This repository contains dd-trace-java, Datadog's APM client Java library. dd-trace-java contains APIs to automatically or manually trace and profile Java applications.

These features power Distributed Tracing with Automatic Instrumentation, Continuous Profiling, Error Tracking, Continuous Integration Visibility, Deployment Tracking, Code Hotspots and more.

To use and configure, check out the setup documentation.

For advanced usage, check out the configuration reference and custom instrumentation API.

Confused about the terminology of APM? Take a look at the APM Glossary.

Before contributing to the project, please take a moment to read our brief Contribution Guidelines. Then check our guides:

• How to set up a development environment and build the project,
• How to create a new instrumentation,
• How to test,

Or our reference documents:

• How instrumentations work.

Datadog will generally release a new minor version during the first full week of every month.

See release.md for more information.