Merge pull request #3686 from buildkite/ming/release-3-116-0

release/v3.116.0

Author: zhming0

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [v3.116.0](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/tree/v3.116.0) (2026-01-28)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/compare/v3.115.4...v3.116.0)
+
+### Added
+- Support checkout skipping in agent [#3672](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/3672) (@mcncl)
+- Add default BoolFlag, BoolTFlag values to descriptions [#3678](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/3678) (@petetomasik)
+
+### Fixed
+- Exit with non-zero status if ping or heartbeat fail unrecoverably [#3687](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/3687) (@DrJosh9000)
+- Repeated plugins run correct number of times with always-clone-fresh [#3684](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/3684) (@DrJosh9000)
+- Fix nil pointer dereference in meta-data get on API timeout [#3682](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/3682) (@lox)
+
+### Changed
+- In k8s mode, write BUILDKITE_ENV_FILE to /workspace [#3683](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/3683) (@zhming0)
+
+### Internal
+- Refactor plugin config -> envar generation [#3655](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/3655) (@moskyb)
+- Dependabot updates: [#3656](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/3656), [#3654](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/3654), [#3662](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/3662), [#3673](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/3673), [#3675](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/3675), [#3680](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/3680), [#3681](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/3681) (@dependabot[bot])
+
 ## [v3.115.4](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/tree/v3.115.4) (2026-01-13)
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/compare/v3.115.3...v3.115.4)
 

version/VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.115.4
+3.116.0