New Relic Synthetics Samples

A collection of New Relic Synthetics scripted monitor scripts and supporting assets.

Repository Structure

newrelic-synthetics/
├── kimpel.com.js               # Scripted Browser — kimpel.com homepage
├── kimpel.com-about.js         # Scripted Browser — kimpel.com /about page
├── jsonplaceholder-users-5.js  # Scripted API — JSONPlaceholder API check
├── on-the-beach.js             # Scripted Browser — On the Beach search flow
└── github-insights/
    ├── github-actions-metrics.js          # Scripted API — Actions runs, jobs, cache, artifacts
    ├── github-copilot-agent.js            # Scripted API — Copilot coding agent PR & issue tracking
    ├── github-actions-dashboard.json      # New Relic dashboard — Actions metrics
    └── github-copilot-agent-dashboard.json  # New Relic dashboard — Copilot agent metrics

Scripts

kimpel.com.js

Property	Value
Type	`SCRIPT_BROWSER`
Target	https://www.kimpel.com/

Loads the kimpel.com homepage, locates the <h1> element, and asserts that the top navigation logo link resolves to https://www.kimpel.com/.

kimpel.com-about.js

Property	Value
Type	`SCRIPT_BROWSER`
Target	https://www.kimpel.com/about

Loads the /about page and asserts that the header navigation link points back to the homepage.

jsonplaceholder-users-5.js

Property	Value
Type	`SCRIPT_API`
Target	http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users/5

Simple availability check against the JSONPlaceholder public API. Asserts a 200 OK response and that the returned JSON body contains id: 5.

on-the-beach.js

Property	Value
Type	`SCRIPT_BROWSER`
Target	https://www.onthebeach.co.uk/

End-to-end scripted browser test for the On the Beach holiday search flow. Generated via the New Relic Synthetics Formatter for Selenium IDE. Performs a destination search for "Munich", selects a result, and validates the search journey. Includes a step logger utility that can optionally post step timings to New Relic as custom events.

github-insights/

Assets for collecting and visualising GitHub Actions and Copilot coding agent metrics in New Relic.

github-actions-metrics.js

Property	Value
Type	`SCRIPT_API`
Schedule	Once per day
Source	GitHub REST API v2022-11-28
Target repo	`harrykimpel/O11yParty-Buzzer`

Calls the GitHub REST API to collect the previous 25 hours of Actions data — workflow definitions, runs, jobs, cache usage, and artifacts — and forwards everything to New Relic as five custom event types.

Custom Event Types

GitHubActionsWorkflow — one event per workflow definition

Attribute	Description
`repo`	`owner/repo`
`workflowId`	GitHub workflow ID
`workflowName`	Display name
`state`	`active` / `disabled_manually` / etc.
`path`	YAML file path in the repo
`url`	Link to the workflow on GitHub

GitHubActionsWorkflowRun — one event per workflow run in the lookback window

Attribute	Description
`repo`	`owner/repo`
`runId`	GitHub run ID
`workflowId` / `workflowName`	Parent workflow
`status`	`queued` / `in_progress` / `completed`
`conclusion`	`success` / `failure` / `cancelled` / `timed_out` / `in_progress`
`triggerEvent`	`push` / `pull_request` / `schedule` / etc.
`branch`	Head branch
`actor`	GitHub username that triggered the run
`runNumber` / `runAttempt`	Run number and retry count
`durationMs`	Wall-clock duration in milliseconds
`createdAt` / `updatedAt`	ISO timestamps

GitHubActionsJob — one event per job (up to 30 most recent runs)

Attribute	Description
`repo`	`owner/repo`
`jobId` / `runId`	GitHub IDs
`workflowName` / `jobName`	Display names
`status` / `conclusion`	Same values as workflow run
`runnerName` / `runnerGroupName`	Runner details
`runnerOs`	Detected OS: `Linux`, `Windows`, or `macOS` (derived from job labels)
`billingMultiplier`	GitHub rate: Linux=1, Windows=2, macOS=10
`durationMs`	Raw job duration in milliseconds
`billingMinutes`	`ceil(durationMs / 60000) × billingMultiplier` — matches GitHub's billed minutes
`startedAt` / `completedAt`	ISO timestamps

GitHubActionsCache — one event per monitor run (point-in-time snapshot)

Attribute	Description
`repo`	`owner/repo`
`activeCachesCount`	Number of active cache entries
`activeCachesSizeBytes`	Total size in bytes
`activeCachesSizeMb`	Total size in megabytes

GitHubActionsArtifact — one event per artifact

Attribute	Description
`repo`	`owner/repo`
`artifactId` / `artifactName`	GitHub artifact ID and name
`sizeBytes` / `sizeMb`	Storage consumed
`expired`	Whether the artifact has expired
`createdAt` / `expiresAt`	ISO timestamps
`workflowRunId`	Parent workflow run ID

Setup

1. Secure Credentials — add these in Synthetics > Secure Credentials:

Credential key	Value
`GITHUB_TOKEN`	GitHub personal access token with `repo` (or `public_repo`) scope
`NR_INSERT_KEY`	New Relic Ingest — License key
`NR_ACCOUNT_ID`	Your New Relic account ID

2. Configuration — edit the top of the script if targeting a different repository:

var GITHUB_OWNER = 'harrykimpel';
var GITHUB_REPO  = 'O11yParty-Buzzer';

3. Create the monitor in New Relic Synthetics:

Monitor type: Scripted API
Schedule: Once per day
Paste the full contents of github-actions-metrics.js

github-copilot-agent.js

Property	Value
Type	`SCRIPT_API`
Schedule	Once per day (or more frequently for near-real-time tracking)
Source	GitHub REST API v2022-11-28
Target repo	`harrykimpel/O11yParty-Buzzer`

Tracks the activity of the GitHub Copilot coding agent (copilot-swe-agent) in a repository. Collects PRs the agent authored and issues assigned to it within the lookback window, then forwards them to New Relic as custom events.

The Copilot coding agent operates as a standard GitHub user with login copilot-swe-agent. There is no dedicated session API — PR and issue lifecycle events are the only way to observe agent activity via the REST API.

Copilot Agent Event Types

GitHubCopilotAgentPR — one event per Copilot-authored PR updated in the lookback window

Attribute	Description
`repo`	`owner/repo`
`prNumber`	PR number
`title`	PR title
`state`	`open` / `closed`
`merged`	Boolean — whether the PR was merged
`draft`	Boolean — whether the PR is a draft
`branch` / `baseBranch`	Head and base branch names
`labels`	Comma-separated label names
`commits`	Number of commits
`additions` / `deletions` / `changedFiles`	Code change size
`reviewComments` / `comments`	Review and general comment counts
`createdAt` / `updatedAt` / `closedAt` / `mergedAt`	ISO timestamps
`timeToMergeMs`	Milliseconds from creation to merge (null if not merged)
`timeToCloseMs`	Milliseconds from creation to close without merge (null if merged or open)

GitHubCopilotAgentIssue — one event per issue assigned to the agent, updated in the lookback window

Attribute	Description
`repo`	`owner/repo`
`issueNumber`	Issue number
`title`	Issue title
`state`	`open` / `closed`
`labels`	Comma-separated label names
`assignees`	Comma-separated assignee logins
`comments`	Number of comments
`createdAt` / `updatedAt` / `closedAt`	ISO timestamps
`timeToCloseMs`	Milliseconds from creation to close (null if still open)

Copilot Agent Monitor Setup

Uses the same Secure Credentials as github-actions-metrics.js (GITHUB_TOKEN, NR_INSERT_KEY, NR_ACCOUNT_ID). No additional scopes required for public repos.

Create the monitor in New Relic Synthetics:

Monitor type: Scripted API
Schedule: Once per day (or every few hours to catch agent activity sooner)
Paste the full contents of github-copilot-agent.js

Sample NRQL queries

-- All Copilot agent PRs and their outcome
SELECT prNumber, title, state, merged, timeToMergeMs / 60000 AS 'Time to merge (min)',
  additions, deletions, changedFiles
  FROM GitHubCopilotAgentPR SINCE 30 days ago LIMIT 100

-- Merge rate
SELECT percentage(count(*), WHERE merged = true) AS 'Merge Rate %'
  FROM GitHubCopilotAgentPR SINCE 30 days ago

-- Average time to merge (hours)
SELECT average(timeToMergeMs) / 3600000 AS 'Avg time to merge (hrs)'
  FROM GitHubCopilotAgentPR WHERE merged = true SINCE 30 days ago

-- PR volume over time
SELECT count(*) FROM GitHubCopilotAgentPR TIMESERIES 1 day SINCE 30 days ago

-- Open issues currently assigned to the agent
SELECT issueNumber, title, state, labels, createdAt
  FROM GitHubCopilotAgentIssue WHERE state = 'open' SINCE 90 days ago LIMIT 50

-- Code churn per agent PR
SELECT prNumber, title, additions + deletions AS 'Total churn'
  FROM GitHubCopilotAgentPR SINCE 30 days ago LIMIT 50

github-actions-dashboard.json

A ready-to-import New Relic dashboard with three pages/tabs.

Page 1 — Overview (7-day default window)

Billboards row 1: Total Workflow Runs, Total Job Runs, Raw Minutes Used, GitHub Billing Minutes
Billboards row 2: Success Rate %, Avg Job Duration, Failed Runs
Area chart: runs over time by conclusion
Pie: runs by conclusion
Bar charts: top workflows by run count, jobs by status
Bar: minutes used per day (30-day trend)
Table: recent failed / cancelled / timed-out runs

Page 2 — Workflow Details (30-day window)

Bars: run count and avg duration per workflow
Line: run trend per workflow over time
Bar: failure rate % per workflow
Breakdowns by trigger event, actor, and branch
Full workflow runs table

Page 3 — Job Details (30-day window)

Billboards row 1: Total Jobs, Raw Minutes, GitHub Billing Minutes, Failed Jobs
Billboards row 2: Avg Job Duration, Unique Job Types, P95 Duration
Bars: top jobs by count, avg duration by job name
Area: jobs over time by conclusion
Pie: jobs by runner group
Bar: billing minutes by runner OS
Bars: failure rate by workflow, jobs by runner name
Full jobs table (includes runnerOs, billingMultiplier, billingMinutes)

Page 4 — Storage & Artifacts (current snapshot + 30-day trend)

Billboards: Cache Entries, Cache Size (MB), Active Artifacts, Artifact Storage (MB)
Line charts: cache size and entry count trend (30-day)
Bar: artifact storage by name
Full artifacts table (name, size, expired, created/expiry dates)

Importing the dashboard

Replace every NR_ACCOUNT_ID in github-actions-dashboard.json with your numeric New Relic account ID
In New Relic, go to Dashboards → Import dashboard
Paste the updated contents of github-actions-dashboard.json

Dashboard NRQL queries

-- Daily run totals for the last 30 days
SELECT count(*) FROM GitHubActionsWorkflowRun
  FACET workflowName TIMESERIES 1 day SINCE 30 days ago

-- Total billable minutes per workflow
SELECT sum(billingMinutes) AS 'Billing Minutes'
  FROM GitHubActionsJob FACET workflowName SINCE 30 days ago

-- Success rate trend
SELECT percentage(count(*), WHERE conclusion = 'success') AS 'Success %'
  FROM GitHubActionsWorkflowRun TIMESERIES 1 day SINCE 30 days ago

-- Slowest jobs (P95)
SELECT percentile(durationMs, 95) / 60000 AS 'P95 (min)'
  FROM GitHubActionsJob FACET jobName SINCE 30 days ago LIMIT 20

-- All failures in the last week
SELECT workflowName, branch, actor, conclusion, createdAt
  FROM GitHubActionsWorkflowRun
  WHERE conclusion IN ('failure', 'cancelled', 'timed_out')
  SINCE 7 days ago LIMIT 100

-- Cache size trend
SELECT latest(activeCachesSizeMb) AS 'Cache (MB)', latest(activeCachesCount) AS 'Cache entries'
  FROM GitHubActionsCache TIMESERIES 1 day SINCE 30 days ago

-- Artifact storage by name
SELECT latest(sizeMb) AS 'Size (MB)' FROM GitHubActionsArtifact
  FACET artifactName SINCE 7 days ago

github-copilot-agent-dashboard.json

A ready-to-import New Relic dashboard with three pages for observing the GitHub Copilot coding agent's behaviour and output.

Page 1 — Overview (30-day default window)

Billboards: PRs Created, Merged PRs, Merge Rate %, Avg Time to Merge (hrs), Open Issues, Avg Time to Close Issue
Area chart: PR activity over time by state
Pie: PR state breakdown (Merged / Open / Closed without merge)
Area chart: issue activity over time by state
Bar: issues by label
Table: recent agent PRs with churn and timing

Page 2 — PR Details (30-day / 90-day window)

Billboards: Avg Additions, Avg Deletions, Avg Changed Files, Avg Review Comments per PR
Bars: code churn per PR, changed files per PR, review comments per PR
Line: time-to-merge trend over time
Full PR table with all attributes (90-day window)

Page 3 — Issues (30-day / 90-day window)

Billboards: Open Issues, Closed Issues, Avg Time to Close (hrs), Avg Comments
Line: issue resolution trend over time
Bar: issues by label
Full issues table (90-day window)

Importing the Copilot agent dashboard

Replace every NR_ACCOUNT_ID in github-copilot-agent-dashboard.json with your numeric New Relic account ID
In New Relic, go to Dashboards → Import dashboard
Paste the updated contents of github-copilot-agent-dashboard.json

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New Relic Synthetics Samples

Repository Structure

Scripts

kimpel.com.js

kimpel.com-about.js

jsonplaceholder-users-5.js

on-the-beach.js

github-insights/

github-actions-metrics.js

Custom Event Types

Setup

github-copilot-agent.js

Copilot Agent Event Types

Copilot Agent Monitor Setup

Sample NRQL queries

github-actions-dashboard.json

Importing the dashboard

Dashboard NRQL queries

github-copilot-agent-dashboard.json

Importing the Copilot agent dashboard

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github-insights		github-insights
LICENSE		LICENSE
README.md		README.md
jsonplaceholder-users-5.js		jsonplaceholder-users-5.js
kimpel.com-about.js		kimpel.com-about.js
kimpel.com.js		kimpel.com.js
on-the-beach.js		on-the-beach.js

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kimpel.com.js

kimpel.com-about.js

jsonplaceholder-users-5.js

on-the-beach.js

github-insights/

github-actions-metrics.js

Custom Event Types

Setup

github-copilot-agent.js

Copilot Agent Event Types

Copilot Agent Monitor Setup

Sample NRQL queries

github-actions-dashboard.json

Importing the dashboard

Dashboard NRQL queries

github-copilot-agent-dashboard.json

Importing the Copilot agent dashboard

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