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Agent release notes - AWS Ground Station

Agent release notes

Latest Agent Version

Version 1.0.5953.0

Release Date: 06/29/2026

AL2023 RPM Checksums:

  • SHA256: 083eaf4da2095250ab901251446c67b764a574a3cee34c7d2c6d41aa5790ae16

  • MD5: 76fedce9de360cbb0464986214bcfbc1

AL2 RPM Checksums:

  • SHA256: f2905ff0da26473669ac2d3c096b04c8e423166be3e5b1dcf39912a2f6002915

  • MD5: c178f0d7f1ad86e0717c7fac2c6edaf2

Changes:

  • Add support for Amazon Linux 2023

Deprecated Agent Versions

Version 1.0.4382.0

Release Date: 11/18/2025

End of Support Date: 06/30/2026

RPM Checksums:

  • SHA256: 620fd307124f1276194f2faa0104fe0549427ae18e4f5655444f8c30b919c640

  • MD5: 73e06dcad44adaccbe2ab005218abfc7

Changes:

  • Update client retry behavior when server indicates overload.

Version 1.0.3555.0

Release Date: 03/27/2024

End of Support Date: 06/30/2026

RPM Checksums:

  • SHA256: 108f3aceb00e5af549839cd766c56149397e448a6e1e1429c89a9eebb6bc0fc1

  • MD5: 65b72fa507fb0af32651adbb18d2e30f

Changes:

  • Add Agent metric for selected executable version during tasking startup.

  • Add config file support for avoiding specific executable versions when other versions are available.

  • Add network and routing diagnostics.

  • Additional security features.

  • Fix issue where some metric reporting errors were written to stdout/journal instead of log file.

  • Gracefully handle network unreachable socket errors.

  • Measure packet loss and latency between source and destination agents.

  • Release aws-gs-datapipe version 2.0 to support new protocol features and the ability to transparently upgrade contacts to the new protocol.

Version 1.0.2942.0

Release Date: 06/26/2023

End of Support Date: 05/31/2024

RPM Checksums:

  • SHA256: 7d94b642577504308a58bab28f938507f2591d4e1b2c7ea170b77bea97b5a9b6

  • MD5: 661ff2b8f11aba5d657a6586b56e0d8f

Changes:

  • Added error logs for when Agent RPM is updated on disk and needs Agent restart for changes to take effect.

  • Added network tuning validation to ensure Agent user guide tuning steps are followed and applied correctly.

  • Fix bug that caused erroneous warnings in Agent logs about log archival.

  • Improved packet loss detection.

  • Updated Agent install to prevent install or upgrade of the RPM if the Agent is already running.

Version 1.0.2716.0

Release Date: 03/15/2023

End of Support Date: 05/31/2024

RPM Checksums:

  • SHA256: cb05b6a77dfcd5c66d81c0072ac550affbcefefc372cc5562ee52fb220844929

  • MD5: 65266490c4013b433ec39ee50008116c

Changes:

  • Enable uploading logs when Agent experiences failures during tasking.

  • Fix linux compatability bug in provided network tuning scripts.

Version 1.0.2677.0

Release Date: 02/15/2023

End of Support Date: 05/31/2024

RPM Checksums:

  • SHA256: 77cfe94acb00af7ca637264b17c9b21bd7afdc85b99dffdd627aec9e99397489

  • MD5: b8533be7644bb4d12ab84de21341adac

Changes:

  • First generally available Agent release.