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 - Raise up logging level to warning when attempting to configure beats with unknown fields from autodiscovered events/environments
 - elasticsearch output now supports `idle_connection_timeout`. {issue}35616[35615] {pull}36843[36843]
 - Update to Go 1.21.9. {pulk}38727[38727]
-- Enable early event encoding in the Elasticsearch output, improving cpu and memory use {pull}38572[38572]
 - The environment variable `BEATS_ADD_CLOUD_METADATA_PROVIDERS` overrides configured/default `add_cloud_metadata` providers {pull}38669[38669]
 
 *Auditbeat*