Java Library release notes
These release notes describe the new features, improvements, and fixed issues in the SolarWinds Observability Java Library.
Learn more
- 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

2.14.0 - March 25, 2025
Java agent: 2.14.0
OTel agent: 2.14.0
AWS Lambda layer ARN
arn:aws:lambda:<region>:851060098468:layer:solarwinds-apm-java-2_14_0:1
Upstream OpenTelemetry versions
New features and improvements
-
Upgraded to upstream OTel agent
2.14.0
.
Fixes
-
A
ClassCastException
bug affecting only the lambda build is fixed.
2.13.0 - February 25, 2025
Java agent: 2.13.0
OTel agent: 2.13.1
AWS Lambda layer ARN
arn:aws:lambda:<region>:851060098468:layer:solarwinds-apm-java-2_13_0:1
Upstream OpenTelemetry versions
New features and improvements
-
Upgraded to upstream OTEL agent
2.13.1
.
2.12.0 - January 22, 2025
Java agent: 2.12.0
OTel agent: 2.12.0
AWS Lambda layer ARN
arn:aws:lambda:<region>:851060098468:layer:solarwinds-apm-java-2_12_0:1
Upstream OpenTelemetry versions
New features and improvements
-
Upgraded to upstream OTEL agent
2.12.0
. -
Ensure trace metrics are exported when metrics is disabled using
SW_APM_EXPORT_METRICS_ENABLED
-
Capture stacktrace based on the existence of an attribute on a span. The span's attribute can be configured with
SW_APM_SPAN_STACKTRACE_FILTERS
or -Dsw.apm.span.stacktrace.filters
as a comma separated list.
Fixes
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Database trace context injection stopped working after application code throws a SQLException.
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Kubernetes ConfigMap mounted configuration file change not being detected due to file name obfuscation.
2024 updates
2023 updates
2022 updates
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