---
title: 'Private location agent: published image, versions, and update notices'
description: 'The private location agent is now a published Docker image you update with docker compose pull. Yorker shows each agent''s version, tells you when a newer release exists, and names any assigned monitors the agent cannot run.'
date: '2026-10-09'
category: 'feature'
canonical_url: 'https://yorkermonitoring.com/changelog/2026-10-09-private-agent-image-and-versions'
---

The private location agent is now published as a Docker image, for
`linux/amd64` and `linux/arm64`:

- `ghcr.io/reverse-sweep-ltd/yorker-agent` runs HTTP, MCP, and browser monitors.
- `ghcr.io/reverse-sweep-ltd/yorker-agent-light` runs HTTP and MCP monitors
  only, in a much smaller image.

Install it with the Compose file from the
[private locations guide](/docs/guides/private-locations), and update it with:

```bash
docker compose pull && docker compose up -d
```

## Yorker tells you when an agent falls behind

Hosted locations update themselves. A private agent runs on your
infrastructure, so it stays on the release it was started with. Each agent now
reports its version when it polls, and **Settings > Locations** shows it in a
new **Agent** column, flagged **Update available** when a newer release
exists. `yorker locations list` shows the same thing from `@yorker/cli@0.10.0`.

## Monitors an agent cannot run are named

A monitor assigned to a private location that the agent cannot run used to
fail without explanation. The location is now flagged, with the monitor's name
and the reason:

- A browser monitor assigned to an agent running the light image, which has no
  browser.
- A scripted browser monitor. These run on hosted locations only; private
  locations run URL-mode browser monitors.

## The `docker run` command in the CLI and dashboard was wrong

`yorker locations create`, `yorker locations keys create`, and the runner key
panel in the dashboard printed a `docker run` command for an image that did
not exist. The dashboard's also used environment variable names the agent does
not read. All three now print the same working command for the published
image.