Release Notes: July 2017 Platform

Release Overview This release contains the “prod-readiness” of Azure Functions support via UI changes, along with a number of bug fixes and some minor enhancements Release Features Azure Functions Support Azure Functions will now appear as a top level app type inside of the Retrace portal, same as Web Apps and Service Apps. As such, the “Monitoring” menu has changed …

Release Notes: Linux Agent 2.1 & Java APM 1.16

Release Overview Release Date: 7/31/17 APM for Java Services Release Features APM for Java Services Defining the service transactions can be accomplished using our annotation library (stackify-java-apm-annot) or custom JSON configuration. If the service uses Quartz or Spring Batch, no code changes are required (both work out of the box). Additional APM Application Server Instrumentation WildFly Swarm Adobe AEM Additional …

Release Notes: Windows Agent 4.7

Release Overview Release Date: 8/14/17 Notable Feature: Azure Function readiness support. Internal bug fixes around APM and the agent Release Features Azure Functions Instrumentation Azure Functions are now included in the Windows Agent. Azure Installation: Configure Azure Functions Release Enhancements Agent Use REST for all service bus communication (SBM required TLS 1.0). Improvement with error handling while parsing IIS access logs. …

Release Notes: Linux Agent 2.2

Release Overview Release Date: 8/16/17 Notable Feature: ELM masking for Java and agent logs Release Features ELM Masking Retrace can now mask sensitive data (i.e Social security numbers, credit cards, IP addresses) that come through our ELM tool from our Java Appenders and agent (does not mask logs from the Standalone Syslog server). Users will also be able to create …

Release Notes: Windows Agent 4.8

Release Overview Release Date: 9/18/2017 Notable Feature: APM for Azure WebJobs Release Features Azure WebJob Support Azure WebJob Discovery – continuous discovery of Azure WebJobs Azure WebJob APM – full support of Azure WebJobs Azure Installation: Configure Azure WebJobs Extended APM Web External Tracking Moving away from tracking at the domain level and starting to track the complete tokenized URL for …

Release Notes: September 2017 Platform

Release Overview Release Date: 9/20/17 Notable Feature: New Deployment Tracking Feature Notable Feature: Full Support for Azure WebJobs Third party integration with Axosoft Release Features Deployment Tracking This grants the ability to see when deployments happened, what environment they happened in, and how they affected your application’s performance. There will be deployment markers on your timelines within Retrace when these …

Release Notes: Linux Agent 2.3

Release Overview Release Date: 9/27/17 Notable Feature: Play Framework Instrumentation Release Features Play Framework Instrumentation Added instrumentation for Play framework web applications Java Agent Installation: Enable APM+ for Play Framework Extended APM Web External Tracking Moving away from tracking at the domain level and start tracking the complete tokenized URL for APM Release Enhancements Agent diagnostics to use new support …

Release Notes: Windows Agent 4.9

Release Overview Release Date: 10/11/2017 High Memory Fix in the Agent Windows Installer Updates Release Features Memory Leak Fixes A couple enhancements were made to reduce the memory usage in the Agent/WebJob. Windows Install Updates Wording added to include enabling Retrace for Worker Roles. Includes an option to run a diagnostic utility following an installation. Release Enhancements Improved Agent Diagnostics …