Agent

Prelude

Released on: 2026-07-22

• Please refer to the 7.81.2 tag on integrations-core for the list of changes on the Core Checks

Upgrade Notes

• Metrics now use the Datadog v3 intake by default for Datadog destinations.

  Metric destinations configured with non-Datadog-looking URLs, such as custom additional_endpoints and reverse proxies, continue to use the v2 intake by default. To enable v3 for every destination, set use_v3_api.series.enabled: "true". To keep using v2 intake, set use_v3_api.series.enabled: "false" (global) or use_v3_api.series.endpoints: { "<url>": "false" } (per-endpoint).

Bug Fixes

• On macOS, opening the Datadog Agent GUI via the fallback launch method no longer steals focus from the application the user is currently working in.

Datadog Cluster Agent

Prelude

Released on: 2026-07-22 Pinned to datadog-agent v7.81.2: CHANGELOG.