Python agent v4.12.0.113

Notes

This release of the Python agent extends support of Amazon's boto3 library and includes bug fixes.

The agent can be installed using easy_install/pip/distribute via the Python Package Index or can be downloaded directly from the New Relic download site.

Features

• AWS operation and request ID will now be reported in transaction traces and spans when using boto3 and botocore.

  The agent will now report aws.requestId and aws.operation for all calls to AWS made using botocore and boto3.

• DynamoDB calls are now reported under the Databases tab.

  The agent will now record DynamoDB query performance in the Databases tab in APM in addition to table name for the following calls:

  • put_item
  • get_item
  • update_item
  • delete_item
  • create_table
  • delete_table
  • query
  • scan

• Certain SQS calls will now report additional data for spans and transaction traces.

  The agent will now record the queue name in spans and transaction traces for the following SQS calls:

  • send_message
  • send_message_batch
  • receive_message

• SNS publish will now report additional data for spans and transaction traces.

  The SNS topic, target, or the string literal PhoneNumber will be reported to New Relic inside of spans and transaction traces.

• The full URL path will now be recorded on span events and transaction traces when using boto3 or botocore.

  The agent will now record the full URL path for API calls made to AWS through the boto3 / botocore libraries. The path will be available through span events and transaction traces.

Bug Fixes

• Using newrelic-admin to start a GunicornWebWorker with an aiohttp application factory resulted in an application crash.

  The agent would fail to start if using the newrelic-admin command to start an aiohttp application factory with GunicornWebWorker. This issue has now been fixed.