Collection Agent 4.x Release Notes
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This page provides information about the Collection Agent version 4.x release, including new features and resolved issues.
For a detailed overview of the Geneos 7.x.x release, including key highlights for other components, see Geneos 7.x Release Notes.
Collection Agent 4.7.0 Copied
Released: 17 October 2024 Packaged with Geneos 7.0.4
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These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| COL-12287 | Updated the following to address CVE-2024-7254:
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Collection Agent 4.5.2 Copied
Released:
- 30 March 2026 Packaged with Geneos 6.10.2
- 17 March 2026 Standalone release
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| COL-13035 | Updated jackson-core to resolve the security vulnerability GHSA-72hv-8253-57qq, which may allow a denial-of-service condition. |
| COL-13017 | Upgraded Netty to version 4.1.131.Final to resolve the following security vulnerabilities:
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| COL-13048 | Updated the Collection Agent and certain Collection Agent plugins to the following versions:
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Collection Agent 4.5.1 Copied
Released: 17 December 2024 Packaged with Geneos 6.9.1
New features and enhancements Copied
| Issue key | Release description |
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| COL-12352 | Proto-google-common-protos has been updated to version 2.45.1 to address the security vulnerability: CVE-2024-7254. |
| C2-458, COL-12426 | Updated Netty to 4.1.115.Final to address the security vulnerability: CVE-2024-47535. |
Collection Agent 4.5.0 Copied
Released: 2 July 2024 Packaged with Geneos 6.9.0
New features and enhancements Copied
| Issue key | Release description |
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| C2-426 | Updated existing plugin dependencies for Collection Agent plugins. |
Collection Agent 4.0.3 Copied
Released: 21 May 2024 Packaged with Geneos 6.8.1
Issues fixed Copied
| Issue key | Release description |
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| COL-12061 | The Collection Agent and all associated Collection Agent plugins packaged in Netprobe have been updated to address the security vulnerability: CVE-2024-29025 (BDSA-2024-0720). The affected components have been updated to the following versions:
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Collection Agent 4.0.2 Copied
Released: 15 February 2024 Packaged with Geneos 6.7.0
New features and enhancements Copied
| Issue key | Release description |
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| CAGC-108 | Google Cloud Platform plugin can now monitor the following services:
Additionally, you can now filter GCP plugin metrics via their labels, and you can now access GCP cloud through a proxy host. |
| COL-11803 | The caFile configuration in the MongoDB plugin is now optional, and it will automatically default to the Java Truststore if not specified. |
| COL-11899 | You can now monitor multiple MongoDB servers by using the connection string URI instead of the server host and port. |
| COL-11946 | The configuration for the connection URI in the MongoDB plugin can now handle both the Standard and SRV connection formats. |
| COL-11959 | Multiple database monitoring can now be performed in a single collector depending on the plugin’s configuration. |
| COL-11966 | Multithreaded monitoring is now supported to prevent the monitor blocking that happens when a communication timeout occurs on a server that is down. |
| COL-11969 | MongoDB plugin is now compatible with Collection Agent 4.0. |
| COL-11970 | JDBC plugin is now compatible with Collection Agent 4.0. |
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