Compatibility
The Java Datadog Trace library is open source - view the GitHub repository for more information.
Supported Java runtimes
The Java Tracer supports automatic instrumentation for the following Oracle JDK and OpenJDK JVM runtimes.
| Java versions | Operating Systems | Support level | Tracer version |
|---|
| 18 to 21 | Windows (x86, x86-64)
Linux (x86, x86-64, arm64)
Mac (x86, x86-64, arm64) | Beta | Latest |
| 8 to 17 | Linux (arm64)
Mac (arm64) | Beta | Latest |
| 7 | Linux (arm64)
Mac (arm64) | End-of-life | v0 |
| 8 to 17 | Windows (x86, x86-64)
Linux (x86, x86-64)
Mac (x86, x86-64) | GA | Latest |
| 7 | Windows (x86, x86-64)
Linux (x86, x86-64)
Mac (x86, x86-64) | Maintenance | v0 |
Datadog does not officially support any early-access versions of Java.
Levels of support
| Level | Support provided |
|---|
| Unsupported | No implementation. Contact Datadog support for special requests. |
| Beta | Initial implementation. May not yet contain all features. Support for new features and bug and security fixes are provided on a best-effort basis. |
| General Availability (GA) | Full implementation of all features. Full support for new features and bug and security fixes. |
| Maintenance | Full implementation of existing features. Does not receive new features. Support for bug and security fixes only. |
| End-of-life (EOL) | No support. |
Integrations
Beta integrations are disabled by default but can be enabled individually:
- System Property:
-Ddd.integration.<INTEGRATION_NAME>.enabled=true - Environment Variable:
DD_INTEGRATION_<INTEGRATION_NAME>_ENABLED=true
Web framework compatibility
dd-java-agent includes support for automatically tracing the following web frameworks.
Web Framework tracing provides:
- timing HTTP request to response
- tags for the HTTP request (status code, method, etc)
- error and stacktrace capturing
- linking work created within a web request and Distributed Tracing
| Server | Versions | Support Type | Instrumentation Names (used for configuration) |
|---|
| Akka-Http Server | 10.0+ | Fully Supported | akka-http, akka-http-server |
| Finatra Web | 2.9+ | Fully Supported | finatra |
| Grizzly | 2.0+ | Fully Supported | grizzly |
| Grizzly-HTTP | 2.3.20+ | Fully Supported | grizzly-filterchain |
| Java Servlet Compatible | 2.3+, 3.0+ | Fully Supported | servlet, servlet-2, servlet-3 |
| Jax-RS Annotations | JSR311-API | Fully Supported | jax-rs, jaxrs, jax-rs-annotations, jax-rs-filter |
| Jetty | 7.0-12.x | Fully Supported | jetty |
| Micronaut HTTP Server | 2.x | Fully Supported | micronaut |
| Mulesoft | 4 | Fully Supported | mule |
| Netty HTTP Server | 3.8+ | Fully Supported | netty, netty-3.8, netty-4.0, netty-4.1 |
| Play | 2.3-2.8 | Fully Supported | play, play-action |
| Ratpack | 1.5+ | Fully Supported | ratpack |
| Restlet HTTP Server | 2.2 - 2.4 | Fully Supported | restlet-http. |
| Spark Java | 2.3+ | Beta | sparkjava (requires jetty) |
| Spring Boot | 1.5 | Fully Supported | spring-web or spring-webflux |
| Spring Web (MVC) | 4.0+ | Fully Supported | spring-web |
| Spring WebFlux | 5.0+ | Fully Supported | spring-webflux |
| Tomcat | 5.5+ | Fully Supported | tomcat |
| Vert.x | 3.4+ | Fully Supported | vertx, vertx-3.4, vertx-3.9, vertx-4.0 |
Note: Many application servers are Servlet compatible and are automatically covered by that instrumentation, such as Websphere, Weblogic, and JBoss.
Also, frameworks like Spring Boot (version 3) inherently work because they usually use a supported embedded application server, such as Tomcat, Jetty, or Netty.
Framework Integrations Disabled By Default
The following instrumentations are disabled by default and can be enabled with the following settings:
| Instrumentation | To Enable |
|---|
| JAX-WS | -Ddd.integration.jax-ws.enabled=true |
| Mulesoft | -Ddd.integration.mule.enabled=true, -Ddd.integration.grizzly-client.enabled=true, -Ddd.integration.grizzly-filterchain.enabled=true |
| Google Pub/Sub | -Ddd.integration.google-pubsub.enabled=true |
| Grizzly | -Ddd.integration.grizzly-client.enabled=true |
| Grizzly-HTTP | -Ddd.integration.grizzly-filterchain.enabled=true |
| Ning | -Ddd.integration.ning.enabled=true |
| Spark Java | -Ddd.integration.sparkjava.enabled=true |
Note: JAX-WS integration instruments endpoints annotated with @WebService (JAX-WS 1.x) and @WebServiceProvider (JAX-WS 2.x).
Don’t see your desired web frameworks? Datadog is continually adding additional support. Contact Datadog support if you need help.
Networking framework compatibility
dd-java-agent includes support for automatically tracing the following networking frameworks.
Networking tracing provides:
- timing request to response
- tags for the request (for example, response code)
- error and stacktrace capturing
- distributed tracing
| Framework | Versions | Support Type | Instrumentation Names (used for configuration) |
|---|
| Apache HTTP Client | 4.0+ | Fully Supported | httpclient, apache-httpclient, apache-http-client |
| Apache HTTP Async Client | 4.0+ | Fully Supported | httpasyncclient, apache-httpasyncclient |
| AWS Java SDK | 1.11+, 2.2+ | Fully Supported | aws-sdk |
| Camel-OpenTelemetry | 3.12.0+ | Beta | opentelemetry-1 |
| Commons HTTP Client | 2.0+ | Fully Supported | commons-http-client |
| Google HTTP Client | 1.19.0+ | Fully Supported | google-http-client |
| Google Pub/Sub | 1.116.0+ | Beta | google-pubsub |
| Grizzly HTTP Client | 1.9+ | Beta | grizzly-client |
| gRPC | 1.5+ | Fully Supported | grpc, grpc-client, grpc-server |
| HttpURLConnection | all | Fully Supported | httpurlconnection, urlconnection |
| Kafka-Clients | 0.11+ | Fully Supported | kafka |
| Kafka-Streams | 0.11+ | Fully Supported | kafka, kafka-streams |
| Java RMI | all | Distributed Tracing Not Supported | rmi, rmi-client, rmi-server |
| Jax RS Clients | 2.0+ | Fully Supported | jax-rs, jaxrs, jax-rs-client |
| Jersey Client | 1.9-2.29 | Fully Supported | jax-rs, jaxrs, jax-rs-client |
| JMS | 1 and 2 | Fully Supported | jms, jms-1, jms-2 |
| Netty HTTP Client | 4.0+ | Fully Supported | netty, netty-4.0, netty-4.1 |
| Ning HTTP Client | 1.9.0+ | Beta | ning |
| OkHTTP | 2.2+ | Fully Supported | okhttp, okhttp-2,okhttp-3 |
| Play WSClient | 1.0+ | Fully Supported | play-ws |
| Rabbit AMQP | 2.7+ | Fully Supported | amqp, rabbitmq |
| Spring SessionAwareMessageListener | 3.1+ | Fully Supported | spring-jms-3.1 |
| Spring WebClient | 5.0+ | Fully Supported | spring-webflux, spring-webflux-client |
Kafka Note: Datadog’s Kafka integration works with Kafka version 0.11+, which supports the Header API. This API is used to inject and extract trace context. If you are running a mixed version environment, the Kafka broker can incorrectly report the newer version of Kafka. This causes an issue when the tracer tries to inject headers that are not supported by the local producer. Additionally, older consumers are unable to consume the message because of the presence of headers. To prevent these issues, if you are running a mixed version Kafka environment with versions older than 0.11, disable context propagation with the environment variable: DD_KAFKA_CLIENT_PROPAGATION_ENABLED=false.
JMS Note: Datadog’s JMS integration automatically adds and reads message object properties x__dash__datadog__dash__trace__dash__id and x__dash__datadog__dash__parent__dash__id to maintain context propagation between consumer and producer services.
Camel Note: Distributed trace propagation over Camel routes is not supported.
Don’t see your desired networking framework? Datadog is continually adding additional support. Contact Datadog support if you need help.
Data store compatibility
dd-java-agent includes support for automatically tracing the following database frameworks/drivers.
Datastore tracing provides:
- timing request to response
- query info (for example, a sanitized query string)
- error and stacktrace capturing
| Database | Versions | Support Type | Instrumentation Names (used for configuration) |
|---|
| Aerospike | 4.0+ | Fully Supported | aerospike |
| Couchbase | 2.0+ | Fully Supported | couchbase |
| Cassandra | 3.0+ | Fully Supported | cassandra |
| Elasticsearch Transport | 2.0+ | Fully Supported | elasticsearch, elasticsearch-transport, elasticsearch-transport-{2,5,6,7} (pick one) |
| Elasticsearch Rest | 5.0+ | Fully Supported | elasticsearch, elasticsearch-rest, elasticsearch-rest-{5,6,7} (pick one) |
| JDBC | N/A | Fully Supported | jdbc, jdbc-datasource |
| Jedis | 1.4+ | Fully Supported | jedis, redis |
| Lettuce | 4.0+ | Fully Supported | lettuce, lettuce-4-async, lettuce-5-rx |
| MongoDB | 3.0-4.0+ | Fully Supported | mongo |
| OpenSearch Rest | 1.x-2.x | Fully Supported | opensearch, opensearch-rest |
| OpenSearch Transport | 1.0+ | Fully Supported | opensearch, opensearch-transport |
| RediScala | 1.5+ | Fully Supported | rediscala, redis |
| Redisson | 2.x-3.x | Fully Supported | redisson, redis |
| SpyMemcached | 2.12+ | Fully Supported | spymemcached |
| Vert.x Cassandra Client | 3.9+ | Fully Supported | cassandra |
| Vert.x Redis Client | 3.9 | Fully Supported | vertx-redis-client |
| Vert.x MySQL Client | 3.9+ | Fully Supported | vertx-sql-client |
dd-java-agent is also compatible with common JDBC drivers including:
- Apache Derby
- Firebird SQL
- H2 Database Engine
- HSQLDB
- IBM DB2
- MariaDB
- MSSQL (Microsoft SQL Server)
- MySQL
- Oracle
- Postgres SQL
- ScalikeJDBC
Database Integrations Disabled By Default
The following instrumentations are disabled by default and can be enabled with the following settings:
| Instrumentation | To Enable |
|---|
| JDBC-Datasource | -Ddd.integration.jdbc-datasource.enabled=true |
Don’t see your desired datastores? Datadog is continually adding additional support. Contact Datadog support if you need help.
Additional framework compatibility
dd-java-agent includes support for automatically tracing the following frameworks.
| Framework | Versions | Support Type | Instrumentation Names (used for configuration) |
|---|
| Datanucleus JDO | 4.0+ | Fully Supported | datanucleus |
| Dropwizard Views | 0.7+ | Fully Supported | dropwizard, dropwizard-view |
| GraphQL | 14.0+ | Fully Supported | graphql-java |
| Hibernate | 3.5+ | Fully Supported | hibernate, hibernate-core |
| Hystrix | 1.4+ | Fully Supported | hystrix |
| JSP Rendering | 2.3+ | Fully Supported | jsp, jsp-render, jsp-compile |
| JUnit | 4.1+, 5.3+ | Fully Supported | junit, junit-4, junit-5 |
| Project Reactor | 3.1+ | Fully Supported | reactor-core |
| Quartz | 2.x | Fully Supported | quartz |
| RxJava | 2.x | Fully Supported | rxjava |
| Spring Data | 1.8+ | Fully Supported | spring-data |
| Spring Scheduling | 3.1+ | Fully Supported | spring-scheduling |
| Twilio SDK | < 8.0 | Fully Supported | twilio-sdk |
Don’t see your desired frameworks? Datadog is continually adding additional support. To request a framework, contact our awesome support team.
To improve visibility into applications using unsupported frameworks, consider:
Disabling integrations
Most integrations are enabled by default. The following setting can change the default to disabled.
- System Property:
-Ddd.integrations.enabled=false - Environment Variable:
DD_INTEGRATIONS_ENABLED=false
Integrations can be enabled or disabled individually (overriding the default above).
- System Property:
-Ddd.integration.<INTEGRATION_NAME>.enabled=true - Environment Variable:
DD_INTEGRATION_<INTEGRATION_NAME>_ENABLED=true
(See above for each integration’s name.)
Known issues
Running the Java tracer in Bitbucket is not supported.
Further Reading
Additional helpful documentation, links, and articles:
