Node.js agent release notesRSS

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• Fixed issue where instrumented code invoked within a @grpc/grpc-js client callback would not get tracked by the agent.

  Bound the external client segment to the onReceiveStatus listener to propagate transaction context to the grpc client callbacks.

• Fixed issue with truncate in lib/util/application-logging.js. It now checks that the argument is a string before checking its length.

Support statement:

• New Relic recommends that you upgrade the agent regularly to ensure that you're getting the latest features and performance benefits. Additionally, older releases will no longer be supported when they reach end-of-life.

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• Added gRPC server instrumentation.

Support statement:

• New Relic recommends that you upgrade the agent regularly to ensure that you're getting the latest features and performance benefits. Additionally, older releases will no longer be supported when they reach end-of-life.

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• Automatic application log forwarding is now enabled by default. This version of the agent will automatically send enriched application logs to New Relic. To learn more about about this feature, see the APM logs in context documentation. For additional configuration options, see the Node.js logs in context documentation. To learn about how to toggle log ingestion on or off by account, see our documentation to disable automatic logging via the UI or API.

• Added a support statement to our release notes

• Added node 18 to CI workflows.

Support statement:

• New Relic recommends that you upgrade the agent regularly to ensure that you're getting the latest features and performance benefits. Additionally, older releases will no longer be supported when they reach end-of-life.

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• Added instrumentation for grpc-js unary, streaming, and bidirectional client calls.

• Added ability to disable server-side configuration via local configuration setting: ignore_server_configuration or environmental variable of NEW_RELIC_IGNORE_SERVER_SIDE_CONFIG.

• Added tests for client, server and bidirectional streaming of gRPC client.

• Updated got from 8.3.2 to 11.8.5.

• Updated moment from 2.29.2 to 2.29.4

Support statement:

• New Relic recommends that you upgrade the agent regularly to ensure that you're getting the latest features and performance benefits. Additionally, older releases will no longer be supported when they reach end-of-life.

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• Added defensive code in redis v4 instrumentation to check for opts.socket first before evaluating opts.socket.path. Thanks @RAshidAZ for your contribution!

• Updated @grpc/proto-loader to v0.6.13 to pickup security fixes in protobufjs.

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• Fixed issue with api.getBrowserTimingHeader optional script unwrapping issue with util.format. Thanks for your contribution @github-dd-nicolas

• Fixed winston instrumentation to not exit early when winston.createLogger is created without options.

• Updated pino instrumentation to not override user log configurations.

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• Upgraded protobufjs to resolve CVE-2022-25878

Support statement:

• New Relic recommends that you upgrade the agent regularly to ensure that you're getting the latest features and performance benefits. Additionally, older releases will no longer be supported when they reach end-of-life.

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• Fixed passing undefined as a formatter options to winston.format.combine

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• Moved log forwarding logic to a transport so customer transports are not polluted with NR linking metadata and timestamp and error manipulations.

• Prevented transmitting logs when application level logging has been disabled.