Fixed: Version 20260329.00 of the guest agent is now available for all supported operating systems.

Version 20260329.00 of the guest agent is now available for all supported operating systems. This version introduces the following fixes:

• The guest agent no longer terminates abruptly when an extension's gRPC client is null. Instead, it logs an error. • The credentials setup for HTTPS access to the metadata server was moved to prevent it from blocking the guest agent's readiness signal. This mitigates an issue on machines without vTPM, where the guest agent can take an extra 10 seconds to signal that it's ready. • The core plugin now logs during the startup phase to provide a better signal on when it's started. • Locally bundled extensions are now direct child processes of the agent manager process. This helps resolve an issue where plugins remain as running processes but fail to start correctly.