Validated libraries and frameworks

The following libraries and frameworks are supported by Observe APM and work with all Observe APM features.

Database Client

Observe supports the following Java database client libraries and services for APM instrumentation:

Library name	Supported versions	Trace Explorer	Catalog	Service Inspector	RED Metrics	Database Statements	Service Maps
JDBC	`Java 8+`	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
MongoDB Driver	`>= 3.1`	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅ 1️⃣

1️⃣ Service maps are limited due to a context propagation issue in MongoDB drivers.

ORM

Observe supports the following Java ORM libraries and services for APM instrumentation:

Library name	Supported versions	Trace Explorer	Catalog	Service Inspector	RED Metrics	Database Statements	Service Maps
Hibernate	`>= 3.3`	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅

Web / HTTP Server

Observe supports the following Java HTTP server libraries and services for APM instrumentation:

Library name	Supported versions	Trace Explorer	Catalog	Service Inspector	RED Metrics	Deployments	Service Maps	Error & Exception Tracking
Dropwizard	`>= 0.7`	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Netty	`>= 3.8`	✅ 1️⃣		✅	✅ 1️⃣	✅	✅	✅
Micronaut	`>= 3.0`	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Quarkus	`>= 2.16.7`	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Servlet	`>= 2.2`	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Spring Web MVC	`>= 3.1`	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Spring WebFlux	`>= 5.3`	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Vert.x	`>= 3.0`	✅ 1️⃣	✅	✅	✅ 1️⃣	✅	✅	✅

1️⃣ Span names may not work correctly with Netty applications. Since Vert.x is built atop Netty, you many encounter similar problems with Vert.x applications.

Other libraries and frameworks supported by Observe APM

The libraries and frameworks in this section are supported by OTel but may not work seamlessly with Observe APM features.

Cache Client

Library name	Supported versions	Trace Explorer
Jedis (Redis)	`>= 1.4`	✅
Lettuce (Redis)	`>= 4.0`	✅

Cloud SDK

Library name	Supported versions	Trace Explorer
AWS SDK	`v1: 1.11-1.12.583, v2: >= 2.2`	✅

Connection Pool

Library name	Supported versions	Trace Explorer
HikariCP	`>= 3.0`	✅

Database / Cache

Library name	Supported versions	Trace Explorer
Redisson	`>= 3.0`	✅

Database Client

Library name	Supported versions	Trace Explorer
Cassandra Driver	`>= 3.0`	✅
Elasticsearch REST Client	`>= 5.0`	✅
R2DBC	`>= 1.0`	✅

GenAI

Library name	Supported versions	Trace Explorer
OpenAI Java SDK	`>= 1.1`	✅

HTTP Client

Library name	Supported versions	Trace Explorer
Apache HTTP Client	`>= 2.0`	✅
Java HTTP Client	`Java 11+`	✅
OkHttp	`>= 2.2`	✅
Spring RestTemplate	`>= 3.1`	✅

Messaging

Library name	Supported versions	Trace Explorer
Apache Kafka	`>= 0.11`	✅
Apache Pulsar	`>= 2.8`	✅
JMS	`>= 1.1`	✅
RabbitMQ Client	`>= 2.7`	✅

GraphQL

Library name	Supported versions	Trace Explorer
GraphQL Java	`>= 12.0`	✅

Web / HTTP Server

Library name	Supported versions	Trace Explorer
JAX-RS	`>= 0.5`	✅
Ktor	`>= 1.0`	✅

Web / RPC

Library name	Supported versions	Trace Explorer
gRPC	`>= 1.6`	✅