Docs September 21 - September 25, 2026

New docs

• Added HAProxy distributed tracing to cover the HAProxy OTel filter setup for distributed tracing and service relationships.
• Added NGINX distributed tracing, covering OTel-based distributed tracing setup for NGINX using ngx_otel_module.
• Added Linkerd monitoring via OpenTelemetry, covering overview, Kubernetes setup, distributed tracing, and a full metrics reference.
• Added APM ↔ Elasticsearch distributed tracing correlation, a more seamless alternative to hardcoding es.cluster.name.
• Added a multi-receiver configuration guide for MSSQL monitoring via OpenTelemetry.
• Added the AWS Step Function action to the Workflow Automation actions catalog.

Major changes

• Rewrote the Distributed tracing UI data page to match the redesigned trace list interface, including the new inline filter pills and toggles.
• Restructured the Oracle DB monitoring via OpenTelemetry docs.
• Reorganized the Workflow Automation actions catalog into per-action pages and added the New Relic Alerts action.
• Updated 12 pages across NRQL, query builder, and NerdGraph docs to state the explicit cross-account query limit increase from 5 to 30 accounts.
• Updated Compound alerts documentation for general availability.
• Added AWS EC2 actions to the Actions catalog.

Minor changes

• Added a FAQ entry explaining Cloud Cost Intelligence's 48-hour data buffer, and corrected AWS/Azure cost-report delivery time estimates to match, in Cloud Cost Intelligence FAQ.
• Removed outdated real-time cost-estimate information from Intelligent Summary and related CCI pricing pages.
• Updated pricing information to include New Relic Ground Truth.
• Added the NRQL repetitive-query rate limit to NRQL rate limits.
• Updated the Synthetics Japan private-link endpoint reference in AWS PrivateLink.
• Updated supported package versions in Compatibility and requirements for the Node.js agent.
• Restructured the {{selfEntity}} facet-linking guidance in Filter New Relic dashboards by facets into its own section instead of a Requirements bullet.

What's new

• New Relic Compound Alerts brings multiple conditions together for more precise alerting: Combine up to five alert conditions with AND/OR logic to define the exact signal that warrants your team's attention.
• Now query up to 30 New Relic accounts at once!: The max number of accounts you can query at once is increasing from 5 to 30, available through the UI or API.

Release notes

• Stay up-to-date with our latest releases:

  • Infrastructure agent v1.80.4:
    • Replaced deprecated MemoryLimit with MemoryMax for systemd >=231.
    • Added a group filesystem check for temp file ownership.
    • Bumped several dependencies to address multiple CVEs.
  • Mobile app for Android v5.43.8:
    • Bug fixes and UI improvements.
  • Media agent for HLS JS v2.0.0:
    • Added a @newrelic/video-hls/browser subpath export that excludes unused Vega/connected-device code, reducing bundle size.
    • Added { HLSTracker } as a named export alongside the default export.
    • Updated @newrelic/video-core to 5.1.0.
  • Media agent for Video JS v5.0.0:
    • Breaking change: adds a package.json#exports map — deep imports into internal paths no longer resolve.
    • Added MediaTailor notifyAdSkipped(), stopTracking(), AD_ERROR events, and an adPrimaryId attribute for accurate creative counting.
    • Fixed several MediaTailor ad-tracking bugs, including multi-ad pod tracking and quartile events firing more than once per ad.
  • Media agent for iOS v5.0.0:
    • Added NRTHEOplayerTracker, a new tracker for THEOplayer (Dolby OptiView Player).
    • Fixed NRVAVideo.addPlayer() silently defaulting to an AVPlayer tracker when it couldn't identify the player type.
  • Media agent for CAF v5.0.0:
    • Added a @newrelic/video-caf/browser subpath export that excludes the unused connected-device pipeline, keeping the bundle lean.
    • Added { CAFTracker } as a named export alongside the default export.
    • Updated @newrelic/video-core to 5.1.0.
  • Node.js agent v14.5.1:
    • Fixed segment.getExclusiveDuration to only calculate and cache segment durations once per trace.
  • Go agent v3.45.0:
    • Added nrgemini and nrecho-v5 integrations, and continuous profiling.
    • Fixed a bug where LLM Messages would incorrectly be truncated.
    • Bumped grpc, amqp091-go, and echo/v4 to address security vulnerabilities.
  • Ping runtime v1.84.0:
    • Fixed multiple OS and library-level security vulnerabilities.
  • Node API runtime v1.2.284:
    • Fixed multiple OS-level security vulnerabilities.
  • Job Manager v632:
    • Fixed multiple OS and library-level security vulnerabilities.
  • Node browser runtime v3.0.241:
    • Upgraded Chrome from version 153.0.8010.47-1 to 154.0.8037.57-1.
    • Fixed multiple OS and library-level security vulnerabilities.