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 === Beats version 8.11.3
 https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v8.11.2\...v8.11.3[View commits]
 
+The 8.11.3 patch release contains a fix for a potential security vulnerability. Please see our link:https://discuss.elastic.co/c/announcements/security-announcements/31[security advisory for more details].
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 ==== Breaking changes
 
 *Affecting all Beats*
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 - `queue.mem.events` is changing from `4096` to `3200`.
 - `queue.mem.flush.min_events` is changing from `2048` to `1600`.
 - `queue.mem.flush.timeout` is changing from `1s` to `10s`.