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Add Fleet & Agent 8.16.6 Release Notes (#1739)
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Merge branch '8.17' into backport/8.17/pr-1739
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41 changes: 39 additions & 2 deletions docs/en/ingest-management/release-notes/release-notes-8.16.asciidoc
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:beats-issue: https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/
:beats-pull: https://github.com/elastic/beats/pull/
:agent-libs-pull: https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/pull/
:agent-issue: https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/
:agent-issue: https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issue/
:agent-pull: https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/
:fleet-server-issue: https://github.com/elastic/fleet-server/issues/
:fleet-server-pull: https://github.com/elastic/fleet-server/pull/
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This section summarizes the changes in each release.

* <<release-notes-8.16.6>>
* <<release-notes-8.16.5>>
* <<release-notes-8.16.4>>
* <<release-notes-8.16.3>>
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* {kibana-ref}/release-notes.html[{kib} release notes]
* {beats-ref}/release-notes.html[{beats} release notes]

// begin 8.16.6 relnotes

[[release-notes-8.16.6]]
== {fleet} and {agent} 8.16.6

Review important information about the {fleet} and {agent} 8.16.6 release.

[discrete]
[[enhancements-8.16.6]]
=== Enhancements

{agent}::
* Include all metadata that is sent to {fleet} in the `agent-info.yaml` file in diagnostics by default. {agent-pull}7029[#7029]

[discrete]
[[bug-fixes-8.16.6]]
=== Bug fixes

{fleet}::
* Fix an issue with the {agent} binary download field being blank when a policy uses the default download source. {kibana-pull}214360[#214360]

{agent}::
* Add conditions to the `copy_fields` processors used with {agent} self-monitoring to prevent spamming the debug logs. {agent-pull}6730[#6730] {agent-issue}5299[#5299]
* Make enroll command backoff more conservative and add backoff when using `--delay-enroll`. {agent-pull}6983[#6983] {agent-issue}6761[#6761]
* Add missing null checks to AST methods. {agent-pull}7009[#7009] {agent-issue}6999[#6999]
* Fix an issue where `fixpermissions` on Windows incorrectly returned an error message due to improper handling of Windows API return values. {agent-pull}7059[#7059] {agent-issue}6917[#6917]
* Support IPv6 hosts in enroll URL. {agent-pull}7036[#7036]
* Support IPv6 hosts in GRPC configuration. {agent-pull}7035[#7035]
* Rotate logger output file when writing to a symbolic link. {agent-pull}6938[#6938]
* Do not fail Windows permission updates on missing files or paths. {agent-pull}7305[#7305] {agent-issue}7301[#7301]
* Make `otelcol` script executable in the Docker image. {agent-pull}7345[#7345]

// end 8.16.6 relnotes



// begin 8.16.5 relnotes

[[release-notes-8.16.5]]
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(...)
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For other examples, refer to {agent} link:https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/5952#issuecomment-2475044465[issue #5952].
For other examples, refer to {agent} link:5952#issuecomment-2475044465[issue #5952].
This problem occurs when {agent} notifies {fleet} to audit the uninstall process.
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