Tenable Research Release Highlight Nessus Agent Reset...

Trying to understand who this benefits and how exactly.

"This Scan Template and Credentialed Scan plugin will run OS specific scripts to remotely reset the agent plugins on Windows, Mac OS or ‘Nix based Nessus Agent host machines on 10.8.0 or 10.8.1. "

"Without this script, customers would have to logon to each Nessus Agent host and run the appropriate Nessus Agent Reset script for that host OS after upgrading to 10.8.2. "

The two statements are conflicting. Does this perform plugin resets for agent hosts on 10.8.0 or 10.8.1 (which makes sense), or does this need to be executed only after upgrading to 10.8.2. If the latter why would anyone need to utilize this scan if they're already on 10.8.2 which is listed as one of two methods to resolve the agent offline issue?

https://docs.tenable.com/release-notes/Content/nessus-agent/2025.htm#10.8.2 states

There are two methods you can use to recover the offline agents. Choose the method that follows your organization's agent management standards:

• Upgrade to 10.8.2 or downgrade to 10.7.3
• If your organization uses internal automation or manually updates using install packages, use the following steps to bring agents back online:

1. Download the Tenable Nessus Agent 10.8.2 or 10.7.3 install package.

OR, Perform a plugin reset

Why is a plugin reset needed if this Scan requires you to already be on 10.8.2?

"This Scan Template and Credentialed Scan plugin will run OS specific scripts to remotely reset the agent plugins on Windows, Mac OS or ‘Nix based Nessus Agent host machines on 10.8.0 or 10.8.1. "

Will this be a credential scan? If so does Tenable assume clients with thousands of agents all share the same user and passwords? A main benefit of using Agents is to avoid credentials. If this is a credential scan, how does this benefit clients with thousands of agents that are unable to provide thousands of credentials that they most likely won't have access to?