Trigger.dev v4 is now generally available, bringing improvements in performance, reliability, and developer experience.
What's new in v4
- Warm starts: 100-300ms execution vs several seconds for cold starts
- Waitpoints: Pause runs for human-in-the-loop approval, HTTP callbacks, and idempotency
- Run prioritization: Critical tasks start sooner with priority queuing
- Queue management: Pause environments and get detailed queue statistics
- Environment-scoped dashboard: Better performance and navigation
- Middleware and lifecycle hooks: Shared state with proper cleanup
- AI tool integration: Convert tasks into AI SDK tools
- OpenTelemetry exports: Send logs and traces to external tools
- New runtimes: Bun 1.2.18 and Node.js 22.16.0 support
- and more...
Migration from v3
Most projects can be migrated in a few minutes with minimal code changes.
Our migration guide covers all the necessary steps and breaking changes.
Read the announcement blog post
Trigger.dev v4 GA was announced as part of Launchweek 2.