# New Agent Release v3.27.0

**URL:** <https://forum.buildkite.community/t/new-agent-release-v3-27-0/1448>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [February 8, 2021, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/new-agent-release-v3-27-0/1448 "2021-02-08T03:49:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/new-agent-release-v3-27-0/1448/1 "2021-02-08T03:49:23Z")

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v3.27.0 of the [Buildkite Agent](https://buildkite.com/docs/agent) has been released 🎉

### Added

- Add support for agent tracing using Datadog APM [#1273](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/1273) ([goodspark](https://github.com/goodspark))
- Improvements to ARM64 support (i.e. Apple Silicon/M1) [#1346](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/1346), [#1354](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/1354), [#1343](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/1343) ([ticky](https://github.com/ticky))
- Add a Linux ppc64 build to the pipeline [#1362](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/1362) ([ticky](https://github.com/ticky))
- Agent can now upload artifacts using AssumedRoles using `BUILDKITE_S3_SESSION_TOKEN` [#1359](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/1359) ([grahamc](https://github.com/grahamc))
- Agent name `%spawn` interpolation to deprecate/replace `%n` [#1377](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/1377) ([ticky](https://github.com/ticky))

### Changed

- Compile the darwin/arm64 binary using go 1.16rc1 [#1352](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/1352) ([yob](https://github.com/yob)) [#1369](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/1369) ([chloeruka](https://github.com/chloeruka))
- Use Docker CLI packages, update Docker Compose, and update centos to 8.x [#1351](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/1351) ([RemcodM](https://github.com/RemcodM))

## Fixed

- Fixed an issue in [#1314](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/1314) that broke pull requests with git-mirrors [#1347](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/1347) ([ticky](https://github.com/ticky))

### Upgrading

You can find upgrade instructions in the relevant installer documentation for your platform:

- [Ubuntu](https://buildkite.com/docs/agent/v3/ubuntu)
- [Debian](https://buildkite.com/docs/agent/v3/debian)
- [Red Hat/CentOS](https://buildkite.com/docs/agent/v3/redhat)
- [FreeBSD](https://buildkite.com/docs/agent/v3/freebsd)
- [macOS](https://buildkite.com/docs/agent/v3/osx)
- [Windows](https://buildkite.com/docs/agent/v3/windows)
- [Linux](https://buildkite.com/docs/agent/v3/linux)
- [Elastic CI Stack for AWS](https://buildkite.com/docs/agent/v3/aws)
- [Google Cloud](https://buildkite.com/docs/agent/v3/gcloud)

For a complete list of binaries, see the [release notes on GitHub](https://github.com/buildkite/agent/releases/tag/v3.27.0).