.NET Library release notes
These release notes describe the new features, improvements, and fixed issues in the SolarWinds Observability .NET Library.
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- For release notes for all SolarWinds agents, libraries, and collectors, see SolarWinds Observability SaaS summary release notes.
- For currently known issues, see Known issues.
- For information about requirements, see SolarWinds Observability SaaS System Requirements.
2025 updates
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5.3.10 - April 14, 2025
New features and improvements
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Added new environment variables:
SW_APM_EXCLUDE_PROCESSESandSW_APM_INCLUDE_PROCESSES. TheSW_APM_INCLUDE_PROCESSESenvironment variable can be used to enable non-IIS processes for instrumentation without needing to update thesolarwinds_apm.configfile. -
Upgrade the C++ Runtimes to version
14.42.34433. -
Added additional attribute types,
operation.actionandsoap.actionto thetransactionNameSchemeelement. -
Validated Windows 2025.
Fixes
- Fixed issue with unclosed spans for HTTP client requests.
Trace.EndTraceHttpService()parameters are now reported as key-values on the corresponding span.
5.3.9 - February 20, 2025
New features and improvements
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Moved default logging directory on Windows to
C:\ProgramData\SolarWinds\APM\dotnet\logsto align with logging directory of other SolarWinds products. -
Added new environment variables:
SW_APM_AGENTandSW_APM_IIS_INSTRUMENTATION. TheSW_APM_AGENTenvironment variable can be used to enable non-IIS processes for instrumentation without needing to update thesolarwinds_apm.configfile. -
Introduced ability to add custom instrumentation spans using configuration.
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Added ability to configure which span attribute(s) should be used as the transaction name for a request.
Fixes
- Fixed minor issue with context handling in IIS hosted WCF services.
2024 updates
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