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This section summarizes the changes in the following releases:

* <<logstash-8-17-3,Logstash 8.17.3>>
* <<logstash-8-17-2,Logstash 8.17.2>>
* <<logstash-8-17-1,Logstash 8.17.1>>
* <<logstash-8-17-0,Logstash 8.17.0>>
* <<logstash-8-16-5,Logstash 8.16.5>>
* <<logstash-8-16-4,Logstash 8.16.4>>
* <<logstash-8-16-3,Logstash 8.16.3>>
* <<logstash-8-16-2,Logstash 8.16.2>>
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* <<logstash-8-0-0-alpha2,Logstash 8.0.0-alpha2>>
* <<logstash-8-0-0-alpha1,Logstash 8.0.0-alpha1>>


[[logstash-8-17-3]]
=== Logstash 8.17.3 Release Notes

[[notable-8-17-3]]
==== Notable issues fixed

* Improves performance of the Persistent Queue, especially in the case of large events, by moving deserialization out of the exclusive access lock. https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/17050[#17050]
* Improve error logging when Centralized Pipeline Management cannot find a configured pipeline. https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/17052[#17052]
* Update logstash-keystore to allow spaces in values when `stdin` is used to set values https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/17039[#17039]

[[plugins-8-17-3]]
==== Plugins

*Beats Input - 6.9.3*

* Upgrade netty to 4.1.118 https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-beats/pull/514[#514]

*Http Input - 3.10.2*

* Upgrade netty to 4.1.118 https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-http/pull/194[#194]

*Tcp Input - 6.4.6*

* Upgrade netty to 4.1.118 https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-tcp/pull/233[#233]


[[logstash-8-17-2]]
=== Logstash 8.17.2 Release Notes

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[[known-issue-8-17-0-jvm]]
===== JVM version changes needed when upgrading {ls} from 8.12.0 (or earlier)

If the `jvm.options` file was modified and not overwritten with the newest version, you may see a "deserialize invocation error" message, causing the pipeline to crash.
If the `jvm.options` file was modified and not overwritten with the newest version, you may see a "deserialize invocation error" message, causing the pipeline to crash.
Users are affected if the Persistent Queue (PQ) is enabled, and the pipeline is processing messages larger than 20MB.

**Solution:** Apply the default change contained in the newer 'jvm.options' file, as seen in this https://github.com/elastic/logstash/blob/v8.17.0/config/jvm.options#L74-L90[example].
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```
The issue was fixed in https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/16760.

This problem is most likely to be seen when you are using the <<plugins-integrations-logstash,{ls} integration>> plugin to ship data between two {ls} instances, but may appear in other situations, too.
This problem is most likely to be seen when you are using the <<plugins-integrations-logstash,{ls} integration>> plugin to ship data between two {ls} instances, but may appear in other situations, too.

**Workaround for {ls}-to-{ls} communication**
**Workaround for {ls}-to-{ls} communication**

The {ls}-to-{ls} issue can be mitigated by:

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* Adds new mixin configuration option `with_obsolete` to mark `ssl` options as obsolete https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-mixin-http_client/pull/46[#46]

[[logstash-8-16-5]]
=== Logstash 8.16.5 Release Notes

[[notable-8-16-5]]
==== Notable issues fixed

* Improves performance of the Persistent Queue, especially in the case of large events, by moving deserialization out of the exclusive access lock. https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/17050[#17050]
* Improve error logging when Centralized Pipeline Management cannot find a configured pipeline. https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/17052[#17052]

[[plugins-8-16-5]]
==== Plugins

*Beats Input - 6.9.3*

* Upgrade netty to 4.1.118 https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-beats/pull/514[#514]

*Http Input - 3.10.2*

* Upgrade netty to 4.1.118 https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-http/pull/194[#194]

*Tcp Input - 6.4.6*

* Upgrade netty to 4.1.118 https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-tcp/pull/233[#233]


[[logstash-8-16-4]]
=== Logstash 8.16.4 Release Notes

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This feature allows users to run the Benchmark CLI in a custom test case with a custom config and a custom dataset. https://github.com/elastic/logstash/pull/12437[#12437]

==== Plugin releases
Plugins align with release 7.14.0
Plugins align with release 7.14.0