newrelic/newrelic-java-agent v7.4.0

version 7.4.0

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New features and improvements

• Support for Java 17 #433

• Distributed Tracing is on by Default and deprecates Cross Application Tracing #486

  • Increases the default maximum number of samples stored for Span Events from 1000 to 2000.
  • The maximum number of samples stored for Span Events can be configured via the max_samples_stored configuration in the newrelic.yml.

  span_events:
    max_samples_stored: 2000
  

  Notice: This feature will cause an increase in the consumption of data. The amount depends on the application. This feature can be disabled by adding the following to the agent yaml config nested under the common stanza:

  distributed_tracing:
    enabled: false
  

• Auto-instrumentation Support for GraphQL-Java 17.0+ #487

• Auto-instrumentation Support for Cats Effect 3 #505

• This version tested agent support for the ARM64/Graviton2 platform

Fixes

• Restores transactions for Akka and Akka-Http #497
• The existing MongoDB sync client instrumentation was incorrectly applying when MongoDB reactive or async client was being used, which could lead to segment timeouts and long transaction response times. #476

Deprecations/Removed Features

Cross Application Tracing is now deprecated, and disabled by default. To continue using it, enable it with cross_application_tracer.enabled = true and distributed_tracing.enabled = false.

Support statement:

• New Relic recommends that you upgrade the agent regularly to ensure that you're getting the latest features and
  performance benefits. Additionally, older releases will no longer be supported when they reach
  end-of-life.