buildkite/elastic-ci-stack-for-aws v7.11.1 on GitHub

v7.11.1 (2026-11-12)

Full Changelog

Changed

Update Buildkite agent from v4.10.1 to v4.10.2 #1999 (@renovate[bot])
Document that Spot shortages do not trigger On-Demand fallback #2000 (@omehegan)

Fixed

Fix the agent version tag on Linux AMD64 AMIs #1993 (@scadu)
Retry failed Chocolatey installs in Windows image builds #1995 (@scadu)

Internal

Separate CI resource and AMI cleanup schedules #1998 (@scadu)

Agent Changelog (v4.10.2)

v4.10.2

What's Changed

🐛 Fixed

Stop program-status experiment reports from coming before section headers in the job log, and redact secrets in report messages by @wolfeidau in buildkite/agent#4612
Flush buffered output after polyglot and binary hooks, so it no longer appears in a later log section or gets lost by @wolfeidau in buildkite/agent#4628

🏠 Internal

Clarify PR rationale and context visibility guidance by @moskyb in buildkite/agent#4627
Isolate coverage for process output test helpers by @mcncl in buildkite/agent#4630

Full Changelog: buildkite/agent@v4.10.1...v4.10.2

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/v7.11.1/aws-stack.yml

Launch new stacks in a dedicated CI AWS account: