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7.78.0

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Datadog Agent2 months agoApr 15, 2026, 12:53 PMUsefulAI-assisted summary

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+Added AWS‑based API key authentication, vertical pod resizing, a new KSM CRD configuration provider, and extensive dd‑procmgrd enhancements (CLI, gRPC, process ordering) plus automatic SBOM and CWS policy generation.
~Implemented security hardenings including mandatory mTLS for the CMD API gRPC server, updated security agent policies, FIPS image releases, and new security enrichment flags.
~Fixed numerous bugs across APM tracing, DBM, disk and process checks, Kafka actions, and improved logs auditor and configuration handling reliability.

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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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