Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry Browser release notes

Review the changes, fixes, and more in each version of Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry Browser (EDOT Browser).

To check for breaking changes, see EDOT Browser Breaking Changes.

To check for security updates, go to Security announcements for the Elastic stack.

  • Use the new upstream @opentelemetry/browser-sdk package to setup traces and logs signal.
  • Switch to the new upstream navigation instrumentation from @opentelemetry/browser-sdk package.
    • It replaces the former @opentelemetry/instrumentation-browser-navigation. the new instrumentation is a port from opentelemetry-js-contrib to opentelemetry-browser. There are no changes in the data model rather than the scope.
    • This change breaks the configuration interface of instrumentation switching the configuration key form the full scope to a shorter name navigation.
  • Update typescript package to match the version in opentelemetry-browser.
    • SDK has ben updated to retun a no-op SDK to conform to the types in the previous version.
    • Internal JSDoc comments have been updated for better type checking.
  • Remove patching of window.setImmediate function in the context manager. The function is deprecated and not available in the majority of browsers. Ref: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/setImmediate

First release of the Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry Browser.