Fleet advisory: critical bug Dear customers and community members, We've identified a critical bug where users with a non-default collation set in their Fleet db are unable to upgrade to v4.48.0 or 4.48.1. Bug scope: - Impact: Users are unable to migrate to latest version of Fleet through the normal migration method. - Current status: Identified as a P1 bug and being addressed. We're targeting EOD (today - 4/9/24) to deliver a fix. - GitHub tracking: Issue #18142 Known workaround:

ALTER DATABASE fleet CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;

Next steps: - Monitor the GitHub issue for updates. - Apply the forthcoming fix promptly upon release. - Fleet CS team will communicate when the patch is ready Support: For assistance or questions, please contact our support team at support@fleetdm.com or message us back in the channel. S We apologize for any inconvenience and are working diligently to resolve this issue swiftly. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation! Best, –Fleet Customer Success team