Version 1.54 - July 2025$$$Fixed$$$Fixed issues related to double-free memory errors and updating policy compliance status.$$$[Linux Only] Updated Boost on Linux to resolve service start issues caused by compatibility problems.$$$[Linux Only] Corrected Arc proxy log file permission during upgrade.$$$[Windows Only] Updated local PATH environment variable to resolve service install/delete errors.

Version 1.53 - June 2025$$$Download for Windows or Linux$$$$$$Fixed$$$[Linux Only] Resolved No public key error by adding GPG package signature validation. $$$New features and enhancements$$$[Linux Only] Replaced the use of daemon-reexec with daemon-reload when setting environment variables.

Version 1.53 - June 2025$$$Download for Windows or Linux$$$$$$Fixed$$$[Linux Only] Resolved No public key error by adding GPG package signature validation. $$$New features and enhancements$$$[Linux Only] Replaced the use of daemon-reexec with daemon-reload when setting environment variables.

Version 1.52 - May 2025$$$$$$Fixed$$$Fixed a bug in the installer where the installation would fail if the TPM udev rule could not be created.$$$$$$New features and enhancements$$$Added --include-all flag to azcmagent check to enable network checks beyond onboarding scenarios.$$$$$$[Windows Only] GC 1.29.95.0: Added dependent DLLs needed to support Windows Server 2012.$$$[Windows Only] Added Windows Event Logs to the .zip generated by azcmagent logs.

Version 1.51 - April 2025$$$Fixed$$$Extension Delete improvements to ensure removal requests are always attempted irrespective of Version mismatches and other out of sync cases$$$$$$Redacted upstream proxy data before sending configuration details to HIS to enhance security.$$$$$$New Features & Enhancements$$$Updated Dependencies$$$$$$Upgraded to PowerShell 7.4.7$$$Upgraded to .NET 8.0$$$IP address caching to reduce excessive DNS resolver calls.$$$$$$[Windows only] Optimized PayGo processing for improved efficiency.$$$$$$Enabled Arc proxy to run by default$$$$$$Added detection for SCCM and SCOM$$$$$$Enhanced logging with security annotations in azcmagent and himds logs.

$$$Fixed$$$If an extension package fails to download 10 times; the download request will fail instead of continuing until timeout.$$$Fixed a deadlock issue in the Policy agent that occurred in certain edge cases.$$$New features and enhancements$$$Tags Input: Now supports escaped characters using backslashes when running azcmagent connect.$$$Location Flag: Automatically removes spaces from user-provided values for --location.$$$Request Logging: The optional Client-Id header is now logged for requests made to HIMDS.

Version 1.49 - February 2025$$$Fixed$$$Added retry logic for reading the status file before sending a report if the agent fails to deserialize it the first time.$$$Suppressed terminal error due to a certificate having a negative serial number. This error will be re-enabled in January 2026; customers should update their certificates before then; especially if using SSL inspection.$$$$$$New features and enhancements$$$Increased package size limit for AMA only.$$$Preserved HandlerManifest.json file during deletion to prevent extension removal failures.$$$Added detection for PostgreSQL and MySQL.$$$Compressed archived logs.$$$Display certificate chain information for failed requests (if the TLS handshake reaches the cert stage).$$$Display absolute path for log zip files to improve visibility.$$$Updated recommended actions for failures to reach Service endpoints.$$$Windows only$$$The agent now saves MSI certificates both on disk and in the Windows cert store (only for Windows Servers 2019 (10.0.17763) and newer).$$$Added authentication option to use certificates from the Windows cert store for azcmagent connect and azcmagent disconnect.

Fixed$$$Addressed a security issue related to Redirection Guard.$$$Resolved a bug that caused issues during the upgrade of the RunCommand extension.$$$Fixed high port usage in the Azure Arc proxy.$$$Fixed an issue with the Alma Linux install script.$$$Improved handling of disassociated Gateway URLs.$$$Resolved an issue with disk space queries.$$$Improved HIMDS behavior when IMDS data is unavailable.$$$New features and enhancements$$$Added support for extension telemetry.$$$Updated the OpenSSL library for security enhancements.$$$Improved error reporting for azcmagent commands.$$$Increased connectivity check timeout for better reliability.$$$Expanded ARM64 platform support to include RHEL 9.

Fixed$$$Addressed a security issue related to Redirection Guard.$$$Resolved a bug that caused issues during the upgrade of the RunCommand extension.$$$Fixed high port usage in the Azure Arc proxy.$$$Fixed an issue with the Alma Linux install script.$$$Improved handling of disassociated Gateway URLs.$$$Resolved an issue with disk space queries.$$$Improved HIMDS behavior when IMDS data is unavailable.$$$New features and enhancements$$$Added support for extension telemetry.$$$Updated the OpenSSL library for security enhancements.$$$Improved error reporting for azcmagent commands.$$$Increased connectivity check timeout for better reliability.$$$Expanded ARM64 platform support to include RHEL 9.