Worked on enhancing Kafka consumer instrumentation within the newrelic/newrelic-java-agent repository, focusing on compatibility with Kafka 3.7+ delegation patterns. Addressed the challenge of supporting multiple Kafka consumer implementations by refining configuration gathering and consumer class mapping, ensuring accurate identification and instrumentation across various client versions. Leveraged Java and Kafka expertise to validate the updated instrumentation, maintaining backward compatibility and minimizing performance overhead. The improvements enable more reliable observability for streaming workloads, aligning with the broader roadmap for Kafka ecosystem support. This work strengthened end-to-end visibility for users while preserving the stability and efficiency of the Java agent’s instrumentation layer.