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github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent

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18 Sep 2026
Ships fairly regularly
a new release about every 9 days
Some releases are documented
notes for 19 of the last 60 stable releases
Nothing withdrawn
no release was ever pulled
12 years old
366 releases · first in 2015

Release timeline

366 releases since 2015

2015201720192021

Releases

v1.25.315 Feb 20192 sources agree
Bug - Fixed a bug where agent no longer redirected malformed credentials or metadata http requests #1844
Bug - Fixed a bug where agent no longer redirected malformed credentials or metadata http requests #1844

Bug - Populate v3 metadata networks response for non-awsvpc tasks #1833

Bug - Avoid image pull behavior type check for container namespaces pause image #1840
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v1.25.231 Jan 20192 sources agree
Bug - Update pull image retry to longer interval to mitigate being throttled by ECR #1808
Bug - Update pull image retry to longer interval to mitigate being throttled by ECR #1808
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v1.25.017 Jan 20192 sources agree

Feature - Add Nvidia GPU support for p2 and p3 instances

Feature - Add Nvidia GPU support for p2 and p3 instances
Feature - Introduce ECS_DISABLE_DOCKER_HEALTH_CHECK to make docker health check configurable #1624

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v1.24.04 Jan 20192 sources agree

Feature - Configurable poll duration for container stats @jcbowman #1646

Feature - Configurable poll duration for container stats @jcbowman #1646
Feature - Add support to remove containers and images that are not part of ECS tasks #1752
Feature - Introduce prometheus support for agent metrics #1745
Feature - Add Host EC2 instance Public IPv4 address to container metadata file #1730
Enhancement - Docker SDK migration replacing go-dockerclient #1743
Enhancement - Propagating Container Instance and Task Tags to Task Metadata endpoint #1720

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v1.23.07 Dec 20182 sources agree

Feature - Add support for ECS Secrets integrating with AWS Secrets Manager #1713

Feature - Add support for ECS Secrets integrating with AWS Secrets Manager #1713
Enhancement - Add availability zone to task metadata endpoint #1674
Enhancement - Add availability zone to ECS metadata file #1675
Bug - Fixed a bug where agent can register container instance back to back and gets assigned two container instance ARNs #1711
Bug - Fixed a bug where propagated aws: tags are passed through RegisterContainerInstance API call #1706

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v1.22.02 Nov 20182 sources agree

Feature - Add support for ECS Secrets integrating with AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store

Feature - Add support for ECS Secrets integrating with AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store
Feature - Support for --pid, --ipc Docker run flags. #1584
Feature - Introduce two environment variables ECS_CONTAINER_INSTANCE_PROPAGATE_TAGS_FROM and ECS_CONTAINER_INSTANCE_TAGS to support ECS tagging #1618

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v1.21.011 Oct 20182 sources agree

Feature - Add v3 task metadata support for awsvpc, host and bridge network mode

Feature - Add v3 task metadata support for awsvpc, host and bridge network mode
Enhancement - Update the amazon-ecs-cni-plugins to 2018.10.0 #1610
Enhancement - Configurable image pull inactivity timeout @wattdave #1566
Bug - Fixed a bug where Windows drive volume couldn't be mounted #1571
Bug - Fixed a bug where the Agent's Windows binaries didn't use consistent naming #1573
Bug - Fixed a bug where a port used by WinRM service was not reserved by the Agent by default #1577

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v1.20.313 Sept 2018Deprecated2 sources agree

Enhancement - Deprecate support for serial docker image pull #1569

Enhancement - Deprecate support for serial docker image pull #1569
Enhancement - Update the amazon-ecs-cni-plugins to 2018.08.0

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v1.20.230 Aug 20182 sources agree

Enhancement - Added ECS config field ECS_SHARED_VOLUME_MATCH_FULL_CONFIG to make the volume labels and driver options comparison configurable for shar

Enhancement - Added ECS config field ECS_SHARED_VOLUME_MATCH_FULL_CONFIG to make the volume labels and driver options comparison configurable for shared volume #1519
Enhancement - Added Volumes metadata as part of v1 and v2 metadata endpoints #1531
Bug - Fixed a bug where unrecognized task cannot be stopped #1467
Bug - Fixed a bug where tasks with CPU windows unbounded field set are not honored on restart due to non-persistence of PlatformFields in agent state file @julienduchesne #1480

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v1.20.18 Aug 20182 sources agree

Bug - Fixed a bug where the agent couldn't be upgraded if there are tasks that use volumes in the task definition on the instance

Bug - Fixed a bug where the agent couldn't be upgraded if there are tasks that use volumes in the task definition on the instance
Bug - Fixed a bug where volumes driver may not work with mountpoint

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v1.20.01 Aug 2018Deprecated2 sources agree

Enhancement - Deprecate support for Docker version older than 1.9.0 #1477

Feature - Add support for Docker volume drivers, third party drivers are only supported on linux
Enhancement - Replace the empty container with Docker local volume
Enhancement - Deprecate support for Docker version older than 1.9.0 #1477
Bug - Fixed a bug where container marked as stopped comes back with a running status #1446

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v1.18.012 May 20182 sources agree

Feature - Configurable container image pull behavior #1348

Feature - Configurable container image pull behavior #1348
Bug - Fixed a bug where Docker Version() API never returns by adding a timeout #1363
Bug - Fixed a bug where tasks could get stuck waiting for execution of CNI plugin #1358
Bug - Fixed a bug where task cleanup could be blocked due to incorrect sentstatus #1383

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v1.17.330 Mar 20182 sources agree

Enhancement - Distinct startContainerTimeouts for windows/linux, introduce a new environment variable ECS_CONTAINER_START_TIMEOUT to make it configura

Enhancement - Distinct startContainerTimeouts for windows/linux, introduce a new environment variable ECS_CONTAINER_START_TIMEOUT to make it configurable #1321
Enhancement - Add support for containers to inherit ENI private DNS hostnames for awsvpc tasks #1278
Enhancement - Expose task definition family and task definition revision in container metadata file #1295
Enhancement - Fail image pulls if there's inactivity during image pull progress #1290
Enhancement - Parallelize the container transition in the same task #1305
Bug - Fixed a bug where a stale websocket connection could linger #1310

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v1.17.22 Mar 20182 sources agree

Enhancement - Update the amazon-ecs-cni-plugins to 2018.02.0 #1272

Enhancement - Update the amazon-ecs-cni-plugins to 2018.02.0 #1272
Enhancement - Add container port mapping and ENI information in introspection API #1271

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v1.17.119 Feb 20182 sources agree

Bug - Fixed a bug that was causing a runtime panic by accessing negative index in the health check log slice #1239

Bug - Fixed a bug that was causing a runtime panic by accessing negative index in the health check log slice #1239
Bug - Workaround for an issue where CPU percent was set to 1 when CPU was not set or set to zero(unbounded) in Windows #1227
Bug - Fixed a bug where steady state throttle limits for task metadata endpoints were too low for applications #1240

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v1.17.02 Feb 20182 sources agree

Feature - Support a HTTP endpoint for awsvpc tasks to query metadata

Feature - Support a HTTP endpoint for awsvpc tasks to query metadata
Feature - Support Docker health check
Bug - Fixed a bug where -version fails due to its dependency on docker client #1118
Bug - Persist container exit code in agent state file #1125
Bug - Fixed a bug where the agent could lose track of running containers when Docker APIs timeout #1217
Bug - Task level memory.use_hierarchy was not being set and memory limits were not being enforced #1195
Bug - Fixed a bug where CPU utilization wasn't correctly reported on Windows @bboerst #1219

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v1.16.13 Jan 20182 sources agree

Bug - Fixed a bug where the agent could miss sending an ENI attachment to ECS because of address propagation delays. #1148

Bug - Fixed a bug where the agent could miss sending an ENI attachment to ECS because of address propagation delays. #1148
Enhancement - Upgrade the amazon-ecs-cni-plugins to 2017.10.1. #1155

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v1.16.022 Nov 20172 sources agree

Feature - Support pulling from Amazon ECR with specified IAM role in task definition

Feature - Support pulling from Amazon ECR with specified IAM role in task definition
Feature - Enable support for task level CPU and memory constraints.
Feature - Enable the ECS agent to run as a Windows service. #1070
Enhancement - Support CloudWatch metrics for Windows. #1077
Enhancement - Enforce memory limits on Windows. #1069
Enhancement - Enforce CPU limits on Windows. #1089
Enhancement - Simplify task IAM credential host setup. #1105

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v1.15.110 Nov 20172 sources agree

Bug - Fixed a bug where container state information wasn't reported. #1067

Bug - Fixed a bug where container state information wasn't reported. #1067
Bug - Fixed a bug where a task can be blocked in creating state. #1048
Bug - Fixed dynamic HostPort in container metadata. #1052
Bug - Fixed bug on Windows where container memory limits are not enforced. #1069

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v1.15.031 Oct 20172 sources agree

Feature - Support for provisioning tasks with ENIs.

Feature - Support for provisioning tasks with ENIs.
Feature - Support for --init Docker run flag. #996
Feature - Introduces container level metadata. #981
Enhancement - Enable 'none' logging driver capability by default. #1041
Bug - Fixed a bug where tasks that fail to pull containers can cause the agent to fail to restore properly after a restart. #1033
Bug - Fixed default logging level issue. #1016
Bug - Fixed a bug where unsupported Docker API client versions could be registered. #1014
Bug - Fixed a bug where non-essential container state changes were sometimes not submitted. #1026

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v1.14.530 Sept 20172 sources agree

Enhancement - Retry failed container image pull operations #975

Enhancement - Retry failed container image pull operations #975
Enhancement - Set read and write timeouts for websocket connectons #993
Enhancement - Add support for the SumoLogic Docker log driver plugin #992
Bug - Fixed a memory leak issue when submitting the task state change #967
Bug - Fixed a race condition where a container can be created twice when agent restarts. #939
Bug - Fixed an issue where microsoft/windowsservercore:latest was not pulled on Windows under certain conditions. #990
Bug - Fixed an issue where task IAM role credentials could be logged to disk. #998

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v1.14.422 Aug 20172 sources agree

Enhancement - Batch container state change events. #867

Enhancement - Batch container state change events. #867
Enhancement - Improve the error message when reserved memory is larger than the available memory. #897
Enhancement - Allow plain HTTP connections through wsclient. #899
Enhancement - Support Logentries log driver by @opsline-radek. #870
Enhancement - Allow instance attributes to be provided from config file by @ejholmes. #908
Enhancement - Reduce the disconnection period to the backend for idle connections. #912
Bug - Fixed data race where a pointer was returned in Getter. #889
Bug - Reset agent state if the instance id changed on agent restart. #892
Bug - Fixed a situation in which containers may be falsely reported as STOPPED in the case of a Docker "stop" API failure. #910
Bug - Fixed typo in log string by @sharuzzaman. #930

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v1.14.226 May 20172 sources agree

Enhancement - Added introspection API for querying tasks by short docker ID, by @aaronwalker. #813

Enhancement - Added introspection API for querying tasks by short docker ID, by @aaronwalker. #813
Bug - Added checks for circular task dependencies. #796
Bug - Fixed an issue with Docker auth configuration overrides. #751
Bug - Fixed a race condition in the task clean up code path. #737
Bug - Fixed an issue involving concurrent map writes. #743

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v1.14.16 Mar 20172 sources agree

Enhancement - Log completion of image pulls. #715

Enhancement - Log completion of image pulls. #715
Enhancement - Increase start and create timeouts to improve reliability under some workloads. #696
Bug - Fixed a bug where throttles on state change reporting could lead to corrupted state. #705
Bug - Correct formatting of log messages from tcshandler. #693
Bug - Fixed an issue where agent could crash. #692

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v1.14.018 Jan 20172 sources agree

Feature - Support definition of custom attributes on agent registration.

Feature - Support definition of custom attributes on agent registration.
Feature - Support Docker on Windows Server 2016.
Enhancement - Enable concurrent docker pull for docker version >= 1.11.1.
Bug - Fixes a bug where a task could be prematurely marked as stopped.
Bug - Fixes an issue where ECS Agent would keep reconnecting to ACS without any backoff.
Bug - Fix memory metric to exclude cache value.

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v1.13.116 Nov 20162 sources agree

Enhancement - Added cache for DiscoverPollEndPoint API.

Enhancement - Added cache for DiscoverPollEndPoint API.
Enhancement - Expose port 51679 so docker tasks can fetch IAM credentials.
Bug - fixed a bug that could lead to exhausting the open file limit.
Bug - Fixed a bug where images were not deleted when using image cleanup.
Bug - Fixed a bug where task status may be reported as pending while task is running.
Bug - Fixed a bug where task may have a temporary "RUNNING" state when task failed to start.
Bug - Fixed a bug where CPU metrics would be reported incorrectly for kernel >= 4.7.0.
Bug - Fixed a bug that may cause agent not report metrics.

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v1.13.028 Sept 20162 sources agree

Feature - Implemented automated image cleanup.

Feature - Implemented automated image cleanup.
Enhancement - Add credential caching for ECR.
Enhancement - Add support for security-opt=no-new-privileges.
Bug - Fixed a potential deadlock in dockerstate.

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v1.12.118 Aug 20162 sources agree

Bug - Fixed a bug where agent keeps fetching stats of stopped containers.

Bug - Fixed a bug where agent keeps fetching stats of stopped containers.
Bug - Fixed a bug that could lead to exhausting the open file limit.
Bug - Fixed a bug where the introspection API could return the wrong response code.

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v1.11.05 Jul 20162 sources agree

Feature - Support IAM roles for tasks.

Feature - Support IAM roles for tasks.
Feature - Add support for the Splunk logging driver.
Enhancement - Reduced pull status verbosity in debug mode.
Enhancement - Add a Docker label for ECS cluster.
Bug - Fixed a bug that could cause a container to be marked as STOPPED while still running on the instance.
Bug - Fixed a potential race condition in metrics collection.
Bug - Resolved a bug where some state could be retained across different container instances when launching from a snapshotted AMI.

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v1.10.025 May 20162 sources agree

Feature - Make the docker stop timeout configurable.

Feature - Make the docker stop timeout configurable.
Enhancement - Use docker stats as the data source for CloudWatch metrics.
Bug - Fixed an issue where update requests would not be properly acknowledged when updates were disabled.

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v1.9.02 May 20162 sources agree

Feature - Add Amazon CloudWatch Logs logging driver.

Feature - Add Amazon CloudWatch Logs logging driver.
Bug - Fixed ACS handler when acking blank message ids.
Bug - Fixed an issue where CPU utilization could be reported incorrectly.
Bug - Resolved a bug where containers would not get cleaned up in some cases.

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v1.8.21 Apr 20162 sources agree

Bug - Fixed an issue where exec_create and exec_start events were not correctly ignored with some Docker versions.

Bug - Fixed an issue where exec_create and exec_start events were not correctly ignored with some Docker versions.
Bug - Fixed memory utilization computation.
Bug - Resolved a bug where sending a signal to a container caused the agent to treat the container as dead.

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v1.8.011 Feb 20162 sources agree

Feature - Task cleanup wait time is now configurable.

Feature - Task cleanup wait time is now configurable.
Enhancement - Improved testing for HTTP handler tests.
Enhancement - Updated AWS SDK to v.1.0.11.
Bug - Fixed a race condition in a docker-task-engine test.
Bug - Fixed an issue where dockerID was not persisted in the case of an error.

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v1.7.18 Jan 20162 sources agree

Enhancement - Increase docker inspect timeout to improve reliability under some workloads.

Enhancement - Increase docker inspect timeout to improve reliability under some workloads.
Enhancement - Increase connect timeout for websockets to improve reliability under some workloads.
Bug - Fixed memory leak in telemetry ticker loop.

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v1.7.09 Dec 20152 sources agree

Feature - Add support for pulling from Amazon EC2 Container Registry.

Feature - Add support for pulling from Amazon EC2 Container Registry.
Bug - Resolved an issue where containers could be incorrectly assumed stopped when an OOM event was emitted by Docker.
Bug - Fixed an issue where a crash could cause recently-created containers to become untracked.

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v1.6.026 Oct 20152 sources agree

Feature - Add experimental HTTP proxy support.

Feature - Add experimental HTTP proxy support.
Enhancement - No longer erroneously store an archive of all logs in the container, greatly decreasing memory and CPU usage when rotating at the hour.
Enhancement - Increase docker create timeout to improve reliability under some workloads.
Bug - Resolved an issue where private repositories required a schema in AuthData to work.
Bug - Fixed issue whereby metric submission could fail and never retry.

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v1.5.029 Sept 20152 sources agree

Feature - Add support for additional Docker features.

Feature - Add support for additional Docker features.
Feature - Detect and register capabilities.
Feature - Add -license flag and /license handler.
Enhancement - Properly handle throttling.
Enhancement - Make it harder to accidentally expose sensitive data.
Enhancement - Increased reliability in functional tests.
Bug - Fixed potential divide-by-zero error with metrics.

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v1.3.130 Jul 20152 sources agree

Feature - Add debug handler for SIGUSR1.

Feature - Add debug handler for SIGUSR1.
Enhancement - Trim untrusted cert from CA bundle.
Enhancement - Add retries to EC2 Metadata fetches.
Enhancement - Logging improvements.
Bug - Resolved an issue with ACS heartbeats.
Bug - Fixed memory leak in ACS payload handler.
Bug - Fixed multiple deadlocks.

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v1.2.09 Jun 20152 sources agree

Feature - UDP support for port bindings.

Feature - UDP support for port bindings.
Feature - Set labels on launched containers with task-arn, container-name, task-definition-family, and task-definition-revision.
Enhancement - Logging improvements.
Bug - Improved the behavior when CPU shares in a Container Definition are set to 0.
Bug - Fixed an issue where BindIP could be reported incorrectly.
Bug - Resolved an issue computing API endpoint when region is provided.
Bug - Fixed an issue where not specifiying a tag would pull all image tags.
Bug - Resolved an issue where some logs would not flush on exit.
Bug - Resolved an issue where some instance identity documents would fail to parse.

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