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title: new-relic-infrastructure-agent-1640
source: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/release-notes/infrastructure-release-notes/infrastructure-agent-release-notes/new-relic-infrastructure-agent-1640
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> #### ⚠️ CAUTION
>
> **Known issues**: this release has a known issue with memory (process handle) leak on Windows.

Please consider one of these alternatives:

-   Use version `1.65.3` or higher
-   Use any version lower than `1.64.0`

A new version of the agent has been released. Follow standard procedures to [update the Infrastructure agent](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/infrastructure/install-configure-manage-infrastructure/update-or-uninstall/update-infrastructure-agent).
New Relic recommends that you upgrade the agent regularly and at a minimum every 3 months. As of this release, the oldest supported version is [Infrastructure agent 1.51.0](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/release-notes/infrastructure-release-notes/infrastructure-agent-release-notes/new-relic-infrastructure-agent-1510/).

## Changed

-   Fix: Fixed hash character escaping in nri-flex YAML config parsing [#2028](https://github.com/newrelic/infrastructure-agent/pull/2028)
-   Fix: Removed trailing slash in mandatory prefix when path is empty [#2037](https://github.com/newrelic/infrastructure-agent/pull/2037)
-   Bumped fluent bit version to 3.2.10 [#2045](https://github.com/newrelic/infrastructure-agent/pull/2045)
-   Chore(deps): Updated dependency newrelic/nri-docker to v2.5.0 [#2027](https://github.com/newrelic/infrastructure-agent/pull/2027)
-   Chore(deps): Updated dependency newrelic/nri-prometheus to v2.25.0 [#2016](https://github.com/newrelic/infrastructure-agent/pull/2016)
-   Bumped dependency versions [#2046](https://github.com/newrelic/infrastructure-agent/pull/2046)
-   Chore: Upgraded go version to 1.23.8 [#2059](https://github.com/newrelic/infrastructure-agent/pull/2059)
-   Chore: Updated log level in [#2053](https://github.com/newrelic/infrastructure-agent/pull/2053)