Product Update: New Relic Synthetics Runtime Environment

The New Relic Synthetics team has released an update to their runtime environment (version 0.6.x), integrating Chrome version 72, V8 engine v6.6, Node 10.15 LTS, and Selenium Webdriver 3.6.0, to enhance the speed, performance, and efficiency of testing environments. This update allows Synthetics users to keep pace with modern web browsers by supporting the latest Chrome version, which is crucial for accurate site monitoring since Chrome updates frequently. The updated runtime environment supports modern front-end frameworks like React and Angular, enabling users to build efficient monitors without the need for custom code, and aligns with user experiences as they update their browsers. The update also enhances page load speed and performance, helping users maintain optimal performance strategies by using one of the fastest web browsers. Users with older runtime environments must update to prevent slower response times due to the performance optimizations in Chrome 72.