This page covers release information for the installation, configuration, management, and deployment of the Cisco AppDynamics On-Premises platform components. For feature-related release information, see the 'Enhancements' section. For product updates, including release dates, support advisories, and end-of-life notices, see Product Announcements and Alerts.

Cisco AppDynamics On-Premises Virtual Appliance Enhancements

The following table lists enhancements to the Cisco AppDynamics On-Premises Virtual Appliance 24.4.0 release.

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 AppDynamics Downloads Portal.

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Product / ComponentSummaryRelease VersionRelease Date
Cisco AppDynamics On-Premises Virtual Appliance
This release introduces Cisco AppDynamics On-Premises Virtual Appliance (Self-Hosted) that is built on a Kubernetes based architecture. The new Virtual Appliance simplifies infrastructure management, enhances scalability, and reduces operational complexity while ensuring robust security. The Virtual Appliance provides extended capabilities mirroring Cisco AppDynamics SaaS offerings, including:
24.4.0May 14, 2024

Cisco AppDynamics On-Premises Platform Enhancements

The following table lists enhancements to the platform components in the on-premises 24.4.0 release.

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 Cisco AppDynamics Downloads Portal.

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Product / ComponentSummaryRelease VersionRelease Date
Controller

Cisco AppDynamics On-Premises now supports IPv6 addresses.

24.4.0May 6, 2024

The following third-party components are upgraded:

ComponentPrevious VersionUpgraded Version
snakeyaml1.33

2.0

zlib1.2.111.2.13


Custom DashboardA new option Set Series Color to assign colors to query lines. See Time Series Widget.24.4.0May 6, 2024
End User Monitoring

The following new metrics are now added in the summary of Network Request Snapshots:

  • Request Time: Displays when the request was made to the EUM Cloud or EUM Server.
  • Received Time: Displays when the request was received by the EUM Cloud or EUM Server.
  • Response Time: Displays when the response was sent from the EUM Cloud or EUM Server.

For more information, see Network Request Snapshots.

24.4.0May 6, 2024
General

Starting this release, AppDynamics will be known as Cisco AppDynamics.

24.4.0May 6, 2024
Enterprise Console

The following enhancements have been added to the Enterprise Console:

  • Enterprise Console 24.4 includes MySQL version 8.0.37. If your controller is already on MySQL 8.0.X version, it will be automatically upgraded to MySQL 8.0.37 version.

    If you upgrade from older versions using MySQL 5.7.x, you can upgrade to MySQL 8.0.37 after the installation. For information on how to upgrade MySQL, see Upgrade MySQL Version.

The following third-party components are upgraded:

ComponentPrevious VersionUpgraded Version
Azul JREJRE 1.8.0_402 (Zulu_8.76.0.18)

JRE 1.8.0_412 (Zulu_8.78.0.20)

24.4.0May 6, 2024

Cisco AppDynamics On-Premises Resolved Issues

There are no on-premises 24.4.0 resolved issues.

Agent Enhancements

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

Agent

Summary

Release Version

Release Date
Analytics Agent
There is no 24.4.0 release.

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Android Agent

There is no 24.4.0 release.

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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

Cisco AppDynamics AWS Lambda Extension for Serverless APM

There is no 24.4.0 release.

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C/C++ SDKThere is no 24.4.0 release.

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Cluster Agent

There is no 24.4.0 release.

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-

Cordova Plugin

There is no 24.4.0 release.

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Database Agent

This release includes scheduling improvements for monitoring and reporting. 

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.

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IBM Integration Bus Agent There is no 24.4.0 release.

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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 Cisco AppDynamics On-Premises deployment.


24.4.1May 8, 2024


24.4.0May 3, 2024

JavaScript Agent

JavaScript Agent can now send the trace ID and trace parent in the custom user data for the Ajax requests. The Analyticspage displays Trace ID and Traceparent for the browser application.

24.4.0

April 18, 2024

Machine Agent

24.4.0

April 30, 2024
MAUI Agent There is no 24.4.0 release.

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Network Agent
LibraryPrevious VersionUpgraded Version
libssh21.10.01.11.0
24.4.0April 17, 2024
Node.js Agent

Includes minor fixes.

24.4.1April 24, 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.
  • 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.

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.

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React Native Agent

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

24.4.0April 29, 2024

SAP

There is no 24.4.0 release.

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-

Smart Agent

You can now install Smart Agent on Windows to manage Java and Machine Agents. 

24.4.0May 3, 2024

Hosted Synthetic Agent

There is no 24.4.0 release.

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Private Synthetic Agent

There is no 24.4.0 release.--
Xamarin Agent

There is no 24.4.0 release.

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.Net Agent
  • Azure Messaging ServiceBus enhancements:
  •  enable-secapp-service node property to enable the the Cisco Secure Application service in Cisco 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 VersionRelease Date
DBMON-9844

Database Agent

Database Agent gives an error while configuring the PostgreSQL collector using Unix sockets.

Medium24.1.024.4.0April 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.

Medium24.3.024.4.0April 30, 2024
NETVIZ-4Network AgentThe agent stops working after receiving an unexpected input from port 3898.
High21.3.024.4.0April 17, 2024
PHP-2530PHP AgentPHP agent does not report analytics data when using the Istio proxy.MediumAll versions24.4.0April 30, 2024
SERVER-9460Machine AgentThe agent continues to send system agent polling requests to the Controller for deleted machine instance IDs.
HighAll versions24.4.0April 30, 2024
SERVER-9447Machine AgentThe agent reports incorrect network speed on AIX servers.
HighAll versions24.4.0April 30, 2024

Agent Known Issues

There are no known issues for the 24.4 agent releases.