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 ==== Bug fixes
 - Add back handling of `queue.*` config for libbeat outputs, such as logstash and kafka {pull}11534[11534]
+- Fix panic on missing `transaction.dropped_spans_stats.duration` field {pull}11117[11117]
 
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 ==== Intake API Changes