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This page covers release information for the Splunk AppDynamics SaaS 24.4 release. For product updates, including release dates, support advisories, and end-of-life notices, see Product Announcements and Alerts Home.

When there is an update to an artifact, you can find the new version numbers in the following tables. Version numbers are also displayed in the Downloads Portal.

Agent Enhancements

The following table lists the Agent enhancements included in the 24.4 release.

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Agent

Summary

Release Version

Release Date

Analytics Agent

There is no 24.4.0 release yet.

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Android Agent

Fixed CDM-10102. See Resolved Issues.

24.4.2

September 16, 2024

Fixed CDM-10038. See Resolved Issues.

24.4.1

July 10, 2024

Android Agent can now send the trace ID and Traceparent in the custom user data for the Ajax events. The Controller Aanalytics UI display Trace ID and Traceparent for the browser application.
The Android Agent now supports the configuration cache for the Android Gradle 8.x and Kotlin projects.

24.4.0

April 26, 2024

Apache Web Server Agent

Sends the following metadata to the Controller UI.

- Agent type and version
- Agent installation and configuration directories path
- Hostname
- Instance ID
- Process ID

The metadata is available in Node Agent Metadata in the Tiers and Nodes > Agents tab.

24.4.0

April 29, 2024

Splunk AppDynamics AWS Lambda Extension for Serverless APM

There is no 24.4.0 release yet.

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C/C++ SDK

There is no 24.4.0 release yet.

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Cluster Agent

There is no 24.4.0 release yet.

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Cordova Plugin

There is no 24.4.0 release yet.

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Database Agent

This release includes scheduling improvements for monitoring and reporting.

Database Agent 24.4.0 is no longer available on the downloads portal as it contains critical performance issues. If you have already installed or upgraded to Database Agent 24.4.0, rollback to the Database Agent version 24.3.0 or the previously used version. See Support Advisory.

You can safely upgrade to Database Agent version 24.5.0 when it is released with the fix.

24.4.0

April 30, 2024

Flutter Agent

This agent now includes:

The PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy file, it contains the Apple's privacy guidelines.
The enableLoggingInVSCode property. Enable this property for logging in the VSCode environment. By default, this property is set to false.

24.4.0

April 25, 2024

Go SDK

There is no 24.4.0 release yet.

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IBM Integration Bus Agent

There is no 24.4.0 release yet.

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iOS Agent

The Network Request Dashboard now displays following metrics:

Server Request Time: The time taken by the request to reach the server from the mobile device.
Server Response Time: The time taken by the response to reach the mobile device from the server.
JSON Parsing Time: The time taken by the mobile device for parsing the JSON response.

Ensure to enable Business Transaction Correlation to capture Server Request Time and Server Response Time.

24.4.0

April 25, 2024

The iOS Agent includes the PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy file as per the Apple's privacy guidelines. It also includes code signature for XCFramework.

The iOS Agent now adds a new key (numberOfRetryAttempts).

Use this key during the agent initialisation to set the retry attempts for a session. Earlier, the iOS Agent was retrying only up to three times per session.

By default, iOS Agent sets the value of numberOfRetryAttempts key to three.

Java Agent

Minor enhancements for Cisco Secure Application.
enable-secapp-service node property to enable the the Cisco Secure Application service in Splunk AppDynamics On-Premises deployment.

24.4.1

May 8, 2024

Includes support for:
- JDK 22
- Mulesoft 4.4.0, 4.5.0
  See Java Supported Environments.
Network Visibility Dynamic Service logs are now stored in a different log file.
Bug fixes. See Agent Resolved Issues.

24.4.0

May 3, 2024

Java Serverless Tracer

There is no 24.4.0 release yet.

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JavaScript Agent

JavaScript Agent can now send the trace ID and trace parent in the custom user data for the Ajax requests. The Analytics page displays Trace ID and Traceparent for the browser application. See Setting User Data with the Trace Context.

24.4.0

April 18, 2024

Machine Agent

Supports JRE 1.8.0.27-hp-ux. See Machine Agent Requirements and Supported Environments.
Bug fixes. See Agent Resolved Issues.
Upgrades to the following third-party components.
Component Previous Version Upgraded Version
io.grpc:protoc-gen-grpc-java
io.grpc:grpc-stub
io.grpc:grpc-protobuf
1.56.0
1.62.2

24.4.0

April 30, 2024

MAUI Agent

There is no 24.4.0 release yet.

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Network Agent

Bug fixes. See Agent Resolved Issues.
Upgrades the following third-party library:

Library	Previous Version	Upgraded Version
`libssh2`	1.10.0	1.11.0

24.4.0

April 17, 2024

Node.js Agent

Includes minor fixes.

24.4.1

April 24, 2024

The agent now publishes the ContainerID as part of the agent metadata. It is required to correlate workloads between Splunk AppDynamics SaaS and Cisco Cloud Observability using Unified Observability Experience.

The release is not available on Docker Hub. The Node.js Agent 24.4.1 is available on Docker Hub.

24.4.0

April 24, 2024

Node.js Serverless Tracer

Automatic instrumentation of ES6 lambdas using the following JavaScript modules.

CommonJS
ECMAScript (ESM)
TypeScript

See Node.js Serverless Tracer.

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April 29, 2024

PHP Agent

Introduces the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) mode for agent-proxy communications. TCP mode is preferred in the following scenarios:
- When you need the Java proxy and PHP Agent to operate on different host operating systems.
- In container environments (such as Docker and Kubernetes), where it is not recommended to mount the same volume for all containers.

See TCP Mode Configuration for PHP Agent.

Sends the following metadata to the Controller UI.
- Agent type and version
- Agent installation and configuration directories path
- Hostname
- Operating System
- Process ID
- PHP version

The metadata is available in Node Agent Metadata in the Tiers and Nodes > Agents tab.

Bug fixes. See Agent Resolved Issues.

24.4.0

April 30, 2024

Python Agent

Python Agent includes AIOHTTP 3.9.8 library.

24.4.0

April 29, 2024

Python Agent now sends the following metadata to the Controller:

Install Directory
Hostname
Operating System
Agent Version
Python Version
Agent Type
Smart Agent ID
Unique Host ID
Config File Path
Process ID
App Framework Name
App Framework Version

Select the Python application and navigate to the Tiers & Nodes > Agents. The agent metadata appears in Node Agent Metadata.

Python Serverless Tracer

There is no 24.4.0 release yet.

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React Native Agent

The React Native Agent includes the PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy file that contains the Apple's privacy guidelines.

24.4.0

April 29, 2024

SAP

There is no 24.4.0 release yet.

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Smart Agent

You can now install Smart Agent on Windows to manage Java and Machine Agents. See Smart Agent for the supported agents and platforms.

24.4.0

May 3, 2024

Hosted Synthetic Agent

There is no 24.4.0 release yet.

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Private Synthetic Agent

There is no 24.4.0 release yet.

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Xamarin Agent

Bug fixes. See Agent Resolved Issues.

24.4.0

April 10, 2024

.Net Agent

Azure Messaging ServiceBus enhancements:
- Improves exit call instrumentation points for versions compatibility
- Support for ServiceBusProcessor business transaction detection
  See Azure Service Bus Backends for .NET.
enable-secapp-service node property to enable the the Cisco Secure Application service in Splunk AppDynamics On-Premises deployment.

24.4.0

April 17, 2024

Agent Resolved Issues

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Key	Product	Summary	Severity Level	Affected Version(s)	Release Version	Release Date
CDN-9802	Android Agent	Some of the mapping files do not appear in the Controller UI.	Medium	24.3.0	24.4.0	April 25, 2024
CDM-9849	Android Agent	The screenshots of the Flutter-based hybrid applications are blank.	Medium	23.12.0, 24.2.0	24.4.1	July 10, 2024
CDM-10102	Android Agent	An exception occurs when building the configuration cache. This issue persists even if you disable the debug builds in the Android Agent(disabledForBuildTypes = listOf("debug")).	Medium	24.4.0	24.4.2	September 16, 2024
CDM-9935	iOS Agent	Map files does not upload to the Controller UI if they are over 100 MB.	Medium	-	24.4.0	April 25, 2024
DBMON-9844	Database Agent	Database Agent gives an error while configuring the PostgreSQL collector using Unix sockets.	Medium	24.1.0	24.4.0	April 30, 2024
DBMON-10192	Database Agent	Database Agent does not report any data for the PostgreSQL database. This issue can occur while restarting the Database Agent if the Failover event is configured.	Medium	24.3.0	24.4.0	April 30, 2024
JAVA-12730	Java Agent	The `disable-exit-call-correlation-for` node property does not work properly when set to `custom`.	Low	-	24.4.0	May 3, 2024
JAVA-12741	Java Agent	The agent discovers POJO transactions even when the POJO monitoring is disabled in the Java default automatic transaction discovery rule.	Medium	-	24.4.0	May 3, 2024
JAVA-12852	Java Agent	In some cases, the agent chooses an older version of TLS to communicate with the Controller.	Medium	-	24.4.0	May 3, 2024
JAVA-12876	Java Agent	The agent blocks application threads that impact application performance.	Medium	-	24.4.0	May 3, 2024
JAVA-13008	Java Agent	The `wm-broker-enabled` node property does not work.	Medium	-	24.4.0	May 3, 2024
JAVA-13056	Java Agent	WildFly does not work when Cisco AppDynamics for OpenTelemetry is enabled.	Low	-	24.4.0	May 3, 2024
CDM-9798	Xamarin Agent	Xamarin Agent fails to report the lengths of network requests and responses to the Controller, even when Automatic Network Requests Instrumentation is enabled.	Medium	24.2.0	24.4.0	April 10, 2024
NETVIZ-4	Network Agent	The agent stops working after receiving an unexpected input from port 3898.	High	21.3.0	24.4.0	April 17, 2024
PHP-2530	PHP Agent	PHP agent does not report analytics data when using the Istio proxy.	Medium	All versions	24.4.0	April 30, 2024
SRVLESS-2720	Node.js Serverless Tracer	ES6 application do not start when Node.js Serverless Tracer is deployed as layer.	Medium	24.1.0	24.4.0	April 29, 2024
SERVER-9460	Machine Agent	The agent continues to send system agent polling requests to the Controller for deleted machine instance IDs.	High	All versions	24.4.0	April 30, 2024
SERVER-9447	Machine Agent	The agent reports incorrect network speed on AIX servers.	High	All versions	24.4.0	April 30, 2024

Agent Known Issues

Agent	Summary
Smart Agent	The Smart Agent upgrade works only when you install it as a root user. Currently, you can use only the default configuration to upgrade Smart Agent.

SaaS Controller Enhancements

There is no SaaS Controller 24.4 release yet.

SaaS Controller Resolved Issues

There is no SaaS Controller 24.4 release yet.

SaaS Controller Known Issues

There are no known issues yet for the SaaS Controller 24.4 releases.