# Agent ### Prelude Released on: 2026-07-30 - Please refer to the [7.81.3 tag on integrations-core](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/blob/master/AGENT_CHANGELOG.md#datadog-agent-version-7813) for the list of changes on the Core Checks ### Bug Fixes - Windows: Fixed an issue where the `DDAGENTUSER_KEEP_RIGHTS` opt-out was not preserved when the Agent was upgraded through Fleet Automation.
# Agent ### Prelude Released on: 2026-07-22 - Please refer to the [7.81.2 tag on integrations-core](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/blob/master/AGENT_CHANGELOG.md#datadog-agent-version-7812) for the list of changes on the Core Checks ### Upgrade Notes - Metrics now use the Datadog v3 intake by default for Datadog destinations.
# Agent ### Prelude Released on: 2026-07-15 - Please refer to the [7.81.1 tag on integrations-core](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/blob/master/AGENT_CHANGELOG.md#datadog-agent-version-7811) for the list of changes on the Core Checks ### New Features - Add a new reflector-based Kubernetes event collection path, enabled via `event_collection_mode: watch`. ### Enhancement Notes - Agents are now built with Go `1.26.5`.
# Agent ### Prelude Released on: 2026-07-08 - Please refer to the [7.81.0 tag on integrations-core](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/blob/master/AGENT_CHANGELOG.md#datadog-agent-version-7810) for the list of changes on the Core Checks Metrics are now forwarded to the new Datadog v3 API by default (`/api/intake/metrics/v3/series`). The v3 API payload format is more compact, reducing outbound bandwidth from Agents to Datadog.
### Impact The Datadog Single Step Instrumentation (SSI) injector (`datadog-apm-inject`) in the affected versions stores some helper tooling in a predictable directory on the host filesystem. A local unprivileged attacker with shell access to the same host can use this to execute code with the privileges of the instrumented Java service process in certain circumstances..
# Agent ### Prelude Released on: 2026-07-01 - Please refer to the [7.80.4 tag on integrations-core](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/blob/master/AGENT_CHANGELOG.md#datadog-agent-version-7804) for the list of changes on the Core Checks ### Bug Fixes - Add more traces during SSI installation on Linux host # Datadog Cluster Agent ### Prelude Released on: 2026-07-01 Pinned to datadog-agent v7.80.4: [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst#7804).
# Agent ### Prelude Released on: 2026-06-24 - Please refer to the [7.80.3 tag on integrations-core](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/blob/master/AGENT_CHANGELOG.md#datadog-agent-version-7803) for the list of changes on the Core Checks ### Enhancement Notes - Agents are now built with Go `1.25.11`.
# Agent ### Prelude Released on: 2026-06-17 - Please refer to the [7.80.2 tag on integrations-core](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/blob/master/AGENT_CHANGELOG.md#datadog-agent-version-7802) for the list of changes on the Core Checks ### Enhancement Notes - Compliance: CIS Docker rules (`scope: docker`) are no longer evaluated on Kubernetes nodes where the kubelet's CRI runtime is not Docker (e.g.
# Agent ### Prelude Released on: 2026-06-11 - Please refer to the [7.80.0 tag on integrations-core](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/blob/master/AGENT_CHANGELOG.md#datadog-agent-version-7800) for the list of changes on the Core Checks ### Upgrade Notes - Health Platform: the `ReportIssue` method now takes a single `IssueReport` argument instead of `(checkID, checkName string, report *IssueReport)`.
# Agent ### Prelude Released on: 2026-06-03 - Please refer to the [7.79.2 tag on integrations-core](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/blob/master/AGENT_CHANGELOG.md#datadog-agent-version-7792) for the list of changes on the Core Checks ### Security Notes - Bumped containerd dependencies to mitigate CVE-2026-46680: `github.com/containerd/containerd` to v1.7.32 and pinned `github.com/containerd/containerd/v2` to v2.0.9 (the EOL v2.1.x line has no fix).
A vulnerability within the Datadog Linux Host Agent versions >=7.65.0 to <=7.70.2 exists due to insufficient permissions being set on the `opt/datadog-agent/python-scripts/__pycache__` directory during installation. Code in this directory is only run by the Agent during Agent install/upgrades. This could allow an attacker with local access to modify files in this directory, which would then subsequently be run when the Agent is upgraded, resulting in local privilege escalation.