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@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ otherwise no tag is added. {issue}42208[42208] {pull}42403[42403]
 - Use Debian 11 to build linux/arm to match linux/amd64. Upgrades linux/arm64's statically linked glibc from 2.28 to 2.31. {issue}44816[44816]
 - The Elasticsearch output now correctly applies exponential backoff when being throttled by 429s ("too many requests") from Elasticsarch. {issue}36926[36926] {pull}45073[45073]
 - Fixed case where Beats would silently fail due to invalid input configuration, now the error is correctly reported. {issue}43118[43118] {pull}45733[45733]
+- Fix a race condition during metrics initialization which could cause a panic. {issue}45822[45822] {pull}46054[46054]
 
 *Auditbeat*