[APM Java agent] Ignore Exception

Elastic Observability APM
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Hi Elastic team,

Is there any way to ignore Exception catched in try catch block or ignore specific Exception ?

The latest apm (1.8.0) is collecting so many knowns errors, but I dont care about those exceptions.

Thanks,
Phuoc

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Hi :slight_smile:

currently, there is no such option.

How would you want to filter those? Based on the exception class or also the message?

Is there a change in behavior from previous versions?

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Hi Felix,

Nothing changed from previous versions.

I think based on exception class is better.

And I got alot exceptions (Exception class) catched by try catch block from 3rd party, the index
apm-error grows so big because of those exceptions. Its very good if you can ignore them.

Regards,

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Which 3rd party project are you talking about? How does that create an apm error?

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this is an example in org.json.JSONObject

public long optLong(String var1, long var2) {
        try {
            return this.getLong(var1);
        } catch (Exception var5) {
            return var2;
        }
    }
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But the agent is not automatically recording all exceptions in catch blocks. Are you using trace_methods to also trace 3rd party methods?

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You are right, Im tracing JSONObject. Work fine after I removed it.

Thanks very much for your help.

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