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title: "January 7, 2026"
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# January 7, 2026

Release 2.6.5 shipped on January 7, 2026.

## Features

### Simplified Kubernetes auto instrumentation

- Updated UX and UI for auto instrumentation Kubernetes. One script to do the installation without any additional configurations.
- Grouped infra agents into Kubernetes, Linux, Docker, Windows, Mac, ECS and Heroku for Improved usability.

![Simplified Kubernetes auto instrumentation: Grouped infra agents into Kubernetes, Linux, Docker, Windows, Mac, ECS and…](/images/release/2026/2026-01-07-1.webp)

### Auto instrumentation for Linux

- Now our agent can detect services running in linux host and auto instrumentation for APM can be done for java, node & python services.

### Auto discovery of DB

- As a part of auto instrumentation, Middleware agent will identify Databases. Users can see DBs from here and do the configuration.

![Auto discovery of DB: As a part of auto instrumentation, Middleware agent will identify Databases. Users can see DBs…](/images/release/2026/2026-01-07-2.webp)

### APM

- **Dynamic setup guide**: We are giving the option to setup alerts, logs, infra etc dynamically based on service info for the account.
- Users can see if there are any alerts, synthetic tests, logs or other data associated with service or not and an option to set up directly from here.

![APM: Users can see if there are any alerts, synthetic tests, logs or other data associated with service or not and an…](/images/release/2026/2026-01-07-3.webp)

### Search across the platform

- Users can search with the Control/Window K command within the whole product.
- Any actions (ex: creating alerts, creating dashboard etc) or any screen (ex: trace, API catalogue etc) can be searched.

![Search across the platform: Any actions (ex: creating alerts, creating dashboard etc) or any screen (ex: trace, API…](/images/release/2026/2026-01-07-4.webp)

### Interactive UI icons

- Added icons to all labels in **APM** screens and side panels to make it more interactive.
- Added icons in **log** detail screen based on attributes.

### Infrastructure monitoring

- Kubernetes Polices: Updated custom resource screen and drill down view with more related to network.

### OpsAI

- Enabled dashboard creation with AI for all accounts.
- Improved builder experience for filters, aggregation types, roll up methods to create widget for dashboard by AI.

![OpsAI: Improved builder experience for filters, aggregation types, roll up methods to create widget for dashboard by AI.](/images/release/2026/2026-01-07-5.webp)

- Categorized Kubernetes events by cluster name to improve grouping in issue listing of OpsAI.

![OpsAI: Categorized Kubernetes events by cluster name to improve grouping in issue listing of OpsAI.](/images/release/2026/2026-01-07-6.webp)

### RUM

- Added support for cookieDomain in SDK and added more attributes such as referrer domain, pageview, pagelive in location change.
- Fixed the issue of application listing in RUM.

### Synthetic monitoring

- Performance optimization and fixes for count when tag filter is applied.

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