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title: Java Compatibility Requirements
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# Java Compatibility Requirements

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## App and API Protection capabilities{% #app-and-api-protection-capabilities %}

The following App and API Protection capabilities are supported in the Java library, for the specified tracer version:

| App and API Protection capability      | Minimum Java tracer version |
| -------------------------------------- | --------------------------- |
| Threat Detection                       | 0.94.0                      |
| Threat Protection                      | 0.94.0                      |
| Customize response to blocked requests | 0.94.0                      |
| Automatic user activity event tracking | 0.94.0                      |
| API Security                           | 0.94.0                      |

The minimum tracer version to get all supported App and API Protection capabilities for Java is 0.94.0.

**Note**: Threat Protection requires enabling [Remote Configuration](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/remote_config/#enabling-remote-configuration), which is included in the listed minimum tracer version.

### Supported deployment types{% #supported-deployment-types %}

Threat Detection is supported for the following deployment types:

- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Amazon ECS
- AWS Fargate
- AWS Lambda
- Google Cloud Run

## Language and framework compatibility{% #language-and-framework-compatibility %}

### Supported Java versions{% #supported-java-versions %}

The Datadog Java Tracing library is open source. View the [GitHub repository](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-java) for more information.

The Datadog Java Tracing Library supports Java 8 and newer versions. For optimal performance and feature support, we recommend using the latest LTS version of Java.

You must be running Datadog Agent v7.41.1+ for App and API Protection features.

## Integrations{% #integrations %}

The Java tracer includes support for the following frameworks, data stores, and libraries:

### Web frameworks{% #web-frameworks %}

- Spring Boot
- Spring Web
- Spring WebFlux
- JAX-RS
- Play Framework
- Spark Java
- Vert.x
- gRPC

### Data stores{% #data-stores %}

- JDBC
- MongoDB
- Redis
- Elasticsearch
- Cassandra
- Couchbase

### Message brokers{% #message-brokers %}

- Kafka
- RabbitMQ
- JMS

### Other{% #other %}

- OkHttp
- Apache HttpClient
- JSP
- Servlet
- GraphQL

For a complete list of supported integrations and their versions, see the [Java tracer documentation](https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing/trace_collection/compatibility_requirements/java).