Beacon CLI Changelog

Stay up to date with the latest changes to the Beacon CLI.

May 2026

Cursor hook reliability · Fixed Cursor hook handling so prompt submission and hook-emitted events are captured more consistently.
Prompt events · Improved prompt event normalization so local timelines better reflect what users asked supported agents to do.
Release artifacts · Published macOS and Linux archives for amd64 and arm64, plus SHA-256 checksums for release verification.

Codex discovery · Fixed Codex CLI detection so beacon endpoint discover and beacon endpoint status report Codex telemetry state more accurately.
Release packaging · Packaged target-specific beacon-otelcol collector binaries with each platform archive.
Hook distribution · Cleaned up release packaging for embedded hook assets and Homebrew distribution.

Release artifacts · Beacon now publishes platform archives for macOS and Linux on amd64 and arm64, plus SHA-256 checksums for release verification.
Default local install · Endpoint commands now use per-user paths by default, with --system reserved for root-managed package and MDM deployments.
Runtime log visibility · Status output and the local dashboard now surface warnings when a system collector may be writing OTLP events to a different runtime log than the selected user-mode view.
Jamf-ready packaging · macOS packaging now includes system-mode install and uninstall helpers for Jamf, Kandji, or generic MDM command runners.

Telemetry defaults · Beacon now writes structured Codex OTEL exporter configuration for logs, traces, and metrics while setting log_user_prompt = false.
Noisy trace filtering · Beacon filters noisy internal Codex transport traces so endpoint timelines focus on meaningful Codex activity instead of HTTP/2 framing and flow-control churn.

Endpoint telemetry · Beacon now configures local AI runtime telemetry and writes normalized endpoint events to local JSONL logs.
Runtime discovery · Beacon discovers supported local AI runtimes, including Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, and Claude Cowork.
Local dashboard · Inspect Beacon runtime logs from a local-only endpoint dashboard.

Wazuh content pack · Generate localfile configuration, rules, and validation content for Beacon endpoint events.
Validation event · Write a Beacon validation event to confirm Wazuh ingestion paths are configured correctly.

Cursor hooks · Install, inspect, and remove Beacon endpoint hooks for supported harnesses.

Endpoint telemetry · Introduced the open-source Beacon Endpoint Agent for local AI runtime telemetry.
Collector exporter · Added the beaconjson OpenTelemetry Collector exporter for normalized Beacon endpoint JSONL.
Runtime integrations · Added support for Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor hooks, and Claude Cowork telemetry validation.
Local dashboard · Added a loopback-only dashboard for inspecting local runtime inventory, event timelines, filters, and event details.
Wazuh output · Added Wazuh localfile configuration, rules, sample content, and validation events for Beacon endpoint logs.
Release distribution · Established Homebrew and manual archive distribution for macOS and Linux.