Release 1.6.0

Features

• Support Apache HttpAsyncClient - span creation and cross-service trace context propagation
• Added the jvm.thread.count metric, indicating the number of live threads in the JVM (daemon and non-daemon)
• Added support for WebLogic 12.2.x
• Added support for Spring @Scheduled and EJB @Schedule annotations - #569

Bug Fixes

• Avoid that the agent blocks server shutdown in case the APM Server is not available - #554
• Public API annotations improper retention prevents it from being used with Groovy - #567
• Eliminate side effects of class loading related to Instrumentation matching mechanism

Related Announcements

• Java APM Agent became part of the Cloud Foundry Java Buildpack as of Release v4.19