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This section summarizes the changes in each release.

* <<release-notes-8.18.6>>
* <<release-notes-8.18.5>>
* <<release-notes-8.18.4>>
* <<release-notes-8.18.3>>
* <<release-notes-8.18.2>>
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* {kibana-ref}/release-notes.html[{kib} release notes]
* {beats-ref}/release-notes.html[{beats} release notes]

// begin 8.18.6 relnotes

[[release-notes-8.18.6]]
== {fleet} and {agent} 8.18.6

Review important information about the 8.18.6 release.

[discrete]
[[security-updates-8.18.6]]
=== Security updates

Elastic Agent::

* Upgrade Go version to 1.24.6. {agent-pull}9287[#9287]

[discrete]
[[new-features-8.18.6]]
=== New features

The 8.18.6 release adds the following new and notable features.

Elastic Agent::

* Adjust the timeout for Elastic Defend check command. {agent-pull}9213[#9213]

[discrete]
[[bug-fixes-8.18.6]]
=== Bug fixes

Elastic Agent::

* On Windows, retry saving the agent information file to disk. {agent-pull}9224[#9224] {agent-issue}5862[#5862]
* Correct hints annotations parsing to resolve only `${Kubernetes.*}` placeholders instead of resolving all `${...}` patterns. {agent-pull}9307[#9307]
* Treat exit code 28 from endpoint binary as non-fatal. {agent-pull}9320[#9320]
* Fixed jitter backoff strategy reset. {agent-pull}9342[#9342] {agent-issue}8864[#8864]
* Fix deb upgrade by stopping `elastic-agent` service before upgrading. {agent-pull}9462[#9462]

Fleet Server::

* Fix 503 handling in enrollment. {fleet-server-pull}5232[#5232] {fleet-server-issue}5197[#5197]
* Remove extra ES search when preparing Agent policy. {fleet-server-pull}5283[#5283]
* Reset trace links on bulk items when returning to pool. {fleet-server-pull}5317[#5317]

// end 8.18.6 relnotes

// begin 8.18.5 relnotes

[[release-notes-8.18.5]]
== {fleet} and {agent} 8.18.5

Review important information about the 8.18.5 release.

[discrete]
[[bug-fixes-8.18.5]]
=== Bug fixes

Fleet Server::

* Fix upgrade details `download_rate` as string handling. {fleet-server-pull}5218[#5218] {fleet-server-pull}5224[#5224] {fleet-server-pull}5176[#5176] {fleet-server-issue}5164[#5164]

// end 8.18.5 relnotes

// begin 8.18.4 relnotes

[[release-notes-8.18.4]]
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