Docs version: November 8-21, 2024

New docs

• Amazon MemoryDB integration describes how to activate the integration with New Relic. The integration enables you to collect telemetry data about your Amazon MemoryDB clusters, query incoming data, and build dashboards.
• Add custom tags (labels) to application logs explains that you can add custom labels to agent-forwarded logs.

Major changes

• Updated the AWS integrations documentation for clarity and organization. Key changes include emphasizing CloudWatch Metric streams as the primary AWS integration method, enhancing navigation and reducing redundancy by consolidating and streamlining content, and making copy edits for better readability.
• Updated the steps to create a postmortem for accuracy.
• Made compliance-related updates in Certifications, standards, and regulations based on New Relic's 2024 annual assessments.
• Added .NET 9 and ASP.NET Core 9 compatibility for the .NET agent, clarified support stance on out-of-support .NET versions, and removed outdated .NET Framework references in .NET agent: compatibility and requirements.
• Rewrote Fluent Bit plugin for log forwarding for clarity.
• Updated CodeStream notifications for accuracy.
• Added the Node.js agent variable details to create a relationship between cloud providers and APM applications.
• Updated the steps to create an Azure Event Hub.

Minor changes

• Updated the .NET and Ruby agent versions in Add custom tags (labels) to application logs.
• Provided an example to show the use of logging APIs with Unity in Mobile logs.
• Updated .NET agent compatibility and requirements.
• Updated Node.js agent compatibility and requirements.
• Updated default behavior and configuration guidance for network device inclusion and NetworkSample generation in infrastructure events.
• Corrected the name of the localStorage API and updated information about when session tracking may not work in Session tracking.
• Updated Node.js agent configuration details to enable and exclude labels to getting added to application logs.

Release notes

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• APM 360 now includes front end insights for full stack visibility
• Get insights faster with the new data explorer

Stay up-to-date on our most recent releases:

• Browser agent v1.273.0
  • Refactors feature storages
  • Removes the wrap-events module
• Browser agent v1.273.1
  • Has bug fixes
• Browser agent v1.274.0
  • Updates SessionReplay libraries to the latest version
• Infrastructure agent v1.58.0
  • Updates Fluent Bit to 3.1.9
  • Updates newrelic/nri-prometheus to v2.21.6
  • Updates newrelic/nri-docker to v2.1.0
  • Has bug fixes
• Java agent v8.16.0
  • Includes features such as value obfuscation, an API to pass cloud information, and support for distributed tracing
  • Updates CSEC version to 1.5.1
  • Has bug fixes
• Kubernetes integration v3.30.1
  • Updates github.com/prometheus/common to v0.60.1
• Kubernetes integration v3.31.0
  • Enables the differentiation and independent configuration of resource settings for the Kubernetes State Metrics (KSM) and the log forwarder components in a Kubernetes environment
• Kubernetes integration v3.32.0
  • Updates e2e-resources to run in a demo mode on OpenShift
• Logs v241031
  • Uses Fluent Bit 3.1.9
  • Installs the new plugin image
• .NET agent v10.34.0
  • Adds Distributed Tracing support for Azure Functions HTTPTrigger
  • Lets you add custom labels to agent-forwarded logs
  • Has bug fixes
• Node.js agent v12.7.0
  • Adds cloud.resource_id attribute to dynamo spans
  • Enhances proxy request handling to display actual external URLs
  • Migrates mysql and mysql2 versioned tests to node:test
  • Adds a benchmark script for the sql parser
  • Updates express-esm, generic-pool, grpc, and grpc-esm tests to node:test
• Node.js agent v12.8.0
  • Adds labels.enabled and labels.exclude to config defaults
  • Adds new configuration options to add custom tags to logs
  • Supports Bedrock Claude 3.5
  • Moves entity.guid, entity.name, entity.type, and hostname to common.attributes
  • Has a bug fixes