A new maintenance release for Telegraf, version 1.7.4, has been made available. The update includes several bug fixes and improvements to various input/output components of the system, such as the agent, InfluxDB output, PowerDNS input, Burrow input, Ping input, Syslog input, CGroup input, and HTTP output. Additionally, some minor updates have been made to the input tests and authentication credentials are now sent when using the HTTP output. The release addresses several issues with metrics serialization and error handling in certain components of Telegraf.