July 2018 - Windows Agent 4.16

Release Overview

Release Date: 7/25/2018

Improved Stability around APM Related Issues

Improvements were made around how the profiler performs, specifically around handles async requests. This should enhance overall stability in profiling application requests.

New Support for .NET Core hosted in AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Documentation has been updated to include support for .Net Core: https://docs.stackify.com/v1/docs/aws-installation-windows-aws-elastic-beanstalk-net-deployment

Release Enhancements

Optimized App Change Detection

• App change detection has been optimized to improve overall performance in the agent

Minor Updates to the App Service Site Extension, Stackify Middleware, and Stackify Module

• Site Extension: changes were made to support Azure’s new format. Added some configurability support
• Middleware/Module: Added some changes to allow support for future new features coming soon.

Added Support for Handling Cloud Service Scaling Events

• Support for Auto-removal of Servers in Retrace when an EC2 (or EBS) Instance scales down. See: https://docs.stackify.com/v1/docs/auto-scaling-with-aws

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with parsing MySQL stored procedure calls in the profiler

• Addressed an issue in the profiler related to Async requests

• Fixed a bug with overriding App Name for Services

• Removed ACS authentication logic in the agent so it uses the preferred SAS method

• Fixed a couple issues around AppName overrides configured in configuration files, namely for Java Web Apps and Windows services

Known Issues

• None at this time