Fixed: Version 20260511.00 of the guest agent is now available for all supported operating systems.

Version 20260511.00 of the guest agent is now available for all supported operating systems. This is a rebuild of version 20260423.01 announced in the April 27, 2026 release notes. It includes no additional changes and is released specifically to trigger a guest agent restart.

Between May 4, 2026, and May 11, 2026, the control plane accidentally sent an erroneous request to remove the core plugin. This caused the agent to stop functioning, which disrupted features that rely on it, such as SSH and Windows password resets. This package update automatically restarts the agent on instances where auto-update is enabled to resolve the issue.