# Beszel v0.18.4

- Product: Beszel (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/beszel)
- Vendor: henrygd
- Date: 2026-02-20
- Version: v0.18.4
- Original notes: https://github.com/henrygd/beszel/releases/tag/v0.18.4
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/beszel/releases/v0.18.4

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- **added** — Add outbound heartbeat monitoring to external services
- **added** — Add experimental GPU monitoring for Apple Silicon
- **added** — Add nvtop integration for GPU monitoring
- **added** — Add GPU_COLLECTOR environment variable to manually specify the GPU collector(s)
- **added** — Add eMMC health via sysfs to SMART monitoring
- **added** — Add DISABLE_SSH environment variable to disable SSH agent functionality
- **added** — Add fingerprint command to the agent
- **changed** — Include GTT memory in AMD GPU metrics and improve device name lookup
- **changed** — Improve multiplexed logs detection for Podman
- **security** — Harden against Docker API path traversal
- **fixed** — Fix issue where the agent could report incorrect root disk I/O when running in Docker
- **added** — Show system uptime in the system table
- **changed** — Retry Docker check on non-200 HTTP response
- **added** — Allow precise value entry for alerts via text input
- **added** — Add version flag to agent
- **fixed** — Fix race issue with meter threshold colors
- **changed** — Add InstallMethod parameter to Windows install script
- **changed** — Update Go version and dependencies

##### What's Changed
- Add outbound heartbeat monitoring to external services by @amirhmoradi in https://github.com/henrygd/beszel/pull/1729
- Add experimental GPU monitoring for Apple Silicon by @raccettura. (#1747, #1746, [docs](https://beszel.dev/guide/gpu#apple))
- Add `nvtop` integration for GPU monitoring. (#1508)
- Add `GPU_COLLECTOR` environment variable to manually specify the GPU collector(s).
- SMART: add eMMC health via sysfs by @VACInc in https://github.com/henrygd/beszel/pull/1736
- Add `DISABLE_SSH` environment variable to disable SSH agent functionality. (#1061)
- Add `fingerprint` command to the agent. (#1726)
- Include GTT memory in AMD GPU metrics and improve device name lookup. (#1569)
- Improve multiplexed logs detection for Podman. (#1755)
- Harden against Docker API path traversal.
- Fix issue where the agent could report incorrect root disk I/O when running in Docker. (#1737)
- Show system uptime in the system table by @svenvg93 in https://github.com/henrygd/beszel/pull/1719
- Retry Docker check on non-200 HTTP response by @ElioDiNino in https://github.com/henrygd/beszel/pull/1754
- Allow precise value entry for alerts via text input by @svenvg93 in https://github.com/henrygd/beszel/pull/1718
- Add version flag to agent by @svenvg93 in https://github.com/henrygd/beszel/pull/1639
- Fix race issue with meter threshold colors.
- Add `InstallMethod` parameter to Windows install script.
- Update Go version and dependencies.

##### New Contributors
* @VACInc made their first contribution in https://github.com/henrygd/beszel/pull/1736
* @amirhmoradi made their first contribution in https://github.com/henrygd/beszel/pull/1729
* @ElioDiNino made their first contribution in https://github.com/henrygd/beszel/pull/1754
* @raccettura made their first contribution in https://github.com/henrygd/beszel/pull/1747

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/henrygd/beszel/compare/v0.18.3...v0.18.4