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// Use these for links to issue and pulls.
:kibana-issue: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/
:kibana-pull: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/
: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-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/

[[release-notes]]
= Release notes

This section summarizes the changes in each release.

* <<release-notes-8.19.0>>

Also see:

* {kibana-ref}/release-notes.html[{kib} release notes]
* {beats-ref}/release-notes.html[{beats} release notes]

// begin 8.19.0 relnotes

[[release-notes-8.19.0]]
== {fleet} and {agent} 8.19.0

Review important information about the {fleet} and {agent} 8.19.0 release.

[discrete]
[[security-updates-8.19.0]]
=== Security updates

{agent}::
* Upgrade To Go 1.24.3. {agent-pull}8109[#8109]

{fleet-server}::
* Upgrade golang.org/x/net to v0.34.0 and golang.org/x/crypto to v0.32.0. {fleet-server-pull}4405[#4405]

[discrete]
[[new-features-8.19.0]]
=== New features

The 8.19.0 release Added the following new and notable features.

{agent}::
* Set replicas for Gateway Collector. {agent-pull}7011[#7011]
* Add nopexporter to EDOT Collector.
* Set collectors fullnameOverride for EDOT kube-stack values. {agent-pull}7754[#7754] {agent-issue}7381[#7381]
* Add cumulativetodeltaprocessor to EDOT Collector.
* Add apmconfig and apikeyauth OTel extensions.
* Add bearertokenauth OTel extension.
* Remove resource/k8s processor and use k8sattributes processor for service attributes. {agent-pull}8599[#8599]
+
This PR removes the `resource/k8s` processor in honour of the k8sattributes processor that
provides native support for the service attributes:
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/v0.127.0/processor/k8sattributesprocessor#configuring-recommended-resource-attributes
+
This change is aligned with the respective semantic conventions' guidance:
https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/non-normative/k8s-attributes/#service-attributes
* Rename OTel collector config file in diagnostics from otel-final.yaml to otel-merged.yaml.

{fleet-server}::
* Add ability for enrollment to take an agent id. {fleet-server-pull}4290[#4290] {fleet-server-issue}4226[#4226]

[discrete]
[[enhancements-8.19.0]]
=== Enhancements

{agent}::
* Allow upgrading deb or rpm agents when using Elastic Defend with tamper protection. {agent-pull}6907[#6907] {agent-issue}6394[#6394]
* Include all metadata that is sent to Fleet in the agent-info.yaml file in diagnostics by default. {agent-pull}7029[#7029]
* Add ApiKey prefix to Motel host configurations. {agent-pull}7063[#7063]
* Add elastic.agent.fips to local_metadata. {agent-pull}9159[#9159] {agent-pull}8939[#8939] {agent-pull}9029[#9029] {agent-pull}9095[#9095] {agent-pull}8671[#8671] {agent-pull}8672[#8672] {agent-pull}9143[#9143] {agent-pull}7112[#7112] {agent-issue}7112[#7112]
* Validate pbkdf2 settings when in FIPS mode. {agent-pull}7187[#7187]
* FIPS compliant agent file vault. {agent-pull}7360[#7360]
* With this change FIPS compliant agents will only be able to upgrade to other FIPS compliant agents. This change also restricts non-FIPS to FIPS upgrades as well. {agent-pull}7312[#7312]
* Updated the error messages returned for FIPS upgrades. {agent-pull}7453[#7453]
* Update OTel components to v0.121.0.
* Update OTel components to v0.122.0. {agent-pull}7725[#7725]
* Update OTel components to v0.123.0. {agent-pull}7996[#7996]
* Retry enrollment requests on any error. {agent-pull}8056[#8056]
* Update OTel components to v0.125.0.
* Update OTel components to v0.127.0.
* Remove deprecated OTel Elasticsearch exporter config `*_dynamic_index` from code and samples. {agent-pull}8592[#8592]
* Include the forwardconnector as an EDOT collector component. {agent-pull}8753[#8753]
* Update OTel components to v0.129.0.
* Update apm config extension to v0.4.0.
* Update Elastic trace processor to v0.7.0.
* Update Elastic APM connector to v0.4.0.
* Update API key auth extension to v0.2.0.
* Update Elastic infra metrics processor to v0.16.0.

{fleet-server}::
* Bump Go to v1.23.5. {fleet-server-pull}4353[#4353]
* Clear agent.upgrade_attempts when upgrade is complete. {fleet-server-pull}4528[#4528]
* Pbkdf2 settings validation is FIPS compliant. {fleet-server-pull}4542[#4542]
* Update to Go v1.24.0. {fleet-server-pull}4543[#4543]
* Add version metadata to version command output. {fleet-server-pull}4820[#4820]
* Update Go to v1.24.3. {fleet-server-pull}4891[#4891]

[discrete]
[[upgrades-8.19.0]]
=== Upgrades

{agent}::
* Bump apmconfig extension to v0.3.0.

[discrete]
[[bug-fixes-8.19.0]]
=== Bug fixes

{agent}::
* Fix TSDB version_conflict_engine_exception caused by incorrect kube-stack Helm values. {agent-pull}9159[#9159] {agent-pull}8939[#8939] {agent-pull}9029[#9029] {agent-pull}9095[#9095] {agent-pull}8671[#8671] {agent-pull}8672[#8672] {agent-pull}9143[#9143] {agent-pull}6928[#6928]
* Make enroll command backoff more conservative. {agent-pull}9159[#9159] {agent-pull}8939[#8939] {agent-pull}9029[#9029] {agent-pull}9095[#9095] {agent-pull}8671[#8671] {agent-pull}8672[#8672] {agent-pull}9143[#9143] {agent-pull}6983[#6983] {agent-issue}6761[#6761]
* Add missing null checks to AST methods. {agent-pull}9159[#9159] {agent-pull}8939[#8939] {agent-pull}9029[#9029] {agent-pull}9095[#9095] {agent-pull}8671[#8671] {agent-pull}8672[#8672] {agent-pull}9143[#9143] {agent-pull}7009[#7009] {agent-issue}6999[#6999]
* Fixes 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 host in gRPC config. {agent-pull}7035[#7035]
* Support IPv6 host in agent monitoring HTTP config. {agent-pull}7073[#7073]
* Rotate logger output file when writing to a symbolic link. elastic-agent-pull}6938[#6938]
* Do not fail Windows permission updates on missing files/paths. {agent-pull}7305[#7305] {agent-issue}7301[#7301]
* Make `otelcol` executable in the Docker image. {agent-pull}9159[#9159] {agent-pull}8939[#8939] {agent-pull}9029[#9029] {agent-pull}9095[#9095] {agent-pull}8671[#8671] {agent-pull}8672[#8672] {agent-pull}9143[#9143] {agent-pull}7345[#7345]
* Fix Elasticsearch exporter configuration in kube-stack values. {agent-pull}9159[#9159] {agent-pull}8939[#8939] {agent-pull}9029[#9029] {agent-pull}9095[#9095] {agent-pull}8671[#8671] {agent-pull}8672[#8672] {agent-pull}9143[#9143] {agent-pull}7380[#7380]
* Ship journalctl in the elastic-agent, elastic-agent-complete, and elastic-agent-ubi Docker images to enable reading journald logs. Journalctl is not present on Wolfi images. {agent-pull}8492[#8492] https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/44040[#44040]
* Preserve agent run state on DEB and RPM upgrades. {agent-pull}7999[#7999] {agent-issue}3832[#3832]
* Use --header from enrollment when communicating with Fleet Server. {agent-pull}8071[#8071] {agent-issue}6823[#6823]
* Address a race condition that can occur in agent diagnostics if log rotation runs while logs are being zipped.
* Use paths.tempdir for diagnostics actions. {agent-pull}8472[#8472]
* Use Debian 11 to build Linux/ARM to match Linux/AMD64. Upgrades Linux/ARM64's statically linked glibc from 2.28 to 2.31. {agent-pull}8497[#8497]
* Relax file ownership check to allow admin re-enrollment on Windows. {agent-pull}8503[#8503] {agent-issue}7794[#7794]
* Remove incorrect logging that unprivileged installations are in beta. {agent-pull}8715[#8715] {agent-issue}8689[#8689]
* Ensure standalone Elastic Agent uses log level from configuration instead of persisted state. {agent-pull}8784[#8784] {agent-issue}8137[#8137]
* Resolve deadlocks in runtime checkin communication. {agent-pull}8881[#8881] {agent-issue}7944[#7944]
* Removed init.d support from RPM packages. {agent-pull}8896[#8896] {agent-issue}8840[#8840]

{fleet-server}::
* Added context deadline around flush bulk queue. {fleet-server-pull}5179[#5179] {fleet-server-pull}5043[#5043] {fleet-server-pull}5062[#5062] {fleet-server-pull}5063[#5063] {fleet-server-pull}3986[#3986]
* Fix server.address field in HTTP logs. {fleet-server-pull}5179[#5179] {fleet-server-pull}5043[#5043] {fleet-server-pull}5062[#5062] {fleet-server-pull}5063[#5063] {fleet-server-pull}4142[#4142]
* Remove race in remote bulker access. {fleet-server-pull}5179[#5179] {fleet-server-pull}5043[#5043] {fleet-server-pull}5062[#5062] {fleet-server-pull}5063[#5063] {fleet-server-pull}4171[#4171] {fleet-server-issue}4170[#4170]
* Audit/unenroll should not set unenrolled_at attribute. {fleet-server-pull}4221[#4221] {fleet-server-issue}6213[#6213]
* Remove auth requirement from PGP key endpoint. {fleet-server-pull}5179[#5179] {fleet-server-pull}5043[#5043] {fleet-server-pull}5062[#5062] {fleet-server-pull}5063[#5063] {fleet-server-pull}4256[#4256] {fleet-server-issue}4255[#4255]
* Return HTTP 429 when connection limit is reached. {fleet-server-pull}5179[#5179] {fleet-server-pull}5062[#5062] {fleet-server-pull}5063[#5063] {fleet-server-pull}4402[#4402] {fleet-server-issue}4200[#4200]
* Fix host parsing in Elasticsearch output diagnostics. {fleet-server-pull}4765[#4765]
* Redact output in bootstrap config logs. {fleet-server-pull}4775[#4775]
* Mutex protection for remote bulker config. {fleet-server-pull}4776[#4776]
* Enable dead code elimination. {fleet-server-pull}4784[#4784]
* Include the base error for JSON decode error responses. {fleet-server-pull}5069[#5069]

// end 8.19.0 relnotes