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v9.22.0
Feature: One-step instrumentation for Kubernetes
The Kubernetes APM auto-attach automatically instruments applications and manages agent upgrades within Kubernetes deployments. This feature has exited preview and is now generally avaliable. Learn more about Kubernetes auto-attach. PR#2635 PR#3287
Feature: Deprecation notice for Ruby 2.4 and Ruby 2.5
Ruby agent support for Ruby versions 2.4 and 2.5 is deprecated and will be removed in agent version 10.0.0. The new miniumum required Ruby version will become Ruby 2.6 and we will stop testing with Ruby 2.4 and 2.5. PR#3288
Feature: Deprecation notice for the
newrelic deploymentscommandSupport for recording deployments using the
newrelic deploymentscommand is now deprecated and will be removed in agent version 10.0.0.Going forward, there are a number of automated and manual ways ways to record changes in New Relic. Please see our guide to Change Tracking for a list of available options. PR#3262
Feature: Deprecation reminder for cross application tracing
Cross application tracing has been deprecated since major version 8.0.0 of the Ruby agent. We will remove support for it entirely in version 10.0.0 of the agent. PR#3288
Feature: Ensure compatibility with Ruby 3.5 change to Method#source_location
Updated the agent to correctly parse the return value of Method#source_location, which is changing in Ruby 3.5 from a two-element to a five-element array. This change maintains support for older Ruby versions while adding support for the future release. PR#3257