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#3228chore: release v4.4.4

MCP server gaining TRQL queries, dashboard tools, and safer AI modes

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Trigger.dev's MCP server now lets AI agents query data directly with TRQL, control dev servers, and run in a read-only safety mode that prevents accidental deployments.

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The latest Trigger.dev release expands what AI agents can do through the MCP server. Developers can now write TRQL queries to analyze their task runs, execution times, and errors directly — the results come back as text tables instead of JSON, cutting token usage by roughly 50%. Agents can also list and query built-in dashboards to surface metrics without switching tools.

A major addition is the --readonly flag, which hides write operations like deploy, trigger_task, and cancel_run from the AI. This makes the MCP server safer for read-only debugging and monitoring scenarios where accidental deployments would be costly.

The dev server lifecycle moves entirely into MCP: agents can start trigger dev in the background, stream output, check status, and stop it — useful for CI/CD scenarios and automated testing. Profile management also arrives, letting agents switch between configured CLI profiles within a session.

Beyond new capabilities, 14 bugs get fixed. The list_deploys tool no longer crashes on deployments with null runtime fields. The search_docs tool works again after an upstream Mintlify rename. The dev CLI stops leaking build directories on rebuilds by pruning deprecated workers.

This release touches the @trigger.dev/core and trigger.dev packages, alongside the CLI, Python, SDK, and other ecosystem packages.

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Fact Check Notice: The PR description claims \"2 new features\" but the actual changes contain significantly more: 10 new MCP tools, 2 new API endpoints, --readonly flag, and multiple server-side features (LLM cost tracking, queue optimization, lockless batch processing). The \"2 new features\" number appears to be a mistake or refers to a specific classification within Trigger.dev's internal versioning. Additionally, several improvements are duplicated in the description (e.g., get_query_schema, query, list_dashboards, and dev server tools appear twice).

Summary

12 new features, 58 improvements, 16 bug fixes.

Highlights

  • Add support for setting TTL (time-to-live) defaults at the task level and globally in trigger.config.ts, with per-trigger overrides still taking precedence (#3196)
  • Large run outputs can use the new API which allows switching object storage providers. (#3275)

Improvements

  • Add platform notifications support to the CLI. The trigger dev and trigger login commands now fetch and display platform notifications (info, warn, error, success) from the server. Includes discovery-based filtering to conditionally show notifications based on project file patterns, color markup rendering for styled terminal output, and a non-blocking display flow with a spinner fallback for slow fetches. Use --skip-platform-notifications flag with trigger dev to disable the notification check. (#3254)
  • Add get_span_details MCP tool for inspecting individual spans within a run trace. (#3255)
  • New get_span_details tool returns full span attributes, timing, events, and AI enrichment (model, tokens, cost, speed)
  • Span IDs now shown in get_run_details trace output for easy discovery
  • New API endpoint GET /api/v1/runs/:runId/spans/:spanId
  • New retrieveSpan() method on the API client
  • get_query_schema — discover available TRQL tables and columns
  • query — execute TRQL queries against your data
  • list_dashboards — list built-in dashboards and their widgets
  • run_dashboard_query — execute a single dashboard widget query
  • whoami — show current profile, user, and API URL
  • list_profiles — list all configured CLI profiles
  • switch_profile — switch active profile for the MCP session
  • start_dev_server — start trigger dev in the background and stream output
  • stop_dev_server — stop the running dev server
  • dev_server_status — check dev server status and view recent logs
  • GET /api/v1/query/schema — query table schema discovery
  • GET /api/v1/query/dashboards — list built-in dashboards
  • --readonly flag hides write tools (deploy, trigger_task, cancel_run) so the AI cannot make changes
  • read:query JWT scope for query endpoint authorization
  • get_run_details trace output is now paginated with cursor support
  • MCP tool annotations (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint) for all tools
  • get_query_schema now requires a table name and returns only one table's schema (was returning all tables)
  • get_current_worker no longer inlines payload schemas; use new get_task_schema tool instead
  • Query results formatted as text tables instead of JSON (~50% fewer tokens)
  • cancel_run, list_deploys, list_preview_branches formatted as text instead of raw JSON
  • Schema and dashboard API responses cached to avoid redundant fetches
  • Adapted the CLI API client to propagate the trigger source via http headers. (#3241)
  • Propagate run tags to span attributes so they can be extracted server-side for LLM cost attribution metadata. (#3213)
  • New get_span_details tool returns full span attributes, timing, events, and AI enrichment (model, tokens, cost, speed)
  • Span IDs now shown in get_run_details trace output for easy discovery
  • New API endpoint GET /api/v1/runs/:runId/spans/:spanId
  • New retrieveSpan() method on the API client
  • get_query_schema — discover available TRQL tables and columns
  • query — execute TRQL queries against your data
  • list_dashboards — list built-in dashboards and their widgets
  • run_dashboard_query — execute a single dashboard widget query
  • whoami — show current profile, user, and API URL
  • list_profiles — list all configured CLI profiles
  • switch_profile — switch active profile for the MCP session
  • start_dev_server — start trigger dev in the background and stream output
  • stop_dev_server — stop the running dev server
  • dev_server_status — check dev server status and view recent logs
  • GET /api/v1/query/schema — query table schema discovery
  • GET /api/v1/query/dashboards — list built-in dashboards
  • --readonly flag hides write tools (deploy, trigger_task, cancel_run) so the AI cannot make changes
  • read:query JWT scope for query endpoint authorization
  • get_run_details trace output is now paginated with cursor support
  • MCP tool annotations (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint) for all tools
  • get_query_schema now requires a table name and returns only one table's schema (was returning all tables)
  • get_current_worker no longer inlines payload schemas; use new get_task_schema tool instead
  • Query results formatted as text tables instead of JSON (~50% fewer tokens)
  • cancel_run, list_deploys, list_preview_branches formatted as text instead of raw JSON
  • Schema and dashboard API responses cached to avoid redundant fetches
  • Add optional hasPrivateLink field to the dequeue message organization object for private networking support (#3264)
  • Define and manage AI prompts with prompts.define(). Create typesafe prompt templates with variables, resolve them at runtime, and manage versions and overrides from the dashboard without redeploying. (#3244)

Bug fixes

  • Fix dev CLI leaking build directories on rebuild, causing disk space accumulation. Deprecated workers are now pruned (capped at 2 retained) when no active runs reference them. The watchdog process also cleans up .trigger/tmp/ when the dev CLI is killed ungracefully (e.g. SIGKILL from pnpm). (#3224)
  • Fix --load flag being silently ignored on local/self-hosted builds. (#3114)
  • Fixed search_docs tool failing due to renamed upstream Mintlify tool (SearchTriggerDevsearch_trigger_dev)
  • Fixed list_deploys failing when deployments have null runtime/runtimeVersion fields (#3139)
  • Fixed list_preview_branches crashing due to incorrect response shape access
  • Fixed metrics table column documented as value instead of metric_value in query docs
  • Fixed dev CLI leaking build directories on rebuild — deprecated workers now clean up their build dirs when their last run completes
  • Fixed search_docs tool failing due to renamed upstream Mintlify tool (SearchTriggerDevsearch_trigger_dev)
  • Fixed list_deploys failing when deployments have null runtime/runtimeVersion fields (#3139)
  • Fixed list_preview_branches crashing due to incorrect response shape access
  • Fixed metrics table column documented as value instead of metric_value in query docs
  • Fixed dev CLI leaking build directories on rebuild — deprecated workers now clean up their build dirs when their last run completes

Server changes

These changes affect the self-hosted Docker image and Trigger.dev Cloud:

  • Add admin UI for viewing and editing feature flags (org-level overrides and global defaults). (#3291)

  • AI prompt management dashboard and enhanced span inspectors.

    Prompt management:

    • Prompts list page with version status, model, override indicators, and 24h usage sparklines
    • Prompt detail page with template viewer, variable preview, version history timeline, and override editor
    • Create, edit, and remove overrides to change prompt content or model without redeploying
    • Promote any code-deployed version to current
    • Generations tab with infinite scroll, live polling, and inline span inspector
    • Per-prompt metrics: total generations, avg tokens, avg cost, latency, with version-level breakdowns

    AI span inspectors:

    • Custom inspectors for ai.generateText, ai.streamText, ai.generateObject, ai.streamObject parent spans
    • ai.toolCall inspector showing tool name, call ID, and input arguments
    • ai.embed inspector showing model, provider, and input text
    • Prompt tab on AI spans linking to prompt version with template and input variables
    • Compact timestamp and duration header on all AI span inspectors

    AI metrics dashboard:

    • Operations, Providers, and Prompts filters on the AI Metrics dashboard
    • Cost by prompt widget
    • "AI" section in the sidebar with Prompts and AI Metrics links

    Other improvements:

    • Resizable panel sizes now persist across page refreshes
    • Fixed <div> inside <p> DOM nesting warnings in span titles and chat messages (#3244)
  • Add allowRollbacks query param to the promote deployment API to enable version downgrades (#3214)

  • Pre-warm compute templates on deploy for orgs with compute access. Required for projects using a compute region, background-only for others. (#3114)

  • Add automatic LLM cost calculation for spans with GenAI semantic conventions. When a span arrives with gen_ai.response.model and token usage data, costs are calculated from an in-memory pricing registry backed by Postgres and dual-written to both span attributes (trigger.llm.*) and a new llm_metrics_v1 ClickHouse table that captures usage, cost, performance (TTFC, tokens/sec), and behavioral (finish reason, operation type) metrics. (#3213)

  • Add API endpoint GET /api/v1/runs/:runId/spans/:spanId that returns detailed span information including properties, events, AI enrichment (model, tokens, cost), and triggered child runs. (#3255)

  • Multi-provider object storage with protocol-based routing for zero-downtime migration (#3275)

  • Add IAM role-based auth support for object stores (no access keys required). (#3275)

  • Add platform notifications to inform users about new features, changelogs, and platform events directly in the dashboard. (#3254)

  • Add private networking support via AWS PrivateLink. Includes BillingClient methods for managing private connections, org settings UI pages for connection management, and supervisor changes to apply privatelink pod labels for CiliumNetworkPolicy matching. (#3264)

  • Reduce run start latency by skipping the intermediate queue when concurrency is available. This optimization is rolled out per-region and enabled automatically for development environments. (#3299)

  • Extended the search filter on the environment variables page to match on environment type (production, staging, development, preview) and branch name, not just variable name and value. (#3302)

  • Concurrency-keyed queues now use a single master queue entry per base queue instead of one entry per key. Prevents high-CK-count tenants from consuming the entire parentQueueLimit window and starving other tenants on the same shard. (#3219)

  • Reduce lock contention when processing large batchTriggerAndWait batches. Previously, each batch item acquired a Redis lock on the parent run to insert a TaskRunWaitpoint row, causing LockAcquisitionTimeoutError with high concurrency (880 errors/24h in prod). Since blockRunWithCreatedBatch already transitions the parent to EXECUTING_WITH_WAITPOINTS before items are processed, the per-item lock is unnecessary. The new blockRunWithWaitpointLockless method performs only the idempotent CTE insert without acquiring the lock. (#3232)

  • Strip secure query parameter from QUERY_CLICKHOUSE_URL before passing to ClickHouse client. This was already done for the main and logs ClickHouse clients but was missing for the query client, causing a startup crash with Error: Unknown URL parameters: secure. (#3204)

  • Fix OrganizationsPresenter.#getEnvironment matching the wrong development environment on teams with multiple members. All dev environments share the slug "dev", so the previous find by slug alone could return another member's environment. Now filters DEVELOPMENT environments by orgMember.userId to ensure the logged-in user's dev environment is selected. (#3273)

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Releases

@trigger.dev/build@4.4.4

Patch Changes

  • Updated dependencies:
    • @trigger.dev/core@4.4.4

trigger.dev@4.4.4

Patch Changes

  • Add platform notifications support to the CLI. The trigger dev and trigger login commands now fetch and display platform notifications (info, warn, error, success) from the server. Includes discovery-based filtering to conditionally show notifications based on project file patterns, color markup rendering for styled terminal output, and a non-blocking display flow with a spinner fallback for slow fetches. Use --skip-platform-notifications flag with trigger dev to disable the notification check. (#3254)

  • Fix dev CLI leaking build directories on rebuild, causing disk space accumulation. Deprecated workers are now pruned (capped at 2 retained) when no active runs reference them. The watchdog process also cleans up .trigger/tmp/ when the dev CLI is killed ungracefully (e.g. SIGKILL from pnpm). (#3224)

  • Fix --load flag being silently ignored on local/self-hosted builds. (#3114)

  • Add get_span_details MCP tool for inspecting individual spans within a run trace. (#3255)

    • New get_span_details tool returns full span attributes, timing, events, and AI enrichment (model, tokens, cost, speed)
    • Span IDs now shown in get_run_details trace output for easy discovery
    • New API endpoint GET /api/v1/runs/:runId/spans/:spanId
    • New retrieveSpan() method on the API client
  • MCP server improvements: new tools, bug fixes, and new flags. (#3224)

    New tools:

    • get_query_schema — discover available TRQL tables and columns
    • query — execute TRQL queries against your data
    • list_dashboards — list built-in dashboards and their widgets
    • run_dashboard_query — execute a single dashboard widget query
    • whoami — show current profile, user, and API URL
    • list_profiles — list all configured CLI profiles
    • switch_profile — switch active profile for the MCP session
    • start_dev_server — start trigger dev in the background and stream output
    • stop_dev_server — stop the running dev server
    • dev_server_status — check dev server status and view recent logs

    New API endpoints:

    • GET /api/v1/query/schema — query table schema discovery
    • GET /api/v1/query/dashboards — list built-in dashboards

    New features:

    • --readonly flag hides write tools (deploy, trigger_task, cancel_run) so the AI cannot make changes
    • read:query JWT scope for query endpoint authorization
    • get_run_details trace output is now paginated with cursor support
    • MCP tool annotations (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint) for all tools

    Bug fixes:

    • Fixed search_docs tool failing due to renamed upstream Mintlify tool (SearchTriggerDevsearch_trigger_dev)
    • Fixed list_deploys failing when deployments have null runtime/runtimeVersion fields (#3139)
    • Fixed list_preview_branches crashing due to incorrect response shape access
    • Fixed metrics table column documented as value instead of metric_value in query docs
    • Fixed dev CLI leaking build directories on rebuild — deprecated workers now clean up their build dirs when their last run completes

    Context optimizations:

    • get_query_schema now requires a table name and returns only one table's schema (was returning all tables)
    • get_current_worker no longer inlines payload schemas; use new get_task_schema tool instead
    • Query results formatted as text tables instead of JSON (~50% fewer tokens)
    • cancel_run, list_deploys, list_preview_branches formatted as text instead of raw JSON
    • Schema and dashboard API responses cached to avoid redundant fetches
  • Add support for setting TTL (time-to-live) defaults at the task level and globally in trigger.config.ts, with per-trigger overrides still taking precedence (#3196)

  • Adapted the CLI API client to propagate the trigger source via http headers. (#3241)

  • Updated dependencies:

    • @trigger.dev/core@4.4.4
    • @trigger.dev/build@4.4.4
    • @trigger.dev/schema-to-json@4.4.4

@trigger.dev/core@4.4.4

Patch Changes

  • Fix list_deploys MCP tool failing when deployments have null runtime or runtimeVersion fields. (#3224)

  • Propagate run tags to span attributes so they can be extracted server-side for LLM cost attribution metadata. (#3213)

  • Add get_span_details MCP tool for inspecting individual spans within a run trace. (#3255)

    • New get_span_details tool returns full span attributes, timing, events, and AI enrichment (model, tokens, cost, speed)
    • Span IDs now shown in get_run_details trace output for easy discovery
    • New API endpoint GET /api/v1/runs/:runId/spans/:spanId
    • New retrieveSpan() method on the API client
  • MCP server improvements: new tools, bug fixes, and new flags. (#3224)

    New tools:

    • get_query_schema — discover available TRQL tables and columns
    • query — execute TRQL queries against your data
    • list_dashboards — list built-in dashboards and their widgets
    • run_dashboard_query — execute a single dashboard widget query
    • whoami — show current profile, user, and API URL
    • list_profiles — list all configured CLI profiles
    • switch_profile — switch active profile for the MCP session
    • start_dev_server — start trigger dev in the background and stream output
    • stop_dev_server — stop the running dev server
    • dev_server_status — check dev server status and view recent logs

    New API endpoints:

    • GET /api/v1/query/schema — query table schema discovery
    • GET /api/v1/query/dashboards — list built-in dashboards

    New features:

    • --readonly flag hides write tools (deploy, trigger_task, cancel_run) so the AI cannot make changes
    • read:query JWT scope for query endpoint authorization
    • get_run_details trace output is now paginated with cursor support
    • MCP tool annotations (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint) for all tools

    Bug fixes:

    • Fixed search_docs tool failing due to renamed upstream Mintlify tool (SearchTriggerDevsearch_trigger_dev)
    • Fixed list_deploys failing when deployments have null runtime/runtimeVersion fields (#3139)
    • Fixed list_preview_branches crashing due to incorrect response shape access
    • Fixed metrics table column documented as value instead of metric_value in query docs
    • Fixed dev CLI leaking build directories on rebuild — deprecated workers now clean up their build dirs when their last run completes

    Context optimizations:

    • get_query_schema now requires a table name and returns only one table's schema (was returning all tables)
    • get_current_worker no longer inlines payload schemas; use new get_task_schema tool instead
    • Query results formatted as text tables instead of JSON (~50% fewer tokens)
    • cancel_run, list_deploys, list_preview_branches formatted as text instead of raw JSON
    • Schema and dashboard API responses cached to avoid redundant fetches
  • Large run outputs can use the new API which allows switching object storage providers. (#3275)

  • Add optional hasPrivateLink field to the dequeue message organization object for private networking support (#3264)

  • Add support for setting TTL (time-to-live) defaults at the task level and globally in trigger.config.ts, with per-trigger overrides still taking precedence (#3196)

  • Adapted the CLI API client to propagate the trigger source via http headers. (#3241)

@trigger.dev/python@4.4.4

Patch Changes

  • Updated dependencies:
    • @trigger.dev/sdk@4.4.4
    • @trigger.dev/core@4.4.4
    • @trigger.dev/build@4.4.4

@trigger.dev/react-hooks@4.4.4

Patch Changes

  • Updated dependencies:
    • @trigger.dev/core@4.4.4

@trigger.dev/redis-worker@4.4.4

Patch Changes

  • Adapted the CLI API client to propagate the trigger source via http headers. (#3241)
  • Updated dependencies:
    • @trigger.dev/core@4.4.4

@trigger.dev/rsc@4.4.4

Patch Changes

  • Updated dependencies:
    • @trigger.dev/core@4.4.4

@trigger.dev/schema-to-json@4.4.4

Patch Changes

  • Updated dependencies:
    • @trigger.dev/core@4.4.4

@trigger.dev/sdk@4.4.4

Patch Changes

  • Define and manage AI prompts with prompts.define(). Create typesafe prompt templates with variables, resolve them at runtime, and manage versions and overrides from the dashboard without redeploying. (#3244)
  • Add support for setting TTL (time-to-live) defaults at the task level and globally in trigger.config.ts, with per-trigger overrides still taking precedence (#3196)
  • Adapted the CLI API client to propagate the trigger source via http headers. (#3241)
  • Updated dependencies:
    • @trigger.dev/core@4.4.4
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