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Support for the following Linux operating systems has been added to release 8.2 and previous agent releases:

Cortex XDR agent 8.2 can be deployed on Amazon EKS ARM, running Amazon Linux 2 nodes in ARM Architecture (aarch64).

| **Mac Features** The following features were added to Cortex XDR agents running on Mac endpoints: | Feature | Description | | ---------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | New local analysis module | A new module now provides enhanced coverage for local analysis of the macOS file system, leveraging ML models to provide accurate and adaptive responses to evolving threats. | | Child Process Protection for macOS | Cortex XDR introduces an additional prevention module for MacOS that examines the relations between parent and child processes to detect suspicious relations. This module provides improved detection and protection coverage capabilities. | --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/8.x/8.2-eol/cortex-xdr-agent-8.2-release-information/features-introduced-in-cortex-xdr-agent-8.2/features-introduced-in-cortex-xdr-agent-8.2.0.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.