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Closes elastic/observability-docs#2449

Link to preview: https://observability-docs_2450.docs-preview.app.elstc.co/guide/en/fleet/master/release-notes-8.6.0.html

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  • Please verify the "details" and "impact" sections. Some changelog fragments didn't contain sufficient detail, so I winged it.
  • There was only one changelog fragment for Fleet Server. It's not really a feature and feels like internals, so I don't think I should add it to the release notes, but let me know if my assumption is wrong: Fix error when raw error is retrieved fleet-server#2079

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Notes for finalizing this PR:

  • The dev team has developed a tool to make it easier to maintain changelogs and generate release notes, but it only works for Elastic Agent.
  • Assuming we want to provide a single place for users to view Elastic Agent, Fleet, and Fleet Server relnotes, we still need to assemble the content manually.
  • I've provided some boilerplate text to make this easier. You may need to modify the boilerplate text and/or the agent changelog entries to get them to work. I feel we can change the style in 8.6, if we want.

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The source content for the release notes will come from the following places:

  • Elastic Agent changelog fragments. The dev team will generate the changelog for 8.6.0 from existing fragments. Reach out to @endorama or @cmacknz about a week before the release. Note that there is a related issue open here to add some fragments: Add changelog entries and update documentation for agent v2 changes that are visible to users elastic-agent#1687
  • Fleet Server changelog fragments. You'll need to look at the changelog fragments in the fleet-server repo and incorporate the list of changes manually. Make sure you look at the fragments for the latest BC (basically https://github.com/elastic/fleet-server/tree/commithash/changelog/fragments where commithash is the hash associated with the release artifact. (Ask dev if you're not sure.)
  • Fleet release notes in Kibana (see [DOCS] Adds the 8.6.0 release notes kibana#145768). You'll need to copy any Fleet-related content from each section for the Kibana release notes and possibly modify attribute references to make it work in the Fleet/Agent docs. (Or we could decide not to cover Fleet and tell users to refer to the Kibana docs. Might be awkward for existing users, tho.)

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When it's ready, this PR should be reviewed by @cmacknz and @jen-huang (or someone they designate)

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pierrehilbert commented Jan 10, 2023

Some changes are missing:

  • New control protocol between the Elastic Agent and its subprocesses.
  • Internal directory structure change
  • All binaries for every supported integration will be bundled in the Elastic Agent by default.

More details here: https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/2076/files

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dedemorton commented Jan 10, 2023

Some changes are missing:

OK, I will add them. I thought they were in the category of changes you did not want to include because they didn't show up in the asciidoc file. Sorry about that....

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* Add `inspect components` command to inspect the computed components/units model of the current configuration (for example, `elastic-agent inspect components`) {agent-pull}1701[#1701] {agent-issue}836[#836]
* Add support for the Common Expression Language (CEL) {filebeat} input type {agent-pull}1719[#1719]
* Only support {es} as an output for the beta synthetics integration {agent-pull}1491[#1491]
* New control protocol between the {agent} and its subprocesses enables per integration health reporting and simplifies new input development {agent-issue}836[#836] {agent-pull}1701[#1701]
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@pierrehilbert I've added the missing changelog items here. However, the change to the internal directory structure does not seem like a "feature" to me. Should it be covered under breaking changes instead?

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At this point, we should get this content merged and do follow-up PRs if additional changes are required. I just need approval....

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I wanted to put it into "upgrade" kind but seems to be not working that's why I changed to "feature". But yes "breaking-change" makes probably more sense.

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The internal directory structure change shouldn't be a breaking change, in that the user shouldn't need to take any action to account for it. Agent should keep working. It is definitely notable though.

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I'm approving this to unblock the release notes going up. DeDe make any changes you feel are appropriate in the current PR, and we can use a follow up PR to adjust it further if needed.

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dikshachauhan-qasource commented Jan 13, 2023

Hi @dedemorton

As per current changes suggested in PR, we are able to find notable changes on the Fleet release notes link.

Link validated: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/fleet/8.6/release-notes-8.6.0.html

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