v1.6.56

[x] Add retry to check_sudo_status and unit test #278
[x] Matching 20% increase in throttling limit at VM Agent #277
[x] address the stringio getvalue not found error in ut #275
[x] Apt debstyle882 support, bug-fixes in cache evaluation & manipulation #273
[x] Expanding support for yum install --assumeno cmd to include yum4 #272
[x] Pr1/increase_RebootManager_and_PatchAssessor_code coverage #267
[x] Bugfix/disable rhel8+ security plugin #266
[x] add unit testing to increase code coverage #265
[x] Fix broken 3-byte-unicode-related unit test in Python 2.x #264
[x] Matching log-source tagging for diagnosability with previous apt changes #282

v1.6.55

Contains:

Refreshing cache with machine source prior to ending execution: #260

v1.6.54

this release includes:
[x] Fix Codecov.io integration #258
[x] Calculate maximum batch size in batch patching as per time remaining in maintenance window #250

v1.6.53

this release includes:
[x] Hotfix changes for strict SDP having some updates show up as 'new' packages #254

v1.6.52

this release includes:
[x]add more unit test in status handler to increase code coverage #226
[x]Fix the issue that if there are conflicting packages in the yum install command then installation of all the packages in the command fails. #248
[x]Bugfix for out-of-date package lists causing install failures #252

v1.6.51

this release includes:
[x] Bug fix: Auto assessment attempting to update healthstore #244
[x] improve unit test time performance #243
[x] Pr1.3/truncation conditonal checker #242
[x] Pr1.2/add tombstone #241
[x] Pr1.1/reduce status file error #222
[x] [combine Read test output and check if all tests passed and use bash s… #240 (https://github.com//pull/240)
[x] use nodejs20 instead of 16 #237

v1.6.50

Increasing batch size from 3 to 6 to improve performance of batch patching: #227
address telemetry message truncation bug - bad unicode error: #228
Use GITHUB_OUTPUT envvar instead of set-output command: #232
add encoding propertity to resolve pro-client prerequist error: #233

v1.6.49

This release contains:

• Obsolete packages should not be attempted to install #212
• Extend Composite Logger log functions to have built in buffer #213
• Reduced set: Safe-deployment enhancements #223

v1.6.48

This release will include following changes:

• Fixing python 2.7 issues with code coverage checks linked on repo: 197, 201
• Add ordered dictionary for quicker look up of Assessment packages in StatusHandler: 193
• Add ordered dictionary for quicker look up of Installation packages in StatusHandler: 194
• Setting auto assessment service to type: forking: 203
• add complete status file logic: 195
• Fix NameError: name 'OrderedDict' is not defined during runtime: 204
• telemetry change to get esm packages selected count: 202
• Adding more sources to security sources list: 208
• raise exception if min py version is < 2.7: 207
• For yum package manager only, sometimes VM gets rebooted in install updates job even though reboot is not required: 210
• remove old complete status file: 205
• APT: Patch Mode set to disabled in ConfigurePatching when os patch config file does not exist: 216
• Adding EULA acceptance based on an inVM approval mechanism: 215

v1.6.47

This release contains:

• #171: Implement patching in batches to improve performance
• #181: Clean up python discovery for Core
• #185: Implementation for get_all_updates for Pro_Client version
• #188: Bugfix: Never reboot is selected change patch status to warning
• #189: prioritize critical patches first over others