changelog/8.16.6.yaml

version: 8.16.6
entries:
    - kind: bug-fix
      summary: |
        Add conditions to copy_fields processors to prevent spamming the debug logs
      description: ""
      component: elastic-agent
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/6730
      issue:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/5299
      timestamp: 1738855375
      file:
        name: 1738855375-Add-conditions-to-copy_fields-processors.yaml
        checksum: ee690b0321486c0a228baf6b13ff0997faa6c214
    - kind: bug-fix
      summary: Make enroll command backoff more conservative
      description: |
        The plain enroll command now has an initial delay of 5s and a maximum of 10 minutes. It also has a jitter.
        Delayed enroll now uses the same backoff behaviour as other requests to Fleet Server.
      component: elastic-agent
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/6983
      issue:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/6761
      timestamp: 1740399399
      file:
        name: 1740399399-fleet-backoff.yaml
        checksum: da851e63a60889bb65cf0a4549633ca970ca2687
    - kind: bug-fix
      summary: Add missing null checks to AST methods
      description: ""
      component: elastic-agent
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/7009
      issue:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/6999
      timestamp: 1740485771
      file:
        name: 1740485771-ast-null-checks.yaml
        checksum: 5ee9c3696dda52baec6c90b1419740a3bb80b0ee
    - kind: enhancement
      summary: Include all metadata that is sent to Fleet in the agent-info.yaml file in diagnostics by default.
      description: ""
      component: elastic-agent
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/7029
      issue: []
      timestamp: 1740521494
      file:
        name: 1740521494-diagnostics-include-all-metadata-that-is-sent-to-Fleet-by-default.yaml
        checksum: 7082653011faee93bf1107455c15714d7e432244
    - kind: bug-fix
      summary: Fixes an issue where `FixPermissions` on Windows incorrectly returned an error message due to improper handling of Windows API return values.
      description: Corrects error handling in `FixPermissions` on Windows by properly checking the return value of Win32 APIs calls. The previous implementation incorrectly propagated an unrelated error message.
      component: elastic-agent
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/7059
      issue:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/6917
      timestamp: 1740692584
      file:
        name: 1740692584-Fixes-Windows-FixPermissions-error-handling.yaml
        checksum: 85673ab32698cdc5cb4cd033dac94bb456bbf4ca
    - kind: bug-fix
      summary: support ipv6 hosts in enroll url
      description: ""
      component: elastic-agent
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/7036
      issue: []
      timestamp: 1740712347
      file:
        name: 1740712347-support-ipv6-enroll-url.yaml
        checksum: 56800ef6f0af0ef0df527f9dad795b5890701b24
    - kind: bug-fix
      summary: support ipv6 host in grpc config
      description: ""
      component: elastic-agent
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/7035
      issue: []
      timestamp: 1740712540
      file:
        name: 1740712540-support-grpc-ipv6-host.yaml
        checksum: d5f2d59f6a432562eb7ed207ae500f45cee4a7e5
    - kind: bug-fix
      summary: Rotate logger output file when writing to a symbolic link
      description: "The agent logger rotates files when necessary.  \nElastic Agent now forces a file rotation when unexpectedly writing to a file through a symbolic link.\n"
      component: elastic-agent
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/6938
      issue: []
      timestamp: 1740772872
      file:
        name: 1740772872-mitigate-symlink-following-when-rotating-files.yaml
        checksum: 288650e2fa6b3a986ffeccca903aa855bdbcdc65
    - kind: bug-fix
      summary: Do not fail Windows permission updates on missing files/paths.
      description: ""
      component: elastic-agent
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/7305
      issue:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/7301
      timestamp: 1741622468
      file:
        name: 1741622468-Do-not-fail-Windows-permission-updates-on-missing-files-paths..yaml
        checksum: ddff036dd71bc0e3963dd161e4930d67a491e64a
    - kind: bug-fix
      summary: Make `otelcol` executable in the Docker image
      description: ""
      component: elastic-agent
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/7345
      issue: []
      timestamp: 1741775827
      file:
        name: 1741775827-docker-otelcol-executable.yaml
        checksum: e7860d31bb258904374fefa7d66d751e7eea5d16