We released an updated version of the Apigee hybrid software, v1.16.9

## Announcement Announcement ### v1.16.9 On August 11, 2026 we released an updated version of the Apigee hybrid software, v1.16.9. * For information on upgrading, see [Upgrading Apigee hybrid to version v1.16.9](https://cloud.google.com/apigee/docs/hybrid/v1.16/upgrade). * For information on new installations, see [The big picture](https://cloud.google.com/apigee/docs/hybrid/v1.16/big-picture). **Note:** This is a patch release: The container images used in patch releases are integrated with the Apigee hybrid Helm charts. Upgrading to a patch via the Helm chart automatically updates the images. No manual image changes are typically needed. For information on container image support in Apigee hybrid releases, see [Apigee release process](https://cloud.google.com/apigee/docs/release/apigee-release-process#apigee-hybrid-container-images). ## Fix Fixed #### Fixed in this release | Bug ID | Description | | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **514973778** | **Fixed an issue where the SanitizeUserPrompt and SanitizeModelResponse policies failed to tolerate unknown fields while parsing responses from the Model Armor Service.** | | **543171828** | **Fixed an issue where the apigee-logger DaemonSet failed to schedule on cluster nodes without custom node labels due to a default logger.nodeSelector in the Helm chart.** | ## Security Security Various security and CVE fixes are included in this release.