Language and framework compatibility

Supported Java versions

The Datadog library supports Java JRE 1.8 and higher of both Oracle JDK and OpenJDK, on the following architectures:

  • Linux (GNU) x86, x86-64
  • Alpine Linux (musl) x86, x86-64
  • macOS (Darwin) x86, x86-64
  • Windows (msvc) x86, x86-64

Datadog does not officially support any early-access versions of Java.

You can monitor application security for Java apps running in Docker, Kubernetes, AWS ECS, and AWS Fargate.

Supported frameworks

Framework Web ServerMinimum Framework Version
Servlet Compatible2.3+, 3.0+
Spring3.1

Note: Many application servers are Servlet compatible and are supported by ASM, such as WebSphere, WebLogic, and JBoss. Also, frameworks like Spring Boot are supported by virtue of using a supported embedded application server (such as Tomcat, Jetty, or Netty).

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ASM capabilities support

The following ASM capabilities are supported in the Java library, for the specified tracer version:

ASM capabilityMinimum Java tracer version
Threat Detection
–> Business logic API
1.8.0
Threat Protection
–> IP blocking
–> Suspicious request blocking
–> User blocking
1.9.0


Vulnerability Management
–> Open source vulnerability detection

1.1.4
Vulnerability Management
–> Custom code vulnerability detection

1.15.0

The minimum tracer version to get all supported ASM capabilities for Java is 1.15.0.

Note: Threat Protection requires enabling Remote Configuration, which is included in the listed minimum tracer version.