Release History

Flow Debugger, SSH tunnel improvements

• Added Flow Debugger panel with workflow timeline visualization and step-by-step execution replay
• SSH tunnel now supports jump hosts and ProxyCommand configurations
• Conformance checker updated for bext 1.8 rule additions
• Cache browser shows Vary key breakdown per entry
• Fixed HAR export omitting trailer headers on HTTP/2 responses
• Headless mode now supports --output json for machine-readable results
• Reduced memory usage by 18% when monitoring high-traffic instances

Headless mode, CI/CD integration

• Introduced headless mode for running Companion without a GUI in CI/CD pipelines
• Added GitHub Actions and GitLab CI integration templates
• Config editor now supports multi-file editing for instances with split configs
• Plugin Workshop can scaffold plugins from community templates
• Request waterfall shows server-side timing breakdown (routing, middleware, render)
• Fixed WebSocket reconnection dropping the first message after resume
• Improved startup time on Linux by lazy-loading the V8 inspector bridge

Cache Explorer, Realtime Monitor

• Added Cache Explorer panel with tree view for ISR, fragment, and tenant caches
• Added Realtime Monitor panel with topic browser, connection table, and message inspector
• Config editor shows inline documentation from the bext schema on hover
• Request Inspector supports filtering by status code ranges (e.g., 4xx, 5xx)
• Added bulk invalidation for cache entries matching a tag pattern
• Fixed crash when connecting to bext instances running behind a reverse proxy with path prefix
• Dark mode support for all panels

Initial release

• Request Inspector with live waterfall, replay, and HAR export
• Config Editor with TOML syntax highlighting and validation
• Plugin Workshop with QuickJS playground and hot-reload
• Multi-instance management with connection profiles
• Conformance checker with scoring and recommendation engine
• Support for macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Linux (x64 and ARM64), and Windows (x64)