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7.71.0

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Datadog Agent8 months agoOct 1, 2025, 03:01 PMRiskyAI-assisted summary

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+Added eBPF support for the prctl syscall, new Kubernetes metrics (terminating duration, deployment rollout), RUM support in OpenTelemetry mapping, and low‑port binding via AmbientCapabilities in the Agent.
~Enabled remote tagger by default, introduced DogStatsD count metric, increased Logs Agent payload limit, added installer signature verification, and delivered numerous stability fixes (upgrade handling, deadlock prevention, duplicate log...
−Deprecated the routing processor in favor of the routing connector and removed syslog TLS support.

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Datadog Agent2 days agoJun 3, 2026, 01:47 PMUsefulAI-assisted summary

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~Updated containerd dependencies (v1.7.32, v2.0.9) to mitigate CVE‑2026‑46680.
~Fixed Docker integration by using /ping endpoint and handling malformed /info responses, restoring missing tags and hostname detection.

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