.13 includes updates for better security in Kubernetes setups and improvements for the Helm chart. The k6 extensions ecosystem has seen updates and new additions, such as xk6-kubernetes v0.9.0 and new extensions for HTTP/1.1 and WebTransport protocol support. The release encourages users to engage with the community through various platforms and offers a free tier for performance testing on Grafana Cloud.