newrelic/newrelic-java-agent
Nov 2024 – Aug 2025
9 Months active
Languages Used
JavapropertiesGradleMarkdownShellYAML
Technical Skills
Agent DevelopmentDebuggingDistributed TracingInstrumentationJavaJava Development
Oren Ben-Meir
PROFILE
Oren Ben-meir
Oren worked on the newrelic/newrelic-java-agent repository, delivering distributed tracing, observability, and instrumentation enhancements across AWS SQS, Kafka, Netty, Spring Kafka, and MongoDB. He implemented modular tracing integrations, batch-aware instrumentation, and dynamic transaction naming, using Java and Gradle to ensure compatibility and maintainability. Oren improved CI/CD reliability, refactored code for clarity, and introduced configuration toggles and header size limits to optimize performance and trace accuracy. His work included dependency upgrades, targeted bug fixes, and comprehensive test coverage, resulting in more reliable monitoring, faster incident diagnosis, and safer deployments for distributed Java applications in production environments.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
80%Features
Repository Contributions
57Total
Bugs
3
Commits
57
Features
12
Lines of code
9,549
Activity Months9
Your Network
17 people
Work History
August 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 monthly summary for the New Relic Java Agent (repository: newrelic/newrelic-java-agent). Delivered MongoDB Reactive Streams Instrumentation for the mongodb-driver-reactivestreams v5.2.0 to enable monitoring and tracing of MongoDB operations inside the Java agent. Implemented new instrumentation classes, added supporting tests, and updated test resources. This work provides end-to-end observability for reactive MongoDB workloads and lays groundwork for deeper performance insights.
3 Commits • 1 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 monthly summary for the New Relic Java Agent (repository: newrelic/newrelic-java-agent). Delivered MongoDB Reactive Streams Instrumentation for the mongodb-driver-reactivestreams v5.2.0 to enable monitoring and tracing of MongoDB operations inside the Java agent. Implemented new instrumentation classes, added supporting tests, and updated test resources. This work provides end-to-end observability for reactive MongoDB workloads and lays groundwork for deeper performance insights.
August 2025
July 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
Jul 1, 2025In July 2025, the Java agent team delivered targeted SQS distributed tracing instrumentation improvements in newrelic/newrelic-java-agent, focusing on reliability, observability, and maintainability. The work tightened the distributed tracing message attribute limit, introduced metrics to surface limit violations, refactored the header-checking logic for clarity, and refined metrics naming to distinguish between Java-specific and general SQS metrics. These changes, along with fixes to the SQS message limit handling, test improvements, and updated observability metrics, improve the accuracy and visibility of distributed traces in SQS-based workflows, enabling faster root-cause analysis and better SLA adherence.
July 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
Jul 1, 2025In July 2025, the Java agent team delivered targeted SQS distributed tracing instrumentation improvements in newrelic/newrelic-java-agent, focusing on reliability, observability, and maintainability. The work tightened the distributed tracing message attribute limit, introduced metrics to surface limit violations, refactored the header-checking logic for clarity, and refined metrics naming to distinguish between Java-specific and general SQS metrics. These changes, along with fixes to the SQS message limit handling, test improvements, and updated observability metrics, improve the accuracy and visibility of distributed traces in SQS-based workflows, enabling faster root-cause analysis and better SLA adherence.
May 2025
9 Commits • 1 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 Monthly Summary for repository newrelic/newrelic-java-agent focused on delivering distributed tracing improvements for AWS SQS, stabilizing Netty HTTP/2 configuration, and enhancing logging/readability to improve maintainability and customer value.
9 Commits • 1 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 Monthly Summary for repository newrelic/newrelic-java-agent focused on delivering distributed tracing improvements for AWS SQS, stabilizing Netty HTTP/2 configuration, and enhancing logging/readability to improve maintainability and customer value.
May 2025
April 2025
11 Commits • 2 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly summary for the Java agent repository focused on Spring Kafka instrumentation and observability improvements. Delivered batch-aware instrumentation for Spring Kafka with distributed tracing support, batch processing compatibility (Kafka client 2.0.0), and a default-off toggle along with unit tests to validate batch tracing. Enhanced transaction naming and observability for Kafka consumers, introducing dynamic naming based on topics/listeners and full method names, while removing unnecessary annotation checks and consolidating naming logic. Fixed verifier errors and improved Kafka consumer span naming to ensure accurate traces. Implemented additional batch consumption configuration improvements to support batch workflows with minimal runtime overhead.
April 2025
11 Commits • 2 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly summary for the Java agent repository focused on Spring Kafka instrumentation and observability improvements. Delivered batch-aware instrumentation for Spring Kafka with distributed tracing support, batch processing compatibility (Kafka client 2.0.0), and a default-off toggle along with unit tests to validate batch tracing. Enhanced transaction naming and observability for Kafka consumers, introducing dynamic naming based on topics/listeners and full method names, while removing unnecessary annotation checks and consolidating naming logic. Fixed verifier errors and improved Kafka consumer span naming to ensure accurate traces. Implemented additional batch consumption configuration improvements to support batch workflows with minimal runtime overhead.
March 2025
7 Commits • 2 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025: Delivered three core improvements in newrelic-java-agent that enhance observability, reliability, and developer experience. Key outcomes include refined application logging configuration and forwarding for precise log handling; distributed tracing support for Kafka consumer instrumentation; and improved Netty instrumentation reliability and transaction reporting. These changes improve monitoring accuracy, reduce noise, and strengthen instrumentation guards, delivering tangible business value through faster issue resolution, safer releases, and better end-to-end visibility.
7 Commits • 2 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025: Delivered three core improvements in newrelic-java-agent that enhance observability, reliability, and developer experience. Key outcomes include refined application logging configuration and forwarding for precise log handling; distributed tracing support for Kafka consumer instrumentation; and improved Netty instrumentation reliability and transaction reporting. These changes improve monitoring accuracy, reduce noise, and strengthen instrumentation guards, delivering tangible business value through faster issue resolution, safer releases, and better end-to-end visibility.
March 2025
February 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025: Focused on stabilizing embedded MariaDB tests and CI stability for the newrelic-java-agent project. Delivered a targeted dependency upgrade to improve test fidelity and performed platform-specific CI adjustments to reduce flakiness, enabling more reliable release cycles.
February 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025: Focused on stabilizing embedded MariaDB tests and CI stability for the newrelic-java-agent project. Delivered a targeted dependency upgrade to improve test fidelity and performed platform-specific CI adjustments to reduce flakiness, enabling more reliable release cycles.
January 2025
18 Commits • 2 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 focused on elevating observability for AWS SQS and strengthening CI/CD reliability for newrelic/newrelic-java-agent. Delivered a modular AWS SQS Distributed Tracing Instrumentation overhaul with header propagation for producers and receivers, plus tests and documentation. Upgraded CI/workflow infrastructure (Ubuntu runners and Python versions) and refreshed AIT caching to speed builds and reduce flakiness. Implemented targeted code quality improvements (module refactors, header class reorganization, and README updates). No customer-impact defects identified; these changes improve diagnosability, release velocity, and developer onboarding.
18 Commits • 2 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 focused on elevating observability for AWS SQS and strengthening CI/CD reliability for newrelic/newrelic-java-agent. Delivered a modular AWS SQS Distributed Tracing Instrumentation overhaul with header propagation for producers and receivers, plus tests and documentation. Upgraded CI/workflow infrastructure (Ubuntu runners and Python versions) and refreshed AIT caching to speed builds and reduce flakiness. Implemented targeted code quality improvements (module refactors, header class reorganization, and README updates). No customer-impact defects identified; these changes improve diagnosability, release velocity, and developer onboarding.
January 2025
December 2024
1 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024: Newrelic Java Agent repo delivered a security agent upgrade to version 1.6.0 via a gradle.properties bump, with no code changes required. This reduces security risk while preserving stability. Commit used: 9281f78c663433031b1b03b53a293d3b2dffc62f.
December 2024
1 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024: Newrelic Java Agent repo delivered a security agent upgrade to version 1.6.0 via a gradle.properties bump, with no code changes required. This reduces security risk while preserving stability. Commit used: 9281f78c663433031b1b03b53a293d3b2dffc62f.
November 2024
3 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2024Month 2024-11 | Focus: Jetty 12 instrumentation and distributed tracing observability for the Java agent (newrelic/newrelic-java-agent). Delivered targeted instrumentation work while preserving transaction lifecycle stability and reducing log noise. Business value realized through improved trace visibility, faster incident diagnosis, and safer deployment of instrumentation across Jetty 12.
3 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2024Month 2024-11 | Focus: Jetty 12 instrumentation and distributed tracing observability for the Java agent (newrelic/newrelic-java-agent). Delivered targeted instrumentation work while preserving transaction lifecycle stability and reducing log noise. Business value realized through improved trace visibility, faster incident diagnosis, and safer deployment of instrumentation across Jetty 12.
November 2024
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Quality Metrics
Correctness93.4%
Maintainability94.8%
Architecture92.0%
Performance87.0%
AI Usage20.4%
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Programming Languages
GradleJavaMarkdownShellYAMLproperties
Technical Skills
APMAWS SDKAgent DevelopmentAgent InstrumentationBackend DevelopmentBuild AutomationBuild ConfigurationBuild ManagementCI/CDCode InstrumentationCode MaintenanceCode RefactoringCode RefinementConfiguration ManagementDatabase Integration
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