Changelog for 8.19.6 (#10715)

Author: ebeahan

changelog/8.19.6.asciidoc

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+// begin 8.19.6 relnotes
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+[[release-notes-8.19.6]]
+==  8.19.6
+
+Review important information about the  8.19.6 release.
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+[discrete]
+[[new-features-8.19.6]]
+=== New features
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+The 8.19.6 release adds the following new and notable features.
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+**elastic-agent**
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+* Add logs_metrics_traces.yml sample in EDOT for Windows. https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/10514[#10514] 
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+[discrete]
+[[enhancements-8.19.6]]
+=== Enhancements
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+**elastic-agent**
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+* Include OTel Collector internal telemetry in Agent monitoring. https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/9928[#9928] 
+* Update OTel Collector components to v0.137.0. https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/10391[#10391] 
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+[discrete]
+[[bug-fixes-8.19.6]]
+=== Bug fixes
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+**elastic-agent**
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+* Improve logging to catch early errors on startup. https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/10158[#10158] https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/9099[#9099]
+* Fix an incorrectly formatted log message when a provider fails. https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/10217[#10217] 
+* Inspect: Handle components with slashes in their name. https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/10442[#10442] 
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+// end 8.19.6 relnotes

changelog/8.19.6.yaml

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+version: 8.19.6
+entries:
+    - kind: bug-fix
+      summary: Improve logging to catch early errors on startup
+      description: ""
+      component: elastic-agent
+      pr:
+        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/10158
+      issue:
+        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/9099
+      impact: ""
+      action: ""
+      timestamp: 1758827841
+      file:
+        name: 1758827841-Improve-logging-to-catch-early-errors-on-startup.yaml
+        checksum: fe8e78cac10031403c4f9c10193cc86c2b4eec7c
+    - kind: enhancement
+      summary: Include OTel Collector internal telemetry in Agent monitoring
+      description: ""
+      component: elastic-agent
+      pr:
+        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/9928
+      issue: []
+      impact: ""
+      action: ""
+      timestamp: 1759257958
+      file:
+        name: 1759257958-collector-telemetry-monitoring.yaml
+        checksum: ae32205aa4e143a02262e8c3f6c4dad37949d276
+    - kind: bug-fix
+      summary: Fix an incorrectly formatted log message when a provider fails
+      description: ""
+      component: elastic-agent
+      pr:
+        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/10217
+      issue: []
+      impact: ""
+      action: ""
+      timestamp: 1759334752
+      file:
+        name: 1759334752-fix-error-logging-for-provider-failures.yaml
+        checksum: fe5977b4c25d48f63323274a7164e6815aca3952
+    - kind: enhancement
+      summary: Update OTel Collector components to v0.137.0
+      description: ""
+      component: elastic-agent
+      pr:
+        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/10391
+      issue: []
+      impact: ""
+      action: ""
+      timestamp: 1759863922
+      file:
+        name: 1759863922-update-otel-to-v0.137.0.yaml
+        checksum: 5b014438363c0bcf09ef12fa9fab4ca6253d9935
+    - kind: bug-fix
+      summary: 'inspect: Handle components with slashes in their name'
+      description: ""
+      component: elastic-agent
+      pr:
+        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/10442
+      issue: []
+      impact: ""
+      action: ""
+      timestamp: 1759994876
+      file:
+        name: 1759994876-fix-10417-inspect-slash.yaml
+        checksum: e4e48c62243d23ce27d7a3c08d7e89e746b0c74c
+    - kind: feature
+      summary: add logs_metrics_traces.yml sample in EDOT for Windows
+      description: ""
+      component: elastic-agent
+      pr:
+        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/10514
+      issue: []
+      impact: ""
+      action: ""
+      timestamp: 1760341169
+      file:
+        name: 1760341169-add-logs_metrics_traces.yml-sample-in-EDOT-for-Windows.yaml
+        checksum: 9831c6e424ea5a829f424e185729229a6939d94e
+    - kind: other
+      summary: upgrade node to LTS v22.20.0
+      description: ""
+      component: heartbeat
+      pr:
+        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/10541
+      issue: []
+      impact: ""
+      action: ""
+      timestamp: 1760454869
+      file:
+        name: 1760454869-dependency-upgrade-node-to-LTS-v22.20.0.yaml
+        checksum: 251c74ed27df04b51294248d237d2ede1117009d
+    - kind: other
+      summary: Bump golang to 1.24.9
+      description: ""
+      component: elastic-agent
+      pr:
+        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/10422
+      issue: []
+      impact: ""
+      action: ""
+      timestamp: 1760594937
+      file:
+        name: 1760594937-bump-golang-to-1.24.9.yaml
+        checksum: 7fd1d4b3c093c1d7912b9dbadadafca6b42fc411