Java agent v8.25.0

New features and improvements

Adds Java 25 Support by @deleonenriqueta in 2512
Adds support for Logback-1.5.20 by @jtduffy in 2535
Introduces a config option to disable the execution of the call and exec SQL parser regular expressions by @jtduffy in 2490
Adds support for Kotlin Coroutines v1.4+ by @dhilpipre in 2454
Adds support for Kotlin Coroutines Suspend Functions generated outside of Kotlin Coroutines by @dhilpipre in 2456
Introduces a preference config for multiple hosts during datastore detection by @jbedell-newrelic in 2508
Adds a system property to configure the artifact skip function by @jtduffy in 2509
Adds a configuration option allowing Spring Controller transactions to be named using the controller class name and method name by @sharvath-newrelic in 2532
Implements SamplerConfig, centralizing all distributed_tracing.sampler configs into the SamplerConfig by @jasonjkeller in 2529
Updates kafka-clients-spans-0.11.0.0 producer instrumentation to use modern distributed tracing API’s with W3C Trace Context support by @sharvath-newrelic in 2516

Fixes

Fixes parsing of error class names by @sharvath-newrelic in 2497
Fixes a potential memory issue caused by excessively large stack traces in error logging by @jtduffy in 2498
Clarify logging messages for invalid attributes on custom events and logging events by @sharvath-newrelic in 2501

Deprecations

aws-wrap-0.7.0
java.completable-future-jdk8
play-2.3
netty-3.4
Struts v1

Update to latest version

To identify which version of the Java agent you're currently using, run java -jar newrelic.jar -v. Your Java agent version will be printed to your console.

Then, to update to the latest Java agent version:

Back up the entire Java agent root directory to another location. Rename that directory to NewRelic_Agent#.#.#, where #.#.# is the agent version number.
Download the agent..
Unzip the new agent download file, then copy newrelic-api.jar and newrelic.jar into the original Java agent root directory.
Compare your old newrelic.yml with the newly downloaded newrelic.yml from the zip, and update the file if needed.
Restart your Java dispatcher.

If you experience issues after the Java agent update, restore from the backed-up New Relic agent directory.

Update agent config differences

We add new settings to newrelic.yml as we release new versions of the agent. You can use diff or another diffing utility to see what's changed, and add the new config settings to your old file. Make sure not to overwrite any customizations you've made to the file, such as your license key, app name, or changes to default settings.

For example, if you diff the default newrelic.yml files for Java agent versions 7.10.0 and 7.11.0, the results printed to the console will be like:

➜ diff newrelic_7.10.0.yml newrelic_7.11.0.yml
...
107a108,119
>       # Whether the log events should include context from loggers with support for that.
>       include_context_data:
>
>         # When true, application logs will contain context data.
>         enabled: false
>
>         # A comma separated list of attribute keys whose values should be sent to New Relic.
>         #include:
>
>         # A comma separated list of attribute keys whose values should not be sent to New Relic.
>         #exclude:
>
125a138
>
128c141
<     enabled: false
---
>     enabled: true
...

In this example, these lines were added to the default newrelic.yml in Java agent version 7.11.0. If you're moving to 7.11.0 or higher, you should add these new lines to your original newrelic.yml.

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