newrelic 8.7.1

v8.7.1

on Node.js NPM

v8.7.1 (2022-01-18)

• Bumped @newrelic/aws-sdk to ^4.1.1.

• Upgraded @newrelic/test-utilities to ^6.3.0.

  Includes helpers.getShim so sub packages properly execute.

• Resolved dependabot and certain npm audit warnings.

• Automation and CI improvements:

  • Added a script to be used by agent developers to add a PR to docs-website after the release of agent.
  • Changed the trigger for post release jobs.
  • Updated the create-release-tag script to pass in workflows to check before creating tag.
    • Fixed create-release-tag to properly filter out all async workflow run checks
    • Updated agent release to pass in a different list of workflows vs the default
  • Fixed release creation reusable workflow by passing in repo to bin/create-release-tag.js and bin/create-github-release.js.
  • Added workflow_dispatch to Agent Post Release workflow for manual testing.
  • Added a reusable workflow to create a release tag, publish to NPM and publish a GitHub release.
    • Updated agent release workflow to reference reusable workflow.
    • Added a new workflow to update RPM and publish API docs on a published release event type.