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// each other on Github, so don't worry too much on using the right prefix.
:issue: https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/
:pull: https://github.com/elastic/beats/pull/
= Beats version 9.0.0-rc1

coming::[9.0.0-rc1]
[[release-notes-9.0.0-rc1]]
=== Beats version 9.0.0-rc1
https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v9.0.0-beta1\...v9.0.0-rc1[View commits]

==== Breaking changes

*Affecting all Beats*

- The Beats logger and file output rotate files when necessary. The beat now forces a file rotation when unexpectedly writing to a file through a symbolic link.

*Metricbeat*

- Remove kibana.settings metricset since the API was removed in 8.0. {issue}30592[30592] {pull}42937[42937]
- Removed support for the Enterprise Search module. {pull}42915[42915]

==== Bugfixes

*Filebeat*

- Fixed race conditions in the global ratelimit processor that could drop events or apply rate limiting incorrectly. {pull}42966[42966]
- Prevent computer details being returned for user queries by Activedirectory Entity Analytics provider. {issue}11818[11818] {pull}42796[42796]
- Handle unexpectedEOF error in aws-s3 input and enforce retrying using download failed error. {pull}42420[42756]
- Prevent azureblobstorage input from logging key details during blob fetch operations. {pull}43169[43169]

*Metricbeat*

- Add AWS OwningAccount support for cross account monitoring. {issue}40570[40570] {pull}40691[40691]
- Fix logging argument number mismatch in Metricbeat(Redis). {pull}43072[43072]

*Winlogbeat*

- Reset EventLog if error EOF is encountered. {pull}42826[42826]
- Implement backoff on error retrial. {pull}42826[42826]
- Fix boolean key in security pipelines and sync pipelines with integration. {pull}43027[43027]

==== Added

*Affecting all Beats*

- Update Go version to 1.24.0. {pull}42705[42705]

*Filebeat*

- Add `etw` input fallback to attach an already existing session. {pull}42847[42847]
- Update CEL mito extensions to v1.17.0. {pull}42851[42851]
- Winlog input now can report its status to Elastic-Agent. {pull}43089[43089]
- Add configuration option to limit HTTP Endpoint body size. {pull}43171[43171]

*Metricbeat*

- Add a new `match_by_parent_instance` option to `perfmon` module. {pull}43002[43002]
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<titleabbrev>Beats</titleabbrev>
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include::release-notes-beats-rc1.asciidoc[leveloffset=+1]
include::release-notes-beats-rc1.asciidoc[leveloffset=-1]
include::release-notes-beats-beta1.asciidoc[leveloffset=+1]