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7.73.0

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Datadog Agent6 months agoDec 10, 2025, 11:20 AMRiskyAI-assisted summary

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~Introduced new core checks (raw Kubelet manifests, AWS ECS Managed Instances support) and enabled Remote Agent Management by default, plus many feature enhancements like OTLP exporter helper, Go disk/network checks, and improved APM trac...
~Upgraded the Agent runtime and dependencies (Python 3.13.10, Go 1.24.9, JMXFetch 0.51.0) and added numerous performance and telemetry improvements (GPU metrics, DDRisk histogram mapping, lazy Python loading).
−Breaking changes include removal of the batch processor for OTLP ingest, dropping support for v1 auto‑instrumentation webhook, and unbundling several libraries (libarchive, libxcrypt, libmagic, etc.).

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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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