diff --git a/docs/release-notes/8.11.asciidoc b/docs/release-notes/8.11.asciidoc
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--- a/docs/release-notes/8.11.asciidoc
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@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 * MITRE ATT&CK® technique cells show duplicate rules ({issue}167929[#167929]).
 * MITRE ATT&CK® tactic cells show an incorrect rule count ({issue}167930[#167930]).
 * An incorrect MITRE ATT&CK® sub-technique is applied after you save a rule ({issue}170347[#170347]).
+* When using {elastic-defend}'s protection updates feature, if you turn off automatic updates and select the current day as your deployed artifacts version, it's possible that the set of protections has not been released for that day yet. As a result, {agent} could fail to download the artifacts and be set to an Unhealthy state. To avoid this issue, pick a date previous to the current one ({issue}170847[#170847]).
 
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 [[breaking-changes-8.11.0]]