This topic describes the release notes for Application Real-Time Monitoring Service (ARMS) in 2022 and provides links to the relevant references.
November 2022
Sub-service | Feature | Description | Region | Version |
Application Monitoring | Application Monitoring agent for Java V2.7.3.5 | The automatic memory analysis feature is supported. For more information, see Release notes of the ARMS agent for Java. | For more information, see Regions where Application Monitoring is supported. | v2.8.7 |
Grafana view | The Grafana view displays the metrics of ARMS Application Monitoring in Grafana. Metrics can be displayed based on custom tags. For more information, see Grafana view. | v2.8.7 | ||
Selection of applications in Application Monitoring | On the Create Application Monitoring Alert Rule page, applications can be selected based on tags and all applications can be selected. For more information, see Application Monitoring alert rules. | v2.8.7 | ||
Prometheus Service | Optimization of the instance list | Instances can be queried by name. The display of instance regions and Grafana workspaces, and the configuration and management of instance tags are optimized. | For more information, see Regions where Prometheus Service is supported. | v2.8.7 |
Prometheus Service | Agent self-monitoring dashboard | The agent self-monitoring dashboard is provided. The dashboard displays more metrics that help you quickly locate the root causes of problems and improve O&M efficiency. For more information, see Self-monitoring dashboard of the Prometheus agent. | For more information, see Regions where Prometheus Service is supported. | v2.8.7 |
Prometheus Service | Optimization of the dashboard list | The tag feature and filter feature of the dashboard list are optimized. Billing statuses that are displayed on Grafana dashboards are synchronized to the Dashboards page. For more information, see View Grafana dashboards. | For more information, see Regions where Prometheus Service is supported. | v2.8.7 |
Prometheus Service | Instance basic information | The basic information of instances is displayed on the instance settings page. | For more information, see Regions where Prometheus Service is supported. | v2.8.7 |
Prometheus Service | Integration of the Kafka (Advanced Edition) exporters | Kafka (Advanced Edition) exporters have the capabilities of Kafka (Basic Edition) exporters and can collect important metrics of producers, brokers, consumers, and their internal modules based on a JMX agent. Full-link integrated expert-grade monitoring is supported. For more information, see Add a Kafka (Advanced Edition) exporter. | For more information, see Regions where Prometheus Service is supported. | v2.8.7 |
Prometheus Service | Windows Exporter | Data can be collected for metrics about CPU, memory, disk, and network processes. Windows operating systems can be monitored based on the collected data. For more information, see Use Managed Service for Prometheus to monitor Windows OSs. | For more information, see Regions where Prometheus Service is supported. | v2.8.7 |
Alert Management | New notification policies | The list of notification policies and the process of creating notification policies are optimized. For more information, see Create and manage a notification policy. | N/A | v2.8.7 |
Alert Management | Import of alert handling solutions | Historical solutions to alerts can be imported with a few clicks. | N/A | v2.8.7 |
September 2022
Sub-service | Feature | Description | Region | Version |
Application Monitoring | Automatic diagnostics for Message Queue and ApsaraDB RDS | Automatic diagnostics is supported for Message Queue and ApsaraDB RDS to improve the efficiency of troubleshooting and bottleneck discovery. | For more information, see Regions where Application Monitoring is supported. | v2.8.6.1 |
Browser Monitoring | Integration of Browser Monitoring into the CDN application center | Browser Monitoring is integrated into the Alibaba Cloud CDN application center. The sub-service can be used in the CDN console in an efficient manner. | For more information, see Regions where Browser Monitoring is supported. | v2.8.6.1 |
Application Security | Protection against five types of vulnerabilities | Applications can be protected against the following types of vulnerabilities: expression language injection, template injection, beans binding, ClassLoader manipulation, and JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL) file inclusion. For more information, see Attacks and solutions. | For more information, see Regions where Application Security is supported. | v2.8.6.1 |
Alert Management | Upgrade of notification recipient management | Notification recipients such as contacts, instant messaging (IM) robots, and webhooks can be created and managed in an efficient and convenient manner. | N/A | v2.8.6.1 |
August 2022
Sub-service | Feature | Description | Region | Version |
Application Monitoring | Application log collection | The issue that the application logs of some users fail to be collected is fixed. | For more information, see Regions where Application Monitoring is supported. | v2.8.5.3 |
ARMS agent V2.7.3.5 |
| v2.8.5.3 | ||
MSE isolation during memory dumps | Microservices Engine (MSE) isolation is supported for memory dumps. This prevents business interruptions that may occur during memory dumps. | v2.8.5.3 | ||
Browser Monitoring | Integration of Log Service | Log Service is integrated into Browser Monitoring. If you expand the storage capacity in Browser Monitoring, you can analyze complex browser monitoring issues in Log Service. For more information, see Browser Monitoring fields. | For more information, see Regions where Browser Monitoring is supported. | v2.8.5.3 |
Kubernetes Monitoring | New cluster topology views | The Node and Pod views are supported. For more information, see View the network topologies of a cluster. | For more information, see Regions where Kubernetes Monitoring is supported. | v2.8.5.3 |
New network protocols | The following network protocols are supported:
| v2.8.5.3 | ||
Application Security | Synchronous activation of Application Security | Application Security can be activated when you connect your application to Application Monitoring. The feature is available for ARMS agent V2.7.1.4 and later. For more information, see Connect an application to Application Security. | For more information, see Regions where Application Security is supported. | v2.8.5.3 |
Global availability | Application Security is available all round the world to meet the business requirements of global customers. For more information, see Regions where Application Security is supported. | v2.8.5.3 | ||
Commercial use in the Singapore region | Application Security is available for commercial use in the Singapore region. For information about the billing rules, see Billing. | v2.8.5.3 |
July 2022
Sub-service | Feature | Description | Region | Version |
Application Monitoring | Automatic trace analysis | For complex traces, the root causes of systemic issues are automatically analyzed based on historical data. | For more information, see Regions where Application Monitoring is supported. | v2.8.5.1 |
Continuous profiling | CPU utilization and memory usage can be monitored with low performance degradation. This prevents excessive CPU utilization and memory leakage. | v2.8.5.1 | ||
Database association analysis | The technical support is provided by cloud DBAs to help you troubleshoot issues for ApsaraDB RDS databases. | v2.8.5.1 | ||
Application Monitoring agent for Java V2.7.1.4 | For information about Application Monitoring agent for Java V2.7.1.4, see Release notes of the ARMS agent for Java. | v2.8.5.1 | ||
Prometheus Service | Tag-based filtering of dashboards | Dashboards can be queried by tag. For more information, see View Grafana dashboards. | For more information, see Regions where Prometheus Service is supported. | v2.8.5.1 |
Alert Management | DingTalk alert cards | DingTalk alert cards can be modularized and visualized with high efficiency. | N/A | v2.8.5.2 |
Kubernetes Monitoring | Packet capture | A fast and dynamic method to capture packets is available. For more information, see Capture packets. | For more information, see Regions where Kubernetes Monitoring is supported. | v2.8.5.1 |
June 2022
Sub-service | Feature | Description | Region | Version |
Prometheus Service | Integration of cloud services | Cloud services such as Dynamic Route for CDN (DCDN), ApsaraDB RDS for SQL Server, and ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL can be integrated into Prometheus Service. | For more information, see Regions where Prometheus Service is supported. | v2.8.4.4 |
Hosting of Prometheus Pushgateway | Prometheus Pushgateway can be deployed in Alibaba Cloud Prometheus Service to push metrics. | v2.8.4.4 | ||
Agent upgrade | Prometheus agent V3.1.0 is released to further improve the availability of data collection and reduce resource consumption. | v2.8.4.4 | ||
Auto synchronization of Prometheus ServiceMonitors | By default, automatic synchronization is disabled for Prometheus ServiceMonitors to prevent the delivery of invalid metrics. | v2.8.4.4 | ||
Integration of EventBridge | Alert events can be sent to your EventBridge event bus if an alert is triggered, claimed, or cleared. For more information, see Send alert events to EventBridge. | v2.8.4.3 |
May 2022
Sub-service | Feature | Description | Region | Version |
Prometheus Service | Synchronization of ServiceMonitors and PodMonitors | ServiceMonitors and PodMonitors in a cluster can be synchronized. For more information, see Synchronize the ServiceMonitor and PodMonitor in a cluster. | For more information, see Regions where Prometheus Service is supported. | v2.8.4.1 |
April 2022
Sub-service | Feature | Description | Region | Version |
Prometheus Service | New region | Prometheus Service is available in the China (Ulanqab) region. | For more information, see Regions where Prometheus Service is supported. | v2.8.3.4 |
Global aggregation instance | ARMS provides a virtual aggregation instance for multiple Alibaba Cloud Prometheus instances or self-managed Prometheus clusters. The virtual aggregation instance can be used to query Prometheus metrics, manage Grafana data sources, and manage alerts in a unified manner. For more information, see Manage a global aggregation instance. | For more information, see Regions where Prometheus Service is supported. | v2.8.3.4 | |
Application Monitoring | Custom RAM authorization | The operation permissions on a specific application can be granted to a RAM user by using a custom policy. For more information, see Attach a custom policy to a RAM user. | For more information, see Regions where Application Monitoring is supported. | v2.8.3.4 |
March 2022
Sub-service | Feature | Description | Region | Version |
Application Monitoring | Application tags | Tag can be added to applications in key-value pairs. For more information, see Manage tags. | For more information, see Regions where Application Monitoring is supported. | v2.8.3.3 |
Startup analysis | Startup analysis of Dubbo applications that are deployed in Container Service for Kubernetes (ACK) clusters is supported. The startup time of Dubbo instances that are deployed in an application can be collected. Unit: milliseconds. Data can be displayed and analyzed from four dimensions: container startup, application initialization, service registration, and normal traffic ingress. | This feature is supported only in China. For more information, see Regions where Application Monitoring is supported. | v2.8.3.3 | |
Application environment | The environment information of Dubbo applications deployed in ACK clusters can be viewed, including the environment dependency information and configuration information. For more information, see Application environment. | This feature is supported only in China. For more information, see Regions where Application Monitoring is supported. | v2.8.3.3 | |
JVM configuration optimization | All JVM instances within an application and the configurations of each instance can be viewed. JVM parameter tuning is supported. Suggestions are provided for you to optimize JVM parameter configurations. | This feature is supported only in China. For more information, see Regions where Application Monitoring is supported. | v2.8.3.3 | |
Alert Management | Commercial billing | ARMS Alert Management is available for commercial use as of 00:00 on March 18, 2022. Three editions are provided: Trial Edition, Basic Edition, and Pro Edition. The Trial Edition and Basic Edition are free of charge. The Pro Edition is billed by using the pay-as-you-go method. | This feature is supported only in China. | v2.8.3.3 |
Support for masking alert rules on mobile devices | Alert notifications in a DingTalk group chat or WeCom group chat can be masked. For more information, see Handle alerts in a group chat. | N/A | v2.8.3.3 | |
Alert event preview | When a notification policy is being created or edited, the events that meet the specified dispatch conditions in the last 24 hours can be previewed. | N/A | v2.8.3.3 |
February 2022
Sub-service | Feature | Description | Region | Version |
Application Monitoring | Support for Spring scheduled tasks with the @Scheduled annotation | Specified programs or instructions can be executed at a fixed interval. The details of Spring scheduled tasks are provided. | For more information, see Regions where Application Monitoring is supported. | v2.8.3.2 |
Prometheus Service | Commercial billing in some regions | Prometheus Service is available in Alibaba Finance Cloud, Alibaba Gov Cloud, and the following regions: China (Qingdao), China (Hohhot), China (Heyuan), China (Guangzhou), China (Chengdu), China (Hong Kong), US (Virginia), US (Silicon Valley), UK (London), and Germany (Frankfurt). You are charged for using Prometheus Service in these regions. For more information, see Pay-as-you-go. | For more information, see Regions where Prometheus Service is supported. | v2.8.3.2 |
Alert rule template for Kubernetes clusters | The alert rule template feature is supported. An alert rule template can be created and applied to multiple Prometheus instances that reside in different regions. The alert rule of these Prometheus instances can be managed in a unified manner. The management cost is reduced. For more information, see Create and manage an alert rule template. | For more information, see Regions where Prometheus Service is supported. | v2.8.3.2 | |
Kubernetes Monitoring | Cluster topology optimization | Nodes can be queried. Upstream and downstream nodes can be viewed. Issues can be identified more efficiently. | For more information, see Regions where Kubernetes Monitoring is supported. | v2.8.3.2 |
Query optimization | Filter conditions can be saved for subsequent queries. | For more information, see Regions where Kubernetes Monitoring is supported. | v2.8.3.2 |
January 2022
Sub-service | Feature | Description | Region | Version |
Prometheus Service | Dashboard for RocketMQ component monitoring | RocketMQ components can be installed and configured in the Prometheus Service console. Prometheus Service provides out-of-the-box dashboards to monitor RocketMQ components. For more information, see Install and configure a RocketMQ exporter. | For more information, see Regions where Prometheus Service is supported. | v2.8.3 |
Application Monitoring | Optimization of the ARMS agent for Java V2.7.1.3 |
| For more information, see Regions where Application Monitoring is supported. | v2.8.3 |
Synthetic Monitoring | API performance monitoring | The performance of API operations can be monitored. The data integrity of API operations can be verified. This feature ensures that API operations return data as expected. | N/A | v2.8.3 |
Service availability | Synthetic Monitoring is available in Alibaba Finance Cloud. | N/A | v2.8.3 | |
Alert Management | Support for API operations | The alert configuration process is optimized. API operations can be called to create or modify alert contacts, query alert rules, and query alert sending history. For more information, see Alert Management (New). | N/A | v2.8.2.4 |
Service availability | Alert Management is available in Alibaba Gov Cloud. | N/A | v2.8.2.4 |