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Add agent upgrade retry doc #2230

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Expand Up @@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ maintenance window during which the upgrades will occur. If your {stack}
subscription level supports it, you can schedule upgrades to occur at a specific
date and time.

In most failure cases the {agent} may retry an upgrade after a short wait. The
wait durations between retries are: 1m, 5m, 10m, 15m, 30m, and 1h. During this
time, the {agent} may show up as "retrying" in the {fleet} UI. Note that you
can abort an upgrade that is being retried. See <<abort-agent-upgrade>>.

This approach simplifies the process of keeping your agents up to date. It also
saves you time because you don’t need third-party tools or processes to
manage upgrades.
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. Select the amount of time available for the maintenance window. The upgrades
are spread out uniformly across this maintenance window to avoid exhausting
network resources.
network resources.
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To force selected agents to upgrade immediately when the upgrade is
triggered, select **Immediately**. Avoid using this setting for batches of more
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