# APM

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/apm/58.md?page=5

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## [Disable sqleventlistener in AspNetFullFramework](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-sqleventlistener-in-aspnetfullframework/374760)

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**Author:** [@ashok4v](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ashok4v)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-sqleventlistener-in-aspnetfullframework/374760 "2025-02-19T12:09:00Z")

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APM Agent language and version: Elastic APM .Net 1.28.0 Original install method and version: Nuget package Elastic.Apm 1.28.0 Elsatic.Apm.AspNetFullFramework 1.28.0 We are using Elastic.Apm.AspNetFullFramework in our…

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## [APM server does not working](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-does-not-working/374726)

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**Author:** [@dhwo0787](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dhwo0787)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-does-not-working/374726 "2025-02-19T07:50:20Z")

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I install Fleet-managed APM-Server. It seems active, but show error codes and doesn't work as a service. error : "message":"failed to clear scroll: context deadline exceeded","service.name":"apm-server","ecs.version":…

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## [APM Setup Method](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-setup-method/374556)

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**Author:** [@madhavsankarg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/madhavsankarg)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2025, 6:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-setup-method/374556 "2025-02-17T06:26:17Z")

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Kibana version:8.14.1 Elasticsearch version:8.14.1 APM Server version: 8.14.1 APM Agent language and version: Browser version: Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version: F…

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## [APM Java agent read elasticapm.properties, resulting in application startup failure](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-read-elasticapm-properties-resulting-in-application-startup-failure/374538)

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**Author:** [@arT1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arT1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2025, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-read-elasticapm-properties-resulting-in-application-startup-failure/374538 "2025-02-17T10:35:24Z")

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Elastic stack v8.13.3 JVM: -Xms2g -Xmx2g -XX:MetaspaceSize=512m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m -javaagent:/opt/apm/elastic-apm-agent-1.52.1.jar -Delastic.apm.config\_file=/opt/apm/elasticapm.properties elasticapm.properties …

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## [\[PHP APM Agent\] - span support for SOAP APIs?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/php-apm-agent-span-support-for-soap-apis/358152)

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**Author:** [@nhowe1991](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nhowe1991)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/php-apm-agent-span-support-for-soap-apis/358152 "2025-02-16T15:24:34Z")

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We just started leveraging some of APM on our Elastic cluster, and it is going well so far except for one thing. We have multiple services that interact with different APIs via the SOAPClient class that is built into PH…

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## [HTTP and gRPC spans in the same trace](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-and-grpc-spans-in-the-same-trace/374508)

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**Author:** [@rauan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rauan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-and-grpc-spans-in-the-same-trace/374508 "2025-02-13T14:28:36Z")

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\[Following up on closed topic: https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-http-context-transferred-to-grpc-context/231421\] My backend is in golang and I'm using regular opentelemetry tooling: http://go.opentelemetry.io/otel (v1.3…

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## [Integration between RUM traces and backend traces (distributed tracing)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integration-between-rum-traces-and-backend-traces-distributed-tracing/373739)

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**Author:** [@zvazquez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zvazquez)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2025, 9:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integration-between-rum-traces-and-backend-traces-distributed-tracing/373739 "2025-02-12T09:48:16Z")

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Hi, We have started our journey to implement RUM using rum-js 5.16.3 and we have been able to implemented in our UI where we can capture user interactions and capture HTTP requests Certainly the trace.id is included…

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## [MDC.get("trace.id") always null in code](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mdc-get-trace-id-always-null-in-code/374230)

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**Author:** [@gordon18](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gordon18)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2025, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mdc-get-trace-id-always-null-in-code/374230 "2025-02-12T08:49:58Z")

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Hello, I am using elk 8.15.x and apm-agent 1.52.1, and springboot 3.4.2. apm-agent is in classpath and i use programmatically : ElasticApmAttacher.attach(); I use ecs json output to a file and trace.id is present. No…

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## [Fleet server docker APM TLS environment vars](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-server-docker-apm-tls-environment-vars/374199)

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**Author:** [@Ali\_Osman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ali_Osman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-server-docker-apm-tls-environment-vars/374199 "2025-02-06T22:19:23Z")

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I have a docker compose file where it spins up a single node elasticsearch, kibana and a fleet server. Everything is running TLS except the APM server I have to do it manually from Kibana. Is there some environment vari…

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## [How RUM and APM works](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-rum-and-apm-works/373846)

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**Author:** [@GinkoLucas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GinkoLucas)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-rum-and-apm-works/373846 "2025-02-04T22:36:47Z")

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Hi, I need your help to understand how RUM works. I've seen it linked to APM, but I know very little about APM. Can someone describe how RUM works and how to use it? Thank you very much.

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## [Log4J version in apm-agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log4j-version-in-apm-agent/374015)

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**Author:** [@PedroSerrano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PedroSerrano)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log4j-version-in-apm-agent/374015 "2025-02-04T08:37:49Z")

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Hi! We are using apm-agent library (apm-agent-attach) in a java application, and we've seen lastest version of apm-agent (1.52.1) comes with log4j 2.12.4, which has some vulnerabilities. Are there any plans to launch a…

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## [.Net Apm Agent Installation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/net-apm-agent-installation/373279)

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**Author:** [@Ankita\_Pachauri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ankita_Pachauri)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/net-apm-agent-installation/373279 "2025-02-03T18:01:03Z")

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Hi Team, We are trying to implement the elastic APM agent on a web portal running on .NET framework 4.5.2. As per the documentation 4.6.2 or above is supported. Is there a workaround for this problem. We also tried addi…

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## [ELK APM .NET System.NullReferenceException](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-apm-net-system-nullreferenceexception/371079)

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**Author:** [@Anders\_Ekdahl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anders_Ekdahl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-apm-net-system-nullreferenceexception/371079 "2025-02-03T13:40:07Z")

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We're using the Elastic.Apm NuGet package and noticed that it threw a NullReferenceException in the ElasticActivityListener. The stack trace is: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of…

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## [Dotnet agent configuration](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dotnet-agent-configuration/371592)

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**Author:** [@Sachin\_Chourasiya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sachin_Chourasiya)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dotnet-agent-configuration/371592 "2025-02-03T13:23:03Z")

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Hi All, i want to monitor ASP.NET Core application running on docker container and i have setup the integrated apm server on different server, now i want to monitor .net application using .net apm agent but when i look …

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## [Split traces to separate indices based on service name](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/split-traces-to-separate-indices-based-on-service-name/373942)

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**Author:** [@Ali\_Osman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ali_Osman)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/split-traces-to-separate-indices-based-on-service-name/373942 "2025-02-01T16:26:44Z")

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Kibana version: 8.17.1 Elasticsearch version: 8.17.1 APM Server version: 8.17.1 APM Agent language and version: NodeJS - 4.11.0 Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version: D…

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## [Roadmap and possible discontinuation of OpenTracing bridge](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/roadmap-and-possible-discontinuation-of-opentracing-bridge/373877)

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**Author:** [@CGiuseppe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/CGiuseppe)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/roadmap-and-possible-discontinuation-of-opentracing-bridge/373877 "2025-01-30T09:02:09Z")

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The OpenTracing bridge docs for the java apm agent (version 1.52.1) on OpenTracing bridge | APM Java Agent Reference \[1.x\] | Elastic contain a note saying the following: " OpenTracing is discontinued in favor of OpenTe…

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## [NTLM negotiation logged as ERROR](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ntlm-negotiation-logged-as-error/368877)

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**Author:** [@dsantos98](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dsantos98)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 6:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ntlm-negotiation-logged-as-error/368877 "2025-01-30T06:15:48Z")

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Environment Windows .NET Framework 4.8 WebApp Describe the bug The situation I came across is when my web application receives a request and that request triggers a request/transaction using HttpWebRequest (System.Net)…

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## [Elastic synthetic error - You can't manually starts test on a private location](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetic-error-you-cant-manually-starts-test-on-a-private-location/373813)

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**Author:** [@Amol\_Nagotkar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amol_Nagotkar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetic-error-you-cant-manually-starts-test-on-a-private-location/373813 "2025-01-29T14:01:53Z")

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Hi all, Using elastic version 8.8.0. I have created private location. added the same while creating a monitor as shown in image. Please check error below. My health-check api is not working. Current status is also …

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## [How to create an alert when apm agent stops working?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-an-alert-when-apm-agent-stops-working/373618)

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**Author:** [@krishnannair87](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krishnannair87)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-an-alert-when-apm-agent-stops-working/373618 "2025-01-28T10:01:24Z")

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I have multiple elastic apm java agent deployed and i need to create an alert when it stops working. I see one topic relevant to this but I still want to check what is the configuration of alert in case we enable health …

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## [Elastic APM Agent vs Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry roadmap and support](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-agent-vs-elastic-distribution-of-opentelemetry-roadmap-and-support/373731)

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**Author:** [@Marchelune](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marchelune)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-agent-vs-elastic-distribution-of-opentelemetry-roadmap-and-support/373731 "2025-01-27T20:09:56Z")

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Hi! I have a roadmap question on the APM nodeJS agent (although it's probably a question in general). I wrote and maintain some custom (internal) packages to instrument nodejs apps to better track transactions from an u…

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## [Does Tail-based Sampling Sample Logs/Metrics?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-tail-based-sampling-sample-logs-metrics/373642)

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**Author:** [@BenB196](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BenB196)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-tail-based-sampling-sample-logs-metrics/373642 "2025-01-25T00:48:48Z")

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Hi All, Might be a bit of a "dump" question, but I couldn't really find any documentation on it, so wanted to ask and confirm. With APM/OTel there are essentially 3 parts: traces, logs, metrics. When using tail-based s…

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## [APM transaction.custom](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-transaction-custom/373600)

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**Author:** [@spaulovich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spaulovich)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-transaction-custom/373600 "2025-01-24T18:40:46Z")

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I've seen that using OTEL stores transaction.custom as a flattened field, where using an elastic agent stores the content to unmapped fields. I'm using elastic agents and would like to store transaction.custom as a flat…

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## [Service map - port number](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-map-port-number/373626)

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**Author:** [@searchwithme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/searchwithme)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-map-port-number/373626 "2025-01-24T10:37:55Z")

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Hi I see the service map in the documentation and I’d like to know why some services have port number next to them, some don’t. How to configure the port number for the services?

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## [Which particular elastic API is underneath the APM Health status flag underneath the Application Service Inventory?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-particular-elastic-api-is-underneath-the-apm-health-status-flag-underneath-the-application-service-inventory/373633)

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**Author:** [@girishkalamatHenkel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/girishkalamatHenkel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-particular-elastic-api-is-underneath-the-apm-health-status-flag-underneath-the-application-service-inventory/373633 "2025-01-24T12:58:39Z")

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Which elastic API is underneath the APM Health status flag underneath the Application Service Inventory? 1st Question - What empowers the health status flag in the observability APM service inventory UI view? DO the dep…

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## [Making span names bold & linking transactions](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/making-span-names-bold-linking-transactions/373357)

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**Author:** [@ca-schue](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ca-schue)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/making-span-names-bold-linking-transactions/373357 "2025-01-21T12:16:21Z")

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Still exploring how capable elasic apm is of integrating manual instrumentation. Looking at some examples, I could see the name some spans written bold - mostly HTTP related spans, like shown here: Is there any way o…

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## [Off load protobuf payload to Kafka](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/off-load-protobuf-payload-to-kafka/373307)

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**Author:** [@anoobagain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anoobagain)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/off-load-protobuf-payload-to-kafka/373307 "2025-01-21T11:32:01Z")

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Problem Our company wants to manage traces using APM, but the flow for publishing traces is a bit different. Currently, we use OpenTelemetry to capture traces for our application, but we don't want to use a collector. I…

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## [Azure Functions nodejs not showing transaction samples](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/azure-functions-nodejs-not-showing-transaction-samples/364373)

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**Author:** [@shevkaboss](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shevkaboss)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/azure-functions-nodejs-not-showing-transaction-samples/364373 "2025-01-21T09:22:02Z")

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Good day, I'm new to ELK stack and trying to setup APM transactions on my BE application. We are using serverless infrastructure with Azure Functions and nodejs. I cannot see any transaction samples in APM view: St…

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## [Does Custom spans takes latency?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-custom-spans-takes-latency/372988)

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**Author:** [@Amol\_Nagotkar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amol_Nagotkar)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-custom-spans-takes-latency/372988 "2025-01-20T08:33:51Z")

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Hi all, i am using elk version 7.17.1. i have to add custom span for redis, rabbitmq and mongodb in code(express nodejs application). does enterprise edition provide this feature automatically? how much latency it tak…

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## [\[Python\] How to send logs to Elasticsearch?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/python-how-to-send-logs-to-elasticsearch/373376)

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**Author:** [@Shane\_Chang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shane_Chang)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 6:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/python-how-to-send-logs-to-elasticsearch/373376 "2025-01-20T06:53:03Z")

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Hi Guys, I got some questions. Here is my use case to be solved. Python version: 3.11.4 Elastic version: 8.11.3 Python packages: fastapi = "0.103.1" elastic-apm = "6.23.0" I am maintaining a Python FastAPI server w…

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## [Failed to handle event of type ERROR with this error: null](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-handle-event-of-type-error-with-this-error-null/372908)

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**Author:** [@Nicolae\_Nicora](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nicolae_Nicora)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-handle-event-of-type-error-with-this-error-null/372908 "2025-01-17T10:32:26Z")

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Need you help on this null pointer exception! APM Agent used as layers to AWS Lambda: arn:aws:lambda:eu-west-1:267093732750:layer:elastic-apm-extension-ver-1-5-7-arm64:1 arn:aws:lambda:eu-west-1:267093732750:layer…

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