The Elastic APM integration became generally available in 7.16 — see the APM Guide for updated documentation. Standalone APM Server users can see the Legacy APM Overview and Legacy APM Server Reference.
APM Server version 7.15edit
APM Server version 7.15.2edit
No significant changes.
APM Server version 7.15.1edit
Bug fixesedit
APM Server version 7.15.0edit
Breaking Changesedit
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network.connection_typeis nownetwork.connection.type5671 - 
transaction.pageanderror.pageno longer recorded 5872 - 
[preview]
This breaking change applies to the experimental tail-based sampling feature.
 
apm-server.sampling.tailnow requiresapm-server.data_streams.enabled5952 - 
[beta]
This breaking change applies to the beta APM integration (Elastic Agent).
 The 
traces-sampled-*data stream is nowtraces-apm.sampled-*5952 
Bug fixesedit
Intake API changesedit
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network.connection.typewas added to stream metadata 5671 
Addededit
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service_destinationspan metrics now take into account composite spans 5896 - 
add zero-downtime config reloads via 
SO_REUSEPORT5911 - experimental support for writing data streams in standalone mode 5928
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Data streams now define a default 
dynamicmapping parameter, overridable in the<data-stream>@customtemplate 5947