Beats version 8.5.1 | Beats Platform Reference [8.16]

Bugfixes

Affecting all Beats

Re-enable build optimizations to reduce binary size and improve performance. 33620
Expand fields in decode_json_fields if target is set. 31712 32010
Fix in AWS related services initialisation relying on custom endpoint resolver. 32888 32921
Keep orchestrator.cluster.name if kubeconfig is not returned in GKE metadata. 33418

Filebeat

Fix httpjson input page number initialization and documentation. 33400
Add handling of AAA operations for Cisco ASA module. 32257 32789
Fix gc.log always shipped even if gc fileset is disabled. 30995
Fix handling of empty array in httpjson input. 32001
Fix reporting of filebeat.events.active in log events such that the current value is always reported instead of the difference from the last value. 33597
Fix splitting array of strings/arrays in httpjson input. 30345 33609
Fix Google workspace pagination and document ID generation. 33666

Heartbeat - Fix bug affecting let’s encrypt and other users of cross-signed certs, where cert expiration was incorrectly calculated. 33215 - Fix broken disable feature for kibana configured monitors. 33293 - Fix states client support for output options. 33405 - Fix states client reloader under managed mode. 33405 - Fix bug where states.duration_ms was incorrect type. 33563

Bugfixes

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Heartbeat - Fix bug affecting let’s encrypt and other users of cross-signed certs, where cert expiration was incorrectly calculated. 33215 - Fix broken disable feature for kibana configured monitors. 33293 - Fix states client support for output options. 33405 - Fix states client reloader under managed mode. 33405

Metricbeat

Add tags to events based on parsed identifier. 33472
Skip over unsupported filesystems in the system.filesystem metricset instead of failing immediately. Fix debug statement in system.fsstat metricset. 33646

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Affecting all Beats

Beats will now attempt to recover if a lockfile has not been removed. 33169