# osquery 5.18.1

- Product: osquery (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/osquery)
- Vendor: osquery
- Date: 2025-06-24
- Version: 5.18.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/osquery/osquery/releases/tag/5.18.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/osquery/releases/5.18.1

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- **fixed** — Fix parsing of Windows shortcut (.lnk) files in file table
- **fixed** — Fix Prefetch table for Windows 11
- **fixed** — Fix hardware UUID caching
- **added** — Add detection for ARM CPUs when running in x86 emulation
- **changed** — Reduce log noise for hash table
- **added** — Add jetbrains_plugins table
- **added** — Add recent_files table on Windows
- **changed** — Update googletest
- **changed** — Update libarchive from 3.6.2 to 3.7.9
- **changed** — Print stderr if exists in performance analysis

##### What's Changed

* [Performance Analysis] print stderr if exists by @lichao127 in https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/8600
* libs: Update googletest by @Smjert in https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/8604
* Fix parsing of Windows shortcut (.lnk) files in file table by @zwass in https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/8601
* Fix Prefetch table for Windows 11 by @zwass in https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/8615
* libs: libarchive: 3.6.2 -> 3.7.9 by @LeSuisse in https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/8605
* Fix hardware UUID caching by @sgress454 in https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/8616
* Add detection for ARM CPUs when running in x86 emulation by @dantecatalfamo in https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/8572
* Reduce log noise for `hash` table by @lucasmrod in https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/8626
* Fix SQL example syntax in SQL introduction docs by @piotrgiedziun in https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/8620
* Added jetbrains_plugins table by @ksykulev in https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/8623
* Add recent_files table on Windows by @zwass in https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/8603

##### New Contributors
* @piotrgiedziun made their first contribution in https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/8620

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/osquery/osquery/compare/5.17.0...5.18.1