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title: Elastic APM Java Agent deprecations
description: Review the deprecated functionality for your Elastic APM Java Agent version. While deprecations have no immediate impact, we strongly encourage you update...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2439/release-notes/apm/agents/java/deprecations

This applies to:
- Generally available for Serverless Observability
- Generally available in 9.0+ for Stack
- Generally available in 1.0+ for APM Agent Java
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# Elastic APM Java Agent deprecations
Review the deprecated functionality for your Elastic APM Java Agent version. While deprecations have no immediate impact, we strongly encourage you update your implementation after you upgrade.
To learn how to upgrade, check out [Upgrading](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2439/reference/apm/agents/java/upgrading).

## 1.33.0

**Release date:** July 8, 2022
- Deprecated [`url_groups`](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2439/reference/apm/agents/java/config-http#config-url-groups) in favor of [`transaction_name_groups`](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2439/reference/apm/agents/java/config-core#config-transaction-name-groups).


## 1.18.0

**Release date:** September 8, 2020
- Deprecating `ignore_urls` config in favour of [`transaction_ignore_urls`](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2439/reference/apm/agents/java/config-http#config-transaction-ignore-urls) to align with other agents, while still allowing the old config name for backward compatibility - [#1315](https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-java/pull/1315)