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+========================================================================
+Amazon CloudWatch Agent Operator v1.6.0 (2024-07-30)
+========================================================================
+* [ApplicationSignals] Allow configurable resource requests and limits for auto-instrumentation SDK init containers (#196)
+
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 Amazon CloudWatch Agent Operator v1.5.0 (2024-07-18)
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