buildkite/elastic-ci-stack-for-aws v7.10.0 on GitHub

v7.10.0 (2026-10-30)

Full Changelog

Added

Gate Windows launches on successful bootstrap with WindowsLaunchTimeout (15 minutes); allow 30 minutes for stack creation #1965 (@petetomasik).

Changed

Update Buildkite agent from v4.8.1 to v4.9.0 #1982 (@renovate[bot]).

Fixed

Fix Windows log retention and improve bootstrap failure logs #1965 (@petetomasik).
Allow CloudFormation service roles to manage tagged SSM parameters #1968 (@scadu).

Internal

Enable SSM access during Windows AMI builds #1942 (@wolfeidau).
Speed up Windows stack tests and check the agent's NSSM exit policy #1970, #1972 (@petetomasik).
Clean up abandoned test stacks weekly, with dry-run support and disposable-stack tags #1968 (@scadu).
Update changelogs for v7.9.2 and v6.71.9 #1969, #1973 (@scadu).

Windows upgrades require the matching AMI; custom instance roles need autoscaling:CompleteLifecycleAction for the stack's Auto Scaling group.

Agent Changelog (v4.9.0)

v4.9.0

What's Changed

✨ Added

Add buildkite-agent cache restore --download-timeout to limit download time across selected caches by @buildkate in buildkite/agent#4533

🐛 Fixed

Embed fallback root certificates so the agent can verify TLS on hosts without system certificates by @zhming0 in buildkite/agent#4571
Clean up temporary downloads when buildkite-agent cache restore receives SIGINT or SIGTERM by @buildkate in buildkite/agent#4569
Honor Retry-After when buildkite-agent oidc request-token retries a request by @CerealBoy in buildkite/agent#4590
Request JSON API responses to avoid parsing HTML error pages by @moskyb in buildkite/agent#4593
Avoid slow checks for missing commits in partial clones when skipping fetches for existing commits or using Git mirrors by @zhming0 in buildkite/agent#4594

🏠 Internal

Update osc7501 to v0.3.0 under the Buildkite organization by @wolfeidau in buildkite/agent#4566
Dependency updates by @dependabot[bot] in buildkite/agent#4573 and buildkite/agent#4574
Keep agent tracing from delaying stable release jobs by @lucaswilric in buildkite/agent#4532

Full Changelog: buildkite/agent@v4.8.1...v4.9.0

Upgrading

Upgrading from v6? Follow the v7 upgrade guide, remove retired parameters, and rebuild custom AMIs from the v7 base.

For Windows, update the template and AMI together. Custom InstanceRoleARN roles also need autoscaling:CompleteLifecycleAction for the stack's Auto Scaling group.

Update your CloudFormation stack with:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/buildkite-aws-stack/v7.10.0/aws-stack.yml

Launch new stacks in a dedicated CI AWS account: