v2.9.9. * Disable at_exit handler for Unicorn which sometimes caused the agent to stop reporting immediately. v2.9.8. * Fix bug in Net instrumentation when a block is passed to request calls. v2.9.7. * Fix External instrumentation so it does not capture Net calls outside of web transactions. v2.9.6. * add instrumentation for Net::HTTP calls, to show up as "External" * added support for validating agents in the cloud. * recognize Unicorn dispatcher * add NewRelic module definitions to ActiveRecord instrumentation v2.9.5. * Snow Leopard memory fix v2.9.4. * clamp size of data sent to server * reset statistics for passenger when forking to avoid erroneous data * fix problem deserializing errors from the server * fix incompatibility with postgres introduced in 2.9. v2.9.3. * fix startup failure in Windows due to memory sampler * add JRuby environment information v2.9.2. * change default apdex_t to 0.5 seconds * fix bug in deployments introduced by multi_homed setting * support overriding the log in the agent api * fix JRuby problem using objectspace * display custom parameters when looking at transactions in dev mode * display count of sql statements on the list of transactions in dev mode * fixes for merb--thanks to Carl Lerche v2.9.1. * add newrelic_ignore_apdex method to controller classes to allow you to omit some actions from apdex statistics * Add hook for Passenger shutdown events to get more timely shutdown notices; this will help in more accurate memory readings in Passenger * add newrelic_notice_error to Object class * optional ability to verify SSL certificates, note that this has some performance and reliability implications * support multi-homed host with multiple apps running on duplicate ports v2.9.0. Noteworthy Enhancements * give visibility to templates and partials in Rails 2.1 and later, in dev mode and production * change active record metrics to capture statistics in adapter log() call, resulting in lower overhead and improved visibility into different DB operations; only AR operations that are not hitting the query cache will be measured to avoid overhead * added mongrel_rpm to the gem, a standalone daemon listening for custom metric values sent from local processes (experimental); do mongrel_rpm --help * add API for system monitoring daemons (refer to KB articles); changed API for manual starting of the agent; refer to NewRelic::Agent.manual_start for details * do certificate verification on ssl connections to collector.newrelic.com * support instances appearing in more than one application by allowing a semicolon separated list of names for the newrelic.yml app_name setting. * combined agent logfiles into a single logfile * use rpm server time for transaction traces rather than agent time Developer Mode (only) Enhancements * show partial rendering in traces * improved formatting of metric names in traces * added number of queries to transactions in the transaction list * added some sorting options for the transaction list * added a page showing the list of active threads Compatibility Enhancements * ruby 1.9.1 compatibility * support concurrency when determining busy times, for 2.2 compatibility * in jruby, use Java used heap for memory sampling if the system memory is not accessible from an unsupported platform * jruby will no longer start the agent now when running the console or rake tasks * API support for RPM as a footnote add-in * webrick support restored Noteworthy bugfixes * sample memory on linux by reading /proc/#{$$}/status file * fixed ambiguous 'View' metrics showing up in controller breakdown * removed Numeric extensions, including round_to, and to_ms * using a different timeout mechanism when we post data to RPM * remove usage of Rails::Info which had a side effect of enabling ActiveRecord even when it wasn't an active framework * moved CPU sampler off background thread and onto the harvest thread * tests now run cleanly in any rails app using test:newrelic or test:plugins Agent improvements to support future RPM enhancements * add instrumentation to capture metrics on response codes; not yet working in rails 2.3.* * added http referer to traced errors * capture gem requirements from rails * capture cpu utilization adjusted for processor count * transaction sampling v2.8.10. * fix thin support with rails 2.3.2 when using script/server * fix incompatibility with rails 2.3.2 and script/server options processing * minor tweak to environment gathering for gem mode v2.8.9 * fix problem finding the newrelic controller in dev mode * fix incompatibility with older versions of optparse * fix potential jvm problem with jruby * remove test:all task definition to avoid conflicts * change error message about window sampler in windows not supported to a warning message v2.8.8 * fix error with jruby on windows * fix problem where webrick was being incorrectly detected causing some problems with mongrel application assignments--had to disable webrick for now v2.8.7 * fix for ssl connection hanging problems * fix problem recognizing mongrel in rails 2.3.2 * fastcgi support in rails 2.3.2 * put back webrick support v2.8.6 * fix for capture_params when using file uploads in controller actions * use pure ruby NS lookup for collector host to eliminate possibly blocking applications v2.8.5 * fix reference to CommandError which was breaking some cap scripts * fix incompatibility with Rails 2.0 in the server API * fix problem with litespeed with Lite accounts * fix problem when ActiveRecord is disabled * moved merb instrumentation to Merb::Controller instead of AbstractController to address incompatibility with MailController * fix problem in devmode displaying sql with embedded urls v2.8.4 * fix bug in capistrano recipe causing cap commands to fail with error about not finding Version class v2.8.3 * refactor unit tests so they will run in a generic rails environment * require classes in advance to avoid autoloading. this is to address incompatibilities with desert as well as more flexibility in gem initialization * fixed newrelic_helper.rb 1.9 incompatibility v2.8.2 * fix Ruby 1.9 syntax compatibility errors * update the class loading sanity check, will notify server of errors * fix agent output on script and rake task execution v2.8.1 * Convert the deployment information upload script to an executable and put in the bin directory. When installed as a gem this command is symlinked to /usr/bin. Usage: newrelic_cmd deployments --help * Fix issue invoking api when host is not set in newrelic.yml * Fix deployments api so it will work from a gem * Fix thin incompatibility in developer mode v2.8.0 * add beta of api in new_relic_api.rb * instrumented dynamic finders in ActiveRecord * preliminary support for capturing deployment information via capistrano * change memory sampler for solaris to use /usr/bin/ps * allow ERB in newrelic.yml file * merged support for merb into this version * fix incompatibility in the developer mode with the safe_erb plugin * fix module namespace issue causing an error accessing NewRelic::Instrumentation modules * fix issue where the agent sometimes failed to start up if there was a transient network problem * fix IgnoreSilentlyException message v2.7.4 * fix error when trying to serialize some kinds of Enumerable objects * added extra debug logging * added app_name to app mapping v2.7.3 * fix compatibility issue with 1.8.5 causing error with Dir.glob v2.7.2 * fix problem with passenger edge not being a detected environment v2.7.1 * fix problem with skipped dispatcher instrumentation v2.7.0 * Repackage to support both plugin and Gem installation * Support passenger/litespeed/jruby application naming * Update method for calculating dispatcher queue time * Show stack traces in RPM Transaction Traces * Capture error source for TemplateErrors * Clean up error stack traces. * Support query plans from postgres * Performance tuning * bugfixes v2.5.3 * fix error in transaction tracing causing traces not to show up v2.5.2 * fixes for postgres explain plan support v2.5.1 * bugfixes v2.5.0 * add agent support for rpm 1.1 features * Fix regression error with thin support v2.4.3 * added 'newrelic_ignore' controller class method with :except and :only options for finer grained control over the blocking of instrumentation in controllers. * bugfixes v2.4.2 * error reporting in early access v2.4.1 * bugfix: initializing developer mode v2.4.0 * Beta support for LiteSpeed and Passenger v2.3.7 * bugfixes v2.3.6 * bugfixes v2.3.5 * bugfixes: pie chart data, rails 1.1 compability v2.3.4 * bugfix v2.3.3 * bugfix for non-mysql databases v2.3.2 * bugfixes * Add enhancement for Transaction Traces early access feature v2.3.1 * bugfixes v2.3.0 + Add support for Transaction Traces early access feature v2.2.2 * bugfixes v2.2.1 + Add rails 2.1 support for Developer Mode + Changes to memory sampler: Add support for JRuby and fix Solaris support. * Stop catching exceptions and start catching StandardError; other exception cleanup * Add protective exception catching to the stats engine * Improved support for thin domain sockets * Support JRuby environments v2.1.6 * bugfixes v2.1.5 * bugfixes v2.1.4 * bugfixes v2.1.3 * bugfixes v2.1.2 * bugfixes v2.1.1 * bugfixes v2.1.0 * release for private beta