# GitLab Runner v19.2.0

- Product: GitLab Runner (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/gitlab-runner)
- Vendor: GitLab
- Date: 2026-07-10
- Version: v19.2.0
- Original notes: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/tags/v19.2.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/gitlab-runner/releases/v19.2.0

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Version v19.2.0

- **added** — Add Snowplow writer for usage-based billing
- **added** — Add nanoserver:ltsc2025 and nanoserver:ltsc2025-arm64 helper images
- **added** — Add native steps support to the instance executor
- **added** — Add ability to push image indexes with pusher
- **added** — Make git credential helper visible to user-authored commands
- **added** — Improve error message for wrong-architecture container images
- **added** — Add circuit breaker for runner fallback to Rails on Relay failures
- **added** — Add feature_qualified_name to Snowplow billing metadata
- **added** — Add runner-side Job Router metrics
- **added** — Eliminate duplicate ContainerInspect calls in resume flow
- **added** — Auto-select arm64 Windows helper image on ARM64 hosts
- **added** — Add concrete-mode pod assembly for the Kubernetes executor
- **added** — Allow multiple/alternative filter flags in clear-docker-cache script
- **added** — Run a synthetic job at startup before reporting Ready
- **added** — Read sentry_dsn from SENTRY_DSN environment variable
- **added** — Enable metrics for Snowplow writer for usage logging
- **security** — Bump golang.org/x/net to v0.56.0 to resolve CVEs
- **security** — Bump go-jose/go-jose/v4 to v4.1.4 to resolve CVE-2026-34986
- **fixed** — Point default helper image tag at latest Alpine base
- **fixed** — Remove Docker stop-kill timeout and add duration logging

###### New features

- Add Snowplow writer for usage-based billing [!5886](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/5886)
- Add nanoserver:ltsc2025 and nanoserver:ltsc2025-arm64 helper images [!6717](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6717) (Shanush Prema Thasarathan @shanushpt)
- Add native steps support to the instance executor [!6807](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6807)
- Add ability to push image indexes with pusher [!5316](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/5316) (Anthony Juckel @ajuckel)
- Make git credential helper visible to user-authored commands [!6729](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6729)
- Improve error message for wrong-architecture container images (closes #38824) [!6907](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6907) (Ashmit Sharma @4shm1td06)
- Add circuit breaker for runner fallback to Rails on Relay failures [!6839](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6839)
- Add feature_qualified_name to Snowplow billing metadata [!6898](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6898)
- Add runner-side Job Router metrics [!6841](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6841)
- Eliminate duplicate ContainerInspect calls in resume flow (closes #39458) [!6790](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6790) (Ashmit Sharma @4shm1td06)
- Auto-select arm64 Windows helper image on ARM64 hosts [!6854](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6854) (Shanush Prema Thasarathan @shanushpt)
- Add concrete-mode pod assembly for the Kubernetes executor [!6817](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6817)
- Allow multiple/alternative filter flags in clear-docker-cache script (closes #39234) [!6912](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6912) (Ashmit Sharma @4shm1td06)
- Run a synthetic job at startup before reporting Ready [!6756](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6756)
- Read sentry_dsn from SENTRY_DSN environment variable [!6899](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6899)
- Enable metrics for Snowplow writer for usage logging [!6649](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6649)

###### Security fixes

- Bump golang.org/x/net to v0.56.0 to resolve CVEs [!6856](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6856)
- Bump go-jose/go-jose/v4 to v4.1.4 to resolve CVE-2026-34986 [!6857](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6857)

###### Bug fixes

- Point default helper image tag at latest Alpine base [!6897](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6897)
- Remove Docker stop-kill timeout and add duration logging [!6951](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6951)
- Bump github.com/moby/spdystream to v0.5.1 [!6885](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6885)
- Reclassify benign WaitDelay outcome in script_legacy step [!6848](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6848)
- Update labkit/v2 to 2.26.1 [!6914](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6914)
- Fix powershell generate save script [!6713](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6713) (Sean Fausett @gitfool)
- Stage concrete scratch under the build mount, not os.TempDir() [!6832](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6832)
- Use Runner UUID as subject in snowplow billing event [!6903](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6903)
- Fix disconnectNetwork container ID matching [!6872](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6872) (Pishel @pishel65)
- Fix autoscaler pruning active instances on token rotation [!6810](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6810)
- Docker+machin

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