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Dynamic configuration with property files

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Hi all, Currently I use elasticapm.properties (put in the same directory as the agent file) to configure the agent. Screen Shot 2020-04-07 at 21 45 14 In this file, I’ve following configuration for trace methods:

trace_methods=abc.xyz
trace_methods_duration_threshold=10ms

The configuration works fine until I want to modify trace_methods. From the documentation, it say that trace_methods supports dynamic configuration but when I remove or add new methods, it does not reload automatically. I have to restart the application manually to get the config applied. Can you guys help me to troubleshoot this problem and get dynamic configuration working? Thanks in advance.

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:5 (3 by maintainers)

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felixbarnycommented, Apr 8, 2020

I’ve found the issue, it’s a bug 🤦‍♂

https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-java/blob/97a3d763a9468fcbb2e9c8a0241a5afecb5186fe/apm-agent-core/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/bci/ElasticApmAgent.java#L196

it should be

        resettableClassFileTransformer = agentBuilder.patchOn(instrumentation, resettableClassFileTransformer);

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duclm2609commented, Apr 7, 2020

I also think that there is a delay before the configuration getting applied, so I’ve waited for 5 minutes. But nothing changes. It only applies when I restart the service.

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