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7.85.2

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Datadog Agent·Nov 6, 2026, 03:56 PMFixMay break your integrationAI-assisted summary

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Configuration streaming between the core Agent and other Agent processes is now disabled by default, impacting Kubernetes env var handling.
Fixed macOS installer GUI session detection and Windows process manager account lookups after host rename or image clone, restoring Agent Data Plane startup.
Exposed DogStatsD, forwarder, and aggregator telemetry through the Core Agent's go expvar when ADP is enabled, removing the separate OpenMetrics check and retiring legacy splitter expvars.

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