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# 23 What's new in Zabbix 6.0.18

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### Items

##### docker.container_stats

The [docker.container_stats](/manual/config/items/itemtypes/zabbix_agent/zabbix_agent2#docker) item on Zabbix agent 2 now also returns a `pids_stats` property with the current number of processes/threads on the container.

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### Cleaner configuration export 

YAML files generated during Zabbix entity configuration export no longer contain empty lines between entities in an array, which makes such files shorter and more convenient to work with. See [Configuration export/import](/manual/xml_export_import) section for updated export examples.

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### UTF-8 BOM in configuration import

[Configuration import](/manual/xml_export_import#details-about-import) now supports files with a UTF-8 byte-order mark (BOM).

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### Cosmos DB monitoring

The template *Azure by HTTP* now also works with Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB.

You can get this template:

- In *Configuration → Templates* in new installations.
- If you are upgrading from previous versions, you can download this template from Zabbix [Git repository](https://git.zabbix.com/projects/ZBX/repos/zabbix/browse/templates/cloud/azure_http/README.md?at=refs%2Fheads%2Frelease%2F6.0) or find it in the *zabbix/templates* directory of the downloaded latest Zabbix version. Then, while in *Configuration → Templates* you can import it manually into Zabbix.

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### Proxy history housekeeping

The limitation on the amount of outdated information deleted from the proxy database per proxy history housekeeping cycle has been removed.

Previously the [housekeeper](/manual/web_interface/frontend_sections/administration/general#housekeeper) deleted only no more than 4 times the [`HousekeepingFrequency`](/manual/appendix/config/zabbix_proxy) hours of outdated information.
For example, if `HousekeepingFrequency` was set to "1", no more than 4 hours of outdated information (starting from the oldest entry) was deleted.
In cases when a proxy would constantly receive data older than set in [`ProxyOfflineBuffer`](/manual/appendix/config/zabbix_proxy), this could result in excessive data accumulation.

Now this limitation has been removed, providing a more effective proxy history housekeeping solution.

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A new [template](https://git.zabbix.com/projects/ZBX/repos/zabbix/browse/templates/cloud/gcp) *Google Cloud Platform by HTTP (GCP by HTTP)* is available.

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### Default values for Zabbix agent 2

Zabbix agent 2 plugins now allow to define default values for connecting to monitoring targets in the configuration file.
If no value is specified in an item key or a named session, the plugin will use the value defined in the corresponding default parameter.
New parameters have the structure `Plugins.<PluginName>.Default.<Parameter>` - for example, `Plugins.MongoDB.Default.Uri=tcp://localhost:27017`.
See for more info:

- [Configuring plugins](/manual/extensions/plugins#configuring-plugins)
- [Plugin configuration file parameters](/manual/appendix/config/zabbix_agent2_plugins)

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