changelog/8.9.0.asciidoc

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[[release-notes-8.9.0]]
==  8.9.0

Review important information about the  8.9.0 release.



[discrete]
[[breaking-changes-8.9.0]]
=== Breaking changes

Breaking changes can prevent your application from optimal operation and
performance. Before you upgrade, review the breaking changes, then mitigate the
impact to your application.

// TODO: add details and impact

elastic-agent::

[discrete]
[[breaking-https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2890]]
.Status command has been changed
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====
*Details* +
The {agent} `status` command has been changed so that the default human output now uses a list format and summaries output.

*Impact* +
Full human output can be obtained with the new `full` option.
For for information, refer to {agent-pull}2890[#2890].
====





[discrete]
[[new-features-8.9.0]]
=== New features

The 8.9.0 release adds the following new and notable features.


CLI::

* Add the logs subcommand to the agent CLI. {CLI-pull}https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2745[#https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2745] {CLI-issue}https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/114[#https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/114]
elastic-agent::

* Support upgrading to specific snapshots by specifying the build ID. {elastic-agent-pull}https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2752[#https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2752] 


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[[enhancements-8.9.0]]
=== Enhancements


Universal Profiling::

* Add additional elements to support the Universal Profiling integration. {Universal Profiling-pull}https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2881[#https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2881] 
elastic-agent::

* Lowercase reported hostnames per Elastic Common Schema (ECS) Guidelines for the `host.name` field.




[discrete]
[[bug-fixes-8.9.0]]
=== Bug fixes


elastic-agent::

* Change monitoring socket to use a hash of the ID instead of the actual ID. {elastic-agent-pull}https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/3096[#https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/3096] {elastic-agent-pull}https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2912[#https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2912] 
* Fix the drop processor for monitoring component logs to use the `component.id` instead of the dataset. {elastic-agent-pull}https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2982[#https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2982] {elastic-agent-issue}https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/2388[#https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/issues/2388]
synthetics::

* Update Node version to 18.16.0. {synthetics-pull}https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2696[#https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2696] 

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