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At ngrok, we deploy our SaaS platform multiple times a day across our global network. We are constantly improving and adding new features.

You can expect this page to update regularly (at least monthly). We'll include things like:

  • Feature Launches with links to blogs and other release material
  • Major and minor agent, SDK, and API client releases
  • ngrok Dashboard improvements
  • Changes to our API
  • Major security fixes

December 2024​

  • 2024-12-20 - Released Traffic Policy macros that enable you to encode or decode query strings, Base64 data, and JSON. This simplifies handling action result variables for OAuth and custom response actions.
  • 2024-12-19 - Add tls termination to V3 agent configs.
  • 2024-12-11 - Published the Traffic Policy variables for our IP Intelligence system, allowing you to take specific action on traffic coming from IPs on trusted blocklists, Tor routers, or popular cloud providers.
  • 2024-12-06 - Released new versions of the ngrok Kubernetes Operator and Helm chart with a preview of creating agent endpoints for your K8s clusters.
  • 2024-12-05 - Published new Traffic Policy documentation with explainers of core concepts, deeper references for macros, drop-in templates for traffic management, and more.
  • 2024-12-04 - Added create/delete operations for cloud endpoints in the new endpoints UI; improved UX for filtering endpoints based on customer feedback.

November 2024​

  • 2024-11-26 - Enhanced error messages for Kubernetes bindings in the ngrok Kubernetes Operator.
  • 2024-11-25 - Improved Traffic Inspector's HTTP failure results for better observability into failed requests due to Traffic Policy IP restrictions, account rate limits, and more, including the associated ngrok error for faster troubleshooting.
  • 2024-11-20 - Migrated two existing features to Traffic Policy actions: basic authentication and webhook verification.
  • 2024-11-18 - Shipped a new endpoints UI to the dashboard for centralized management and monitoring of your agent and cloud endpoints.
  • 2024-11-07 - Fixed how agent diagnose reports non-zero exit codes.

October 2024​

  • 2024-10-29 - Added new Random macros to traffic policy engine.
  • 2024-10-29 - Launched updated ngrok Agent Downloads page.
  • 2024-10-29 - Added Cloud Endpoints which enables you to centrally manage your endpoints' traffic policy configurations in the cloud.
  • 2024-10-18 - Created new OpenAPI spec for the ngrok HTTP API. Use it in your favorite tool to make working with the ngrok API easier.
  • 2024-10-18 - Released ngrok Agent v3.18.1.
  • 2024-10-17 - Added name field to endpoints and tunnels config.
  • 2024-10-17 - Released ngrok Agent v3.18.0.
  • 2024-10-15 - Added the ability to switch between YAML and JSON in the Dashboard Policy Editor.
  • 2024-10-10 - Added conn.server_region to Traffic Policy variables
  • 2024-10-10 - Fix for agent configuration for HTTP endpoint policies.
  • 2024-10-10 - Support for new endpoint policy phases via the agent.
  • 2024-10-10 - Support for endpoint management via the agent.
  • 2024-10-10 - Released ngrok Agent v3.17.0.
  • 2024-10-09 - Fixed an issue where the Agent Heartbeat was not being respected by ngrok.
  • 2024-10-09 - Added forward-internal action to allow forwarding to internal endpoints.
  • 2024-10-08 - Fixed an issue where users were redirected to the getting started page when stopping an agent.
  • 2024-10-08 - Added Internal Endpoints to the platform.
  • 2024-10-03 - Released ngrok agent v3.16.1 which includes a new build for Windows on Arm.

September 2024​

  • 2024-09-25 - Renamed Production Pay-As-You-Go plan to just Pay-As-You-Go.
  • 2024-09-24 - Fixed a bug where old tunnel credentials were not returning the correct credential ID in the API.
  • 2024-09-23 - Updated documentation in the Dashboard to use --url instead of --domain.
  • 2024-09-12 - Billing emails in the Dashboard are no longer case sensitive.
  • 2024-09-09 - Fixed an issue where ngrok-agent-ips was not being added to responses in the free tier. This can be used to find the IP address of the ngrok agent in front of the upstream.
  • 2024-09-09 - Released ngrok agent v3.16.
  • 2024-09-03 - Added protocol support to the endpoints table in the Usage Page for usage based accounts.
  • 2024-09-03 - Updated error messaging to reflect the correct plan names.
  • 2024-09-03 - Improved the needs attention section of the Usage Page to only include items that really need attention.
  • 2024-09-01 - Switched to reCAPTCHA v3 for new user sign ups.

August 2024​

  • 2024-08-22 - Added Wildcard Domain support for the ngrok Kubernetes Operator.
  • 2024-08-21 - IP Restrictions for the ngrok API can now be configured to ignore SCIM endpoints. If you'd like this enabled, please contact support@ngrok.com.
  • 2024-08-19 - Fixed a broken link to claim your static domain in the getting started section.
  • 2024-08-19 - Added principal object to the Endpoints API so that users can track which user created the endpoint.
  • 2024-08-15 - Resolved a bug where replay was throwing an internal server error in ngrok Traffic Inspector.
  • 2024-08-13 - Added a new API Keys section to the left nav of the Dashboard to make them easier to find.
  • 2024-08-09 - Accounts with Domain Controls enabled can now see what domains they have enabled in the settings page.
  • 2024-08-08 - ngrok-javascript 1.4.1 Released. Changelog
  • 2024-08-01 - Released ngrok Agent 3.14.0.

July 2024​

June 2024​

May 2024​

April 2024​

  • 2024-04-30 - Added a new Bot Users API to allow programmatic management or bot users in your account.
  • 2024-04-24 - Released ngrok Agent 3.9.0.
  • 2024-04-17 - The abuse interstitial is now displayed for all endpoints in free accounts. See our guide on Free tier limits for information about disabling it.
  • 2024-04-17 - Enabled Live View for Traffic Inspector. Your traffic events will automatically refresh every few seconds when you have this enabled. It can be disabled and customized from the dashboard.
  • 2024-04-16 - Enabled Request Replay for Traffic Inspector. You can now replay any request to your backend directly from the Dashboard once you have enabled Full Capture.
  • 2024-04-09 - Added compress-response action to the Policy Module.
  • 2024-04-04 - New codeblock enabled inside Traffic Inspector with syntax highlighting.

March 2024​

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December 2023​

November 2023​

October 2023​