- Breaking change: Kubernetes log collection now prioritizes the Docker socket; use the logs config flag to force file-based collection.
- New features include a datadog.agent.started metric, configurable APM CPU limit (DD_APM_MAX_CPU_PERCENT), node agent checks on Kubernetes service endpoints, log collection from init and stopped containers, dynamic explicit tagging, and p...
- Multiple enhancements and bug fixes: APM writer flushes by byte size, trace queuing, performance improvements, deprecation of apm_config.trace_writer.max_spans_per_payload, and fixes for process agent config, JMXFetch, Docker log handlin...
6.12.0
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