IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
Beats breaking changes
editBeats breaking changes
editThis list summarizes the most important breaking changes in Beats. For the complete list, go to Beats breaking changes.
Known issue with Kafka output
editThe Kafka output fails to connect when using multiple TLS brokers. We advise not to upgrade to Beats 7.8.0 if you’re using the Kafka output in this configuration.
APM Instrumentation
editLibbeat includes the Elastic APM Agent for instrumenting the publishing pipeline.
Currently the Elasticsearch output is instrumented. APM can be enabled simply with
setting the ELASTIC_APM_ACTIVE environment variable to true when starting the beat.
To make tracing possible, the Publish method of the Client interface takes a
Context object as first argument. That Context is intended for propagating
request-scoped values, not for cancellation.