Collection Agent 6.x Release Notes
Overview Copied
This page provides information about the Collection Agent version 6.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 6.4.0 Copied
Released: 24 November 2025 Standalone release
This release updates the Collection Agent to version 6.4.0.
Collection Agent 6.3.1 Copied
Released:
- 27 November 2025 Packaged with Geneos 7.7.0
- 29 October 2025 Standalone release
Issues fixed Copied
These are the issues we have fixed in this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| C2-496 | Resolved security vulnerability CVE-2025-11226 (BDSA-2025-12973) affecting Netty and Logback. |
Collection Agent 6.3.0 Copied
Released: 30 September 2025 Standalone release
This release updates the Collection Agent to version 6.3.0.
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| HP-2971 | Added ingestion throughput metrics by data point type, including received, dropped, and ingested rates, to provide visibility into ingestion volume, such as log data throughput. |
Collection Agent 6.2.1 Copied
Released:
- 30 September 2025 Packaged with Geneos 7.6.0
- 12 September 2025 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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| C2-490 | The Collection Agent no longer publishes empty histograms after data model validation changes that render empty histograms invalid. |
| COL-12785 | Updated the Collection Agent and Collection Agent plugins to the following versions:
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Issues fixed Copied
These are the issues we have fixed in this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| C2-489 | Upgraded Netty to version 4.1.127 to resolve the security vulnerability CVE-2025-55163. |
Collection Agent 6.2.0 Copied
Released: 14 August 2025 Standalone release
This release updates the Collection Agent to version 6.2.0.
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| C2-487 | Added validation for GenericHistogram data points to ensure histograms are not empty. |
Collection Agent 6.1.1 Copied
Released: 12 September 2025 Standalone release
Issues fixed Copied
These are the issues we have fixed in this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| C2-489 | Upgraded Netty to version 4.1.127 to resolve the security vulnerability CVE-2025-55163. |
Collection Agent 6.1.0 Copied
Released: 31 July 2025 Standalone release
This release updates the Collection Agent to version 6.1.0.
Collection Agent 6.0.0 Copied
Released:
- 07 August 2025 Packaged with Geneos 7.5.0
- 10 July 2025 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-12693 | This release updates the Collection Agent and all Collection Agent plugins to use collection data model version 6.0.0. |
| UTL-1366 | Created a new Collection Agent Docker image version 6.0.0. This includes all updated Collection Agent plugins packaged with Geneos 7.5.0. |
| UTL-1376 | Updated the Docker base images of Collection Agent versions 4.5.1 and 5.3.0 to resolve the following security vulnerabilities:
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| UTL-1378 | Updated the Docker base images of Collection Agent versions 4.5.1 and 5.3.0 to resolve the following security vulnerabilities:
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| UTL-1396 | Updated the Docker base images of Collection Agent versions 4.5.1 and 6.0.0 to resolve the following security vulnerabilities:
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View the complete list of Collection Agent plugins that have been updated to version 6.0.0:
- AWS Collection Agent plugin
- Azure Monitor Collection Agent plugin
- Fluentd Forward Collection Agent plugin
- Google Cloud Platform Collection Agent plugin
- Geneos Workflow Collection Agent plugin
- gRPC Collection Agent plugin
- HTTP/JSON Collection Agent plugin
- JDBC Collection Agent plugin
- Kubernetes Collection Agent plugin
- MarketsIO Collection Agent plugin
- MongoDB Collection Agent plugin
- OpenTelemetry Collection Agent plugin
- Prometheus Collection Agent plugin
- Remote RTDS Collection Agent plugin
- StatsD Collection Agent plugin
- VMware Collection Agent plugin
Issues fixed Copied
These are the issues we have fixed in this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| C2-483 | Fixed an issue where the value class equality is not preserved by consecutive setter invocations. |