Upgrading

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The Elastic APM Node.js Agent uses semantic versioning, and therefore:

  • Upgrades between minor versions of the agent, like from 1.1 to 1.2 are always backwards compatible.
  • Upgrades that involve a major version bump often come with some backwards incompatible changes.

Before upgrading the agent, be sure to review the:

The following upgrade guides are available:

  • Upgrade to v1.x - Follow this guide to upgrade from version 0.x to version 1.x of the Elastic APM Node.js agent
  • Upgrade to v2.x - Follow this guide to upgrade from version 1.x to version 2.x of the Elastic APM Node.js agent
  • Upgrade to v3.x - Follow this guide to upgrade from version 2.x to version 3.x of the Elastic APM Node.js agent

End of life dates

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We love all our products, but sometimes we must say goodbye to a release so that we can continue moving forward on future development and innovation. Our End of life policy defines how long a given release is considered supported, as well as how long a release is considered still in active development or maintenance.