- Datadog Agent v7.16.0 defaults to Python 3 only, introducing a breaking change for custom checks.
- Adds new features such as SysVInit support on SUSE 11, docker/containerd open‑file‑descriptors metric, and config options for ignoring autodiscovery tags, excluding GCE tags, and stripping flare keys.
- Fixes multiple bugs in APM, process, and logs agents, and updates JMXFetch to 0.33.1 and jQuery to 3.4.1.
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Auto‑enable logon duration when infrastructure mode end‑user device is set, still overridable via config.
Fixed Windows Agent install/upgrade where DDAGENTUSER arguments were overridden by stale registry or service account values.
Enable automatic multi‑line log detection by default; can be disabled via logs.config.auto_multi_line_detection or the corresponding env var.