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Improvements

• Fixed build errors in NewRelicFeatureFlags.h that occurred if NewRelic.h was imported before foundation.h in the prefix.pch file.
• Interaction traces period is more discrete. An interaction will only record traces until a new interaction is started, rather than combining the data into one interaction.
• The method +[NRTaskQueue dequeue] will no longer fire on the UI thread.
• Interaction traces now have more easily identifiable names. Instead of “ViewController#Method” they will now be named “Display ViewController”.
• The healthy interaction timer will no longer fire repeatedly over very short intervals.
• The agent will no longer crash if the instrumented method:; [NSURLConnection sendAsynchronousRequest:queue:completionHandler:] is passed a nil completionHandler.

Fixes

• Default interaction traces can now be renamed by adding @protocol NewRelicCustomInteractionInterface( (defined in NewRelic.h) to the traced view controller.
• Added new method for starting a custom interaction trace +startInteractionWithName: (defined in NewRelic.h)
• Deprecated the following methods in NewRelic.h : +startInterationFromMethodName:object:, +startInterationFromMethodName:object:customizedName, and +startInterationFromMethodName:object:cancelRunningTrace:. Use +startInteractionWithName: instead.
• Added method +stopCurrentInteraction: to NewRelic.h. Allows user to stop a custom interaction trace manually.

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Fixes

• Fixed [AFURLSessionManager disposition]: unrecognized selector crash.
• Crashes in NRURLProtocol client call backs should no longer occur.
• Fixed C++ compilation error caused by the New Relic Agent feature flags.

Improvements

• Added new flag for NRFeatureFlags: NRFeatureFlag_ExperimentalNetworkingInstrumentation. This forces all network traffic to run through the NRURLProtocol, normally only traffic on UIWebViews are routed through the NRURLProtocol. It is not recommended to enable this flag.

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Fixes

• Fixed crash: BAD_ACCESS in +[NRThreadLocalStore currentThreadDictionary]
• Resolves a warning from Veracode SAST about an unchecked return from a malloc call

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Improvements

• NSURLSession Instrumentation Beta

  The iOS agent now instruments NSURLSessions. Specifically, network requests created with NSURLSessionDataTask and NSURLSessionUploadTask. Network requests made using these objects will appear in the Mobile UI under the Network tab along with previously instrumented network requests.

  This feature is disabled by default. It can be enabled via the new configuration flags.

• Configuration Flags Allow users to enable/disable New Relic features. This feature specifically added for Beta NSURLSession support, which is, by default, disabled.

Fixes

• Agent will no longer produces garbled server response bodies under Network > Errors > Error Traces.
• Agent will no longer display the error message "threadLocalTrace is not parentTrace" when it isn't actually an error.
• Agent will no longer trim the last traced method of an activity trace.

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Fixes

• Fixes a sporadic crash triggered by xpc_mach_port activity in the application after a call to read thread CPU usage fails. Also appears as a crash triggered by the SCReachability system API.
• Fixes an issue where certain class inheritance hierarchies may cause a grandparent class's implementation of an instrumented method to be invoked multiple times.
• Fixes a crash related to enabling both Verbose mode and File Output mode in the New Relic SDK.

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Fixes

• Interaction traces will properly terminate on app closing. This avoids certain edge cases where the interaction will resume on app launch and create an Interaction that spans the length of time the app was backgrounded.

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Improvements

• Created a workaround for no-network-activity bug that occurs when New Relic and Crittercism are installed simultaneously.

Fixes

• Fixed memory leak in NRTraceMachine

Notes

This release is a recommended upgrade for all iOS SDK users.

Improvements

• Agent stability & self-management. Critical sections of the agent have been isolated to prevent agent-related errors from destabilizing the host application, and certain classes of errors will be automatically reported to New Relic without the need for customer-initiated communication.
• Performance tuning. Overhead for on-device code tracing has been reduced by over 50% in some cases. The agent will consume less CPU time on the mobile device, resulting in improved application responsiveness and lower battery drain.
• Improved data accuracy. Under certain conditions it was possible for the SDK to record total time for method invocations but not record the associated exclusive time. This improvement will result in more accurate breakdown charts and tables, and improve the collection of certain interaction traces.

Fixes

• This release resolves multiple stability issues in the SDK. We recommend this release for any customers who have encountered application crashes with previous SDK versions.

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Fixes

• Resolves NRURLProtocol crashes for non-webView network requests.
• Large file uploads should no longer timeout after the default timeout period while there is network activity.