# What's new in February 2026 | Checkly Changelog

> Checkly changelog: Smarter alert notifications with Rocky AI, Playwright Check Suites improvements, Dashboard revamp: compare checks more easily, Checkly Agent: health probes and heartbeat monitoring

Source: https://www.checklyhq.com/changelog/whats-new-in-february-2026/

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# What's new in February 2026

Published Feb 27, 2026

## Smarter alert notifications with Rocky AI

Rocky AI, Checkly's AI agent, automatically analyzes, categorizes, and summarizes failures from your monitors and synthetic checks. You can now receive a root cause analysis directly in your inbox, Slack, Teams, or any other alert channel the moment a check fails. This is live for all plans; enable it in the Rocky AI settings.

[Rocky AI settings →](https://app.checklyhq.com/accounts/rocky-ai)

## Playwright Check Suites improvements

Playwright Check Suites now detect `pnpm` and `npm` workspace structures and install the correct dependencies automatically, resolve `package.json` exports during bundling, and support `.tsx` and `.jsx` files. `npx checkly pw-test` is now GA with new `--installCommand` and `--include` flags, checks install all dependencies from your `package.json` (not just devDependencies), and the dependency cache refreshes automatically when your install command or working directory changes.

[Playwright Check Suites docs →](https://www.checklyhq.com/docs/detect/synthetic-monitoring/playwright-checks/overview/)[Workspace support docs →](https://www.checklyhq.com/docs/detect/synthetic-monitoring/playwright-checks/custom-dependencies/#workspace-support)

## Dashboard revamp: compare checks more easily

Dashboard charts now display data based on the selected time range, so all checks on a dashboard share the same timeline, making it easier to compare results across services. Group names now appear next to check names where applicable, and you can save dashboard views based on your filters and search; saved views are personal and shareable via URL.

[Dashboards docs →](https://www.checklyhq.com/docs/communicate/dashboards/overview/)

## Checkly Agent: health probes and heartbeat monitoring

The Checkly Agent now exposes `/-/readiness`, `/-/liveness`, and `/health` endpoints on port 8080 for Kubernetes readiness and liveness probes. The agent also sends a heartbeat to the Checkly platform every 2 minutes with built-in retry logic, so Checkly can detect when a private location has no connected agents and notify your team via email, and a `/metrics` endpoint exposes agent-level Prometheus metrics like check slot utilization and job processing duration.

## Also shipped

- **Prometheus:** [The Prometheus integration now includes metrics for DNS and Heartbeat monitors.](https://www.checklyhq.com/docs/integrations/observability/prometheus-v2/#check-metrics)
- **Status Pages:** [View and manage Status Page subscribers via the Subscribers tab in the web app or via the API.](https://www.checklyhq.com/docs/api-reference/status-pages/get-all-subscriptions-for-a-specific-status-page/)
- **Heartbeat monitors:** [Heartbeat monitors can now be linked to a Status Page, so incidents are automatically created whenever a check fails.](https://www.checklyhq.com/docs/communicate/status-pages/incidents/)
- **Alerting:** Voice call alerts expanded to 16 new countries: Italy, Mexico, Argentina, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Luxembourg.