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[Fleet] Clarify that agent initiates connection#5129

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[Fleet] Clarify that agent initiates connection#5129
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@karenzone karenzone commented Feb 12, 2026

Summary

Elastic Agent always initiates the connection to Fleet Server using an HTTP long polling request to retrieve its configuration. Update docs accordingly
Fixes: #3427

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@karenzone karenzone marked this pull request as ready for review February 12, 2026 19:36
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@vincentbosc, thank you for opening the issue. I added new content to highlight the benefits that you listed. I can see how this info could be reassuring to users. Please take a look.

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[Website]: Diagram Missing Key Info: Agent Initiates Long Polling to Fleet Server (Security-Relevant Detail)

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