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This page documents production updates to Cloud Profiler. You can
periodically check this page for announcements about new or updated features,
bug fixes, known issues, and deprecated functionality.
For a combined list of all release notes for the products in Google Cloud Observability, see Consolidated release notes.
You can see the latest product updates for all of Google Cloud on the
Google Cloud page, browse and filter all release notes in the
Google Cloud console,
or programmatically access release notes in
BigQuery.
To get the latest product updates delivered to you, add the URL of this page to your
feed
reader, or add the
feed URL directly.
September 29, 2020
Cloud Profiler history view is available in beta. For more information, see Viewing historical trends.
May 12, 2020
The Cloud Profiler Python agent is now generally available. See Profiling Python applications for information on configuring your Python application.
April 20, 2020
The Cloud Profiler Node.js agent is now
generally available. See
Profiling Node.js applications for information on configuring your Node.js application.
The Cloud Profiler Node.js agent now supports release 12 of Node.js. See
Profiling Node.js applications for information on configuring your Node.js application.
The Cloud Profiler Node.js agent no longer supports release 8 of Node.js.
March 24, 2020
Integration of Stackdriver Profiler with Virtual Private Cloud Service Controls is now Generally Available. For more information, see VPC Service Controls documentation.
December 13, 2019
Strackdriver Profiler supports Istio on Google Kubernetes Engine for
Go,
Java,
Python, and
Node.js
services. This feature is now in Beta.
December 10, 2019
Integration of Stackdriver Profiler with Virtual Private Cloud Service Controls is now beta. For more information, see VPC Service Controls documentation.
May 08, 2019
Java 11 is now supported. For more information, see Profiling Java.
March 26, 2019
Stackdriver Profiler is now generally available. Stackdriver Profiler
lets you analyze and understand the performance of your Go, Java, Node.js
or Python applications. For more information, see About Stackdriver Profiler.
March 12, 2019
Python is now supported. For more
information, see Profiling Python.
February 28, 2019
The new Color mode filter option lets you color the
flame graph frames by package name, by the metric consumption of the
function, or by the metric consumption of the function and its children.
For more information, see Color mode.
December 07, 2018
Go 1.11 for App Engine standard environment is now supported. For more
information, see Profiling Go.
August 02, 2018
The new Weight filter lets you select and graph profiles
that consume the most of the profile's measured metric.
For more information, see Weight filter.
July 24, 2018
The new Compare To option lets you compare profiles that
differ by end time, zone, or service version.
For more information, see Comparing profiles.
May 15, 2018
The new Focus filter lets you analyze the aggregate resource consumption of a specific function and the proportion of time spent in the function by different callers. For more information, see Using the Focus Filter.
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You can periodically check this page for announcements about new or updated features, bug fixes, known issues, and deprecated functionality.\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\nFor a combined list of all release notes for the products in Google Cloud Observability, see [Consolidated release notes](/stackdriver/docs/release-notes).\n\nYou can see the latest product updates for all of Google Cloud on the\n[Google Cloud](/release-notes) page, browse and filter all release notes in the\n[Google Cloud console](https://console.cloud.google.com/release-notes),\nor programmatically access release notes in\n[BigQuery](https://console.cloud.google.com/bigquery?p=bigquery-public-data&d=google_cloud_release_notes&t=release_notes&page=table).\n\nTo get the latest product updates delivered to you, add the URL of this page to your\n[feed\nreader](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_feed_aggregators), or add the\n[feed URL](https://cloud.google.com/feeds/stackdriver-release-notes.xml) directly.\n\nSeptember 29, 2020\n------------------\n\nCloud Profiler history view is available in beta. For more information, see [Viewing historical trends](https://cloud.google.com/profiler/docs/history-view).\n\nMay 12, 2020\n------------\n\nThe Cloud Profiler Python agent is now generally available. See [Profiling Python applications](https://cloud.google.com/profiler/docs/profiling-python) for information on configuring your Python application.\n\nApril 20, 2020\n--------------\n\nThe Cloud Profiler Node.js agent is now\ngenerally available. See\n[Profiling Node.js applications](https://cloud.google.com/profiler/docs/profiling-nodejs) for information on configuring your Node.js application. \nThe Cloud Profiler Node.js agent now supports release 12 of Node.js. See\n[Profiling Node.js applications](https://cloud.google.com/profiler/docs/profiling-nodejs) for information on configuring your Node.js application. \nThe Cloud Profiler Node.js agent no longer supports release 8 of Node.js.\n\nMarch 24, 2020\n--------------\n\nIntegration of Stackdriver Profiler with Virtual Private Cloud Service Controls is now Generally Available. For more information, see [VPC Service Controls documentation](https://cloud.google.com/vpc-service-controls/docs/).\n\nDecember 13, 2019\n-----------------\n\nStrackdriver Profiler supports Istio on Google Kubernetes Engine for\n[Go](https://cloud.google.com/profiler/docs/profiling-go),\n[Java](https://cloud.google.com/profiler/docs/profiling-java),\n[Python](https://cloud.google.com/profiler/docs/profiling-python), and\n[Node.js](https://cloud.google.com/profiler/docs/profiling-nodejs)\nservices. This feature is now in **Beta**.\n\nDecember 10, 2019\n-----------------\n\nIntegration of Stackdriver Profiler with Virtual Private Cloud Service Controls is now beta. For more information, see [VPC Service Controls documentation](https://cloud.google.com/vpc-service-controls/docs/).\n\nMay 08, 2019\n------------\n\nJava 11 is now supported. For more information, see [Profiling Java](https://cloud.google.com/profiler/docs/profiling-java).\n\nMarch 26, 2019\n--------------\n\nStackdriver Profiler is now generally available. Stackdriver Profiler\nlets you analyze and understand the performance of your Go, Java, Node.js\nor Python applications. For more information, see [About Stackdriver Profiler](https://cloud.google.com/profiler/docs/about-profiler).\n\nMarch 12, 2019\n--------------\n\nPython is now supported. For more\ninformation, see [Profiling Python](https://cloud.google.com/profiler/docs/profiling-python).\n\nFebruary 28, 2019\n-----------------\n\nThe new **Color mode** filter option lets you color the\nflame graph frames by package name, by the metric consumption of the\nfunction, or by the metric consumption of the function and its children.\nFor more information, see [Color mode](https://cloud.google.com/profiler/docs/filtering-profiles#color-filter).\n\nDecember 07, 2018\n-----------------\n\nGo 1.11 for App Engine standard environment is now supported. For more\ninformation, see [Profiling Go](https://cloud.google.com/profiler/docs/profiling-go).\n\nAugust 02, 2018\n---------------\n\nThe new **Weight** filter lets you select and graph profiles\nthat consume the most of the profile's measured metric.\nFor more information, see [Weight filter](https://cloud.google.com/profiler/docs/selecting-profiles#weight-filter).\n\nJuly 24, 2018\n-------------\n\nThe new **Compare To** option lets you compare profiles that\ndiffer by end time, zone, or service version.\nFor more information, see [Comparing profiles](https://cloud.google.com/profiler/docs/comparing-profiles).\n\nMay 15, 2018\n------------\n\nThe new **Focus** filter lets you analyze the aggregate resource consumption of a specific function and the proportion of time spent in the function by different callers. For more information, see [Using the **Focus** Filter](https://cloud.google.com/profiler/docs/filtering-profiles#focus-filter).\n\nMarch 28, 2018\n--------------\n\nStackdriver Profiler is released in Beta."]]
