changelog/8.7.0.yaml

version: 8.7.0
entries:
    - kind: feature
      summary: Add Entity Analytics input mapping to the Filebeat spec.
      description: ""
      component: spec
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2196
      issue: []
      timestamp: 1674757194
      file:
        name: 1674757194-entity-analytics-input.yaml
        checksum: a4f19569e40a0c985eeddea10f3d6841be2f9b17
    - kind: feature
      summary: Add diagnostics action handler.
      description: |
        Add support for the REQUEST_DIAGNOSTICS action.
        When this action is recieved the agent will collect a diagnostics bundle and
        upload it to fleet-server using the file upload APIs.
        The handler has a configurable rate limit in order to prevent DoS attacks.
        The uploader may retry failures with a configurable exponential backoff.
      component: diagnostics
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/1703
      issue:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/1883
      timestamp: 1674785407
      file:
        name: 1674785407-add-diagnostics-action-handler.yaml
        checksum: 73538c1e4e9a60b6a99c84eeaa496ed19f46c957
    - kind: enhancement
      summary: Enhance agent monitoring config to support filebeat /inputs endpoint
      description: ""
      component: monitoring
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2171
      issue:
        - https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/33953
      timestamp: 1674822835
      file:
        name: 1674822835-Enhance-agent-monitoring-config-to-support-filebeat-inputs-endpoint.yaml
        checksum: 62181801e66756a8bff898e8ccf7725acf46cef9
    - kind: bug-fix
      summary: Correctly migrate unencrypted Fleet configuration when upgrading from versions prior to 8.3.
      description: This is a regression in 8.6 releases only. This works as expected in prior releases.
      component: agent
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2256
      issue:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/2249
      timestamp: 1676358802
      file:
        name: 1676358802-migrate-unencrypted-config.yaml
        checksum: a8b5ae705574e19ba2b011b2705e77345622d43e
    - kind: bug-fix
      summary: Restore support for memcached/metrics inputs.
      description: ""
      component: Elastic agent.
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2298
      issue:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/2293
      timestamp: 1677000534
      file:
        name: 1677000534-Restore-support-for-memcached-metrics-inputs.yaml
        checksum: a7f53423f9d41a6258437dc969f39a69ace6bf6a
    - kind: unknown
      summary: Render agent config when running leastic-agent inspect --variables-wait
      description: ""
      component: agent
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2297
      issue:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/2206
      timestamp: 1677048898
      file:
        name: 1677048898-render-config-for-inspect-with-variable-wait.yaml
        checksum: e097943a4e3a1f6b546d942f842d8e7985b633b0
    - kind: bug-fix
      summary: Fixes the log message being emitted by the Upgrade Watcher when it detects a crash.
      description: ""
      component: agent
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2320
      issue: []
      timestamp: 1677255543
      file:
        name: 1677255543-upgrade-watcher-fix-log.yaml
        checksum: 92674250f10b32d7912621e2483ae5a385016d13
    - kind: bug-fix
      summary: Fix the first checkin incorrectly reporting the agent as unhealthy.
      description: The agent would sometimes report its intial state as "starting" which was incorrectly translated to "degraded".
      component: agent
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2325
      issue:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/2272
      timestamp: 1677572502
      file:
        name: 1677572502-add-fleet-checkin-starting-state.yaml
        checksum: a8fe1b316d5bafaf3deb5788d6f20a2522c2cc67
    - kind: bug-fix
      summary: Fixes the permissions of the `state/data/tmp` and `state/data/logs` folders when they're setup as part of running `elastic-agent container`.
      description: ""
      component: agent
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2330
      issue:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/2315
      timestamp: 1677599609
      file:
        name: 1677599609-fix-container-state-dirs-perms.yaml
        checksum: ecd339cf2ab8cb4b98a0cf5670fb9349d0309b45
    - kind: bug-fix
      summary: Periodically check for scheduled actions.
      description: Add a timer that will periodically run the action handling mechanism that managed agents use to force it to run scheduled actions. This will allow the agent to handle previously scheduled actions if theres is no communication with fleet, or a checkin does not return any actions.
      component: managed-agent
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2344
      issue:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/2343
      timestamp: 1677797191
      file:
        name: 1677797191-dispatch-periodic-flush.yaml
        checksum: 57d2b0f7fac494064d11ea6fbfec1a5e612ceb5b
    - kind: bug-fix
      summary: Fixes for agent not starting to monitor new Kubernetes pods until it is restarted.
      description: |
        Modifies synchronization and debounce mechanism in controller. Notification is not
        blocking anymore so lock holded while notification is being performed can be released and
        other event processed faster.
      component: ""
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2349
      issue:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/2269
      timestamp: 1678178226
      file:
        name: 1678178226-Reduced-deadlocks-in-controller.yaml
        checksum: 36c54bf2bad642fea7c64704cc29c77b51116d90
    - kind: bug-fix
      summary: Fix several possible deadlocks on shutdown.
      description: Fix a deadlock when the agent tries to bind to a port that is already in use. Do not wait for providers to shutdown before exiting.
      component: coordinator
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2352
      issue:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/2310
      timestamp: 1678471725
      file:
        name: 1678471725-coordinator_deadlock_fix.yaml
        checksum: 8a6f5498679d1e0f92571e10598130fb63012da8
    - kind: bug-fix
      summary: Fix permission issue on MacOS Ventura and above when enrolling as part of the installation.
      description: ""
      component: agent
      pr:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2314
      issue:
        - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/2103
      timestamp: 1678553750
      file:
        name: 1678553750-ventura-permission-issue.yaml
        checksum: f5444bb9940277aea7038f0749b72a32152f6a22