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APM version 8.6
editAPM version 8.6
editAPM version 8.6.2
editNo significant changes.
APM version 8.6.1
edit- Fix panic when memory limits are missing in cgroupV1 10098
- Fix internal traffic filter handling on Elastic Cloud when managed by Elastic Agent (Integrations Server)
APM version 8.6.0
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apm-server.decoder.*
stack monitoring metrics are no longer recorded 9210 -
ecs.version
is no longer added to document_source
; it is added as aconstant_keyword
field 9208 -
context.http.response.*_size
fields now enforce integer values 9429 -
observer.id
andobserver.ephemeral_id
are no longer added to APM documents 9412 -
timeseries.instance
has been removed from transaction metrics docs; it was never used 9565
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apm-server apikey
commands have been deprecated. API Keys should be managed through Kibana or the Elasticsearch REST API 9446
- Change ownership of apm-server.yml and data/ to apm-server user in Docker image 9604
- [preview] This functionality is in technical preview and may be changed or removed in a future release. Elastic will work to fix any issues, but features in technical preview are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features. Extend logs v2 intake API to support ECS logging fields 9349
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[preview]
This functionality is in technical preview and may be changed or removed in a future release. Elastic will work to fix any issues, but features in technical preview are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features.
Add support for string timestamp format(
2006-01-02T15:04:05.999-0700
) 9376 -
context.http.response.*_size
fields have been changed from floating-point to integer types 9429
- Service metrics now support global labels 9248
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OpenTelemetry GRPC Spans from the Javascript API/SDK/Instrumentations are now correctly transformed into transactions with type=
request
9308 - Improve Elasticsearch output performance, particularly when compression is enabled (default) 9318
- Java attacher support for macOS 9413
- Improve Elasticsearch output performance in instances with more than 6 cores 9393
- Tune internal server configuration based on available cgroup or machine RAM, improving resource utilization and performance 9358
- Disallow auto-scaling of active indexers when Elasticsearch 429 response rate exceeds 1% of total requests issued 9463
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We now record
transaction.representative_count
andspan.representative_count
— the inverse sample rate 9458