- Default metric ingestion now uses Datadog v3 intake for Datadog destinations, with configurable flags to enable or disable v3 globally or per endpoint.
- Metric destinations with non‑Datadog URLs continue using the v2 intake by default.
- Fixed macOS Agent GUI fallback launch method that previously stole focus from the active application.
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Added a new reflector‑based Kubernetes event collection path, enabled via the "watch" event collection mode.
Metrics default to the more compact Datadog v3 intake (bandwidth reduction); v2 intake can be re‑enabled via config flags, and the exporter.datadogexporter.metricremappingdisabled flag is removed.
Added more trace collection during SSI installation on Linux hosts.