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Application Insights Java SDK 2.5.0

Announcing Application Insights Java SDK 2.5.0!

There were no changes since 2.5.0-BETA.5.

Summary of Changes Since 2.4.x

Enhancements

SDK-wide

• Added Java 9/10/11/12 support
• Introduced new jar, applicationinsights-web-auto.jar, which automatically registers the web filter. No need to modify web.xml or add @WebFilter.
• Simplifies role name configuration by adding <RoleName> tag in ApplicationInsights.xml.

New Agent Features

• Generic JDBC driver support: captures JDBC queries for all JDBC drivers.
• Automatically captures dependencies for async requests by tracking the request across multiple threads.
• Agent now captures application logging from Log4j 2/1.2 and Logback.
  • This removes the need to add the applicationinsights-logging-*.jar dependency and modify the application's logging configuration.
• Improved HTTP client support:
  • java.net.HttpURLConnection
  • Apache HttpClient 3.x
  • OkHttp3
  • OkHttp2 now supports distributed tracing
• Sets Operation Name automatically based on Spring @RequestMapping, JAX-RS @Path and Struts action class/method name.
  • This removes the need for RequestNameHandlerInterceptorAdapter or other interceptors.
• Agent now supports multiple applications deployed in the same application server (temporarily in the 2.4.0)
• Simplified JBoss and Wildfly deployment when using the agent: no need for workarounds using jboss.modules.system.pkgs, java.util.logging.manager, -Xbootclasspath
• Added agent logging capture threshold, configurable via <Logging threshold="warn" />
  in the AI-Agent.xml, with default threshold warn (#1026)

Removed/Deprecated

• Removed support for <RuntimeException> custom instrumentation in AI-Agent.xml

Bug Fixes

• #969 Fixes ability to configure Live Metrics iKey programatically.
• #978 Possible NPE during development
• Fixed request telemetry displaying 200 response code for some failed requests (#810)
• Fixed GC performance counters not working (#929)

Miscellaneous

• Starting with this release, you can now find the agent and the collectd plugin on Maven Central as applicationinsights-agent and applicationinsights-collectd under the same group, com.microsoft.azure.

Application Insights Java SDK 2.5.0-BETA.5

Introducing Application Insights Java SDK 2.5.0-BETA.5!

Bug Fixes

• Fixed ClassCastException that could happen when using HttpURLConnection (#1053)

Application Insights Java SDK 2.5.0-BETA.4

Introducing Application Insights Java SDK 2.5.0-BETA.4!

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Version 2.5.0

• No changes since 2.5.0-BETA.5

Version 2.5.0-BETA.5

• Fixed ClassCastException that could happen when using HttpURLConnection
  (#1053)

Version 2.5.0-BETA.4

• Fixed registration of custom JMX performance counters
  (#1042)
• Fixed IllegalStateException that could happen when using HttpURLConnection
  (#1037)
• Fixed NullPointerException that could happen when using Java 11
  (#1032)

Version 2.5.0-BETA.3

• Fixed HttpURLConnection instrumentation was not capturing outgoing url
  (#1025)
• Added agent logging capture threshold, configurable via <Logging threshold="warn" />
  in the AI-Agent.xml, with default threshold warn
  (#1026)
• Fixed request telemetry displaying 200 response code for some failed requests
  (#810)
• Fixed GC performance counters not working
  (#929)

Version 2.5.0-BETA.2

• Added back support for <Class> custom instrumentation in AI-Agent.xml
• Fixed opting out of agent capturing logging via <Logging enabled="false" />
• Misc fixes #969,
  #978

Version 2.5.0-BETA

• Added support for Java 9-12
• Added new applicationinsights-web-auto.jar artifact that automatically registers the web filter
  by just being present in your dependencies (works for both servlet containers and spring boot standalone)
  • No need to modify web.xml, or add @WebFilter
• Agent now captures application logging via Log4j 1.2, Log4j2 and Logback
  • No need to add applicationinsights-logging-*.jar dependency and modify the application's logging configuration
    (e.g. log4j.properties, log4j2.xml, logback.xml)
  • To opt out of this (e.g. if you prefer to capture logging via the Application Insights appenders),
    add <Logging enabled="false" /> to the AI-Agent.xml file inside of the Builtin tag
• Agent now automatically captures dependencies for async requests by tracking the request across multiple threads
• Agent now captures JDBC queries for all JDBC drivers
• Added additional HTTP client support
  • java.net.HttpURLConnection
  • Apache HttpClient 3.x (4.x was already previously supported)
  • OkHttp3
  • OkHttp2 (previously did not propagate distributed trace context)
• Agent now sets Operation Name (used for aggregating similar requests) automatically

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