{
  "id": 8248115,
  "title": "Systemtap 5.6 released",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/systemtap-5-6-released",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-18T12:58:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "LWN",
    "slug": "lwn",
    "url": "https://lwn.net/Articles/1095220/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Version 5.6 of the Systemtap tracing tool has been released. BPF LSM hooks and XDP packet-processing probes for the --bpf runtime, BTF-based kernel.tracepoint probes, statement execution tracing, a new @enumname() operator, richer runtime error context, dyninst hardware watchpoints, modern systemd service templates, and broad Linux 7.2 runtime/tapset compatibility work. Multithreaded speedups…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}