Thanks in advance for all your help!
These are the details for your reference
Kibana version: 7.12.1
Elasticsearch version: 7.12.1
APM Server version: 7.12.1
APM Agent language and version: java, 1.23
'When we try to add the java agent to tomcat server, the application does not start.'
Server version: Apache Tomcat/7.0.106
Server built:   Sep 16 2020 08:33:41 UTC
Server number:  7.0.106.0
OS Name:        Linux
OS Version:     4.14.35-2047.502.4.1.el7uek.x86_64
Architecture:   amd64
JVM Version:    1.7.0_301-b09
JVM Vendor:     Oracle Corporation
Steps to reproduce:
- Attached java agent 1.23 to the setenv.sh of tomcat.
 - Tomcat starts but the application throws exceptions and does not start
 - We also tried the suggestions mentioned in the Troubleshooting guide - part of uncommon problems
4 tried adding -XX:CompileCommand=exclude,java.lang.invoke.LambdaForm*::* to JAVA_OPTS - tried adding -Delastic.apm.delay_agent_premain_ms=10000 to CATALINA_OPTS
6 The VerifyError and error related to invokedDynamics are repeated many times. 
Refer the log snippet below
Delaying Elastic APM Agent initialization by 3000 milliseconds.
co.elastic.apm.agent.configuration.StartupInfo - Starting Elastic APM 1.23.0 as Stage-mis on Java 1.7.0
2021-05-10 07:15:20,030 [elastic-apm-agent-initialization] INFO  co.elastic.apm.agent.configuration.StartupInfo - global_labels: 'env= Stage' (source: Java System Prope
rties)
2021-05-10 07:15:20,030 [elastic-apm-agent-initialization] INFO  co.elastic.apm.agent.configuration.StartupInfo - server_url: 'http://xx.xx.xx.xx:8200' (source: Java Sy
stem Properties)
2021-05-10 07:15:20,031 [elastic-apm-agent-initialization] INFO  co.elastic.apm.agent.configuration.StartupInfo - application_packages: 'org,com' (source: Java System Properties)
2021-05-10 07:15:21,517 [elastic-apm-agent-initialization] WARN  co.elastic.apm.agent.bci.ElasticApmAgent - Error while redefining classes Error invoking java.lang.instrument.Instrumentation#retransformClasses
2021-05-10 07:15:21,522 [elastic-apm-tracer-initializer] INFO  co.elastic.apm.agent.impl.ElasticApmTracer - Delaying initialization of tracer for 5000ms
May 10, 2021 7:15:26 AM org.apache.catalina.mbeans.GlobalResourcesLifecycleListener createMBeans
SEVERE: Exception processing Global JNDI Resources
javax.naming.NamingException: Could not create resource factory instance [Root exception is java.lang.VerifyError: (class: ch/qos/logback/classic/Logger, method: error
signature: (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Throwable;)V) invokedynamic bytecode is not supported in this class file version]
        at org.apache.naming.factory.FactoryBase.getObjectInstance(FactoryBase.java:86)
        at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getObjectInstance(NamingManager.java:331)
        at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:847)
        at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:159)
        at org.apache.naming.NamingContextBindingsEnumeration.nextElementInternal(NamingContextBindingsEnumeration.java:117)
        at org.apache.naming.NamingContextBindingsEnumeration.next(NamingContextBindingsEnumeration.java:71)
        at org.apache.naming.NamingContextBindingsEnumeration.next(NamingContextBindingsEnumeration.java:34)
        at org.apache.catalina.mbeans.GlobalResourcesLifecycleListener.createMBeans(GlobalResourcesLifecycleListener.java:138)
        at org.apache.catalina.mbeans.GlobalResourcesLifecycleListener.createMBeans(GlobalResourcesLifecycleListener.java:145)
        at org.apache.catalina.mbeans.GlobalResourcesLifecycleListener.createMBeans(GlobalResourcesLifecycleListener.java:110)
        at .......
Caused by: java.lang.VerifyError: (class: ch/qos/logback/classic/Logger, method: error signature: (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Throwable;)V) invokedynamic bytecode is
not supported in this class file version
        at ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext.<init>(LoggerContext.java:79)
        at org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder.<init>(StaticLoggerBinder.java:59)
        at org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder.<clinit>(StaticLoggerBinder.java:50)
        at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.bind(LoggerFactory.java:128)
        at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.performInitialization(LoggerFactory.java:108)
        at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getILoggerFactory(LoggerFactory.java:279)
        at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:252)
        at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:265)
        at org.apache.activemq.jndi.JNDIReferenceFactory.<clinit>(JNDIReferenceFactory.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
        at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:526)
        at org.apache.naming.factory.FactoryBase.getObjectInstance(FactoryBase.java:75)
        ... 22 more
May 10, 2021 7:15:26 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal
INFO: Starting service [Catalina]
May 10, 2021 7:15:26 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.106
May 10, 2021 7:15:26 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor
INFO: Deploying deployment descriptor [/base/path//conf/Catalina/localhost/logs.xml]
2021-05-10 07:15:26,523 [elastic-apm-tracer-initializer] INFO  co.elastic.apm.agent.impl.ElasticApmTracer - end wait
2021-05-10 07:15:26,542 [elastic-apm-tracer-initializer] INFO  co.elastic.apm.agent.impl.ElasticApmTracer - Tracer switched to RUNNING state
2021-05-10 07:15:26,550 [elastic-apm-server-healthcheck] INFO  co.elastic.apm.agent.report.ApmServerHealthChecker - Elastic APM server is available: {  "build_date": "2
021-04-20T19:55:39Z",  "build_sha": "32f34ed4298d648bf9476790f2a8a54d72805bb6",  "version": "7.12.1"}
May 10, 2021 7:15:29 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase addChildInternal
SEVERE: ContainerBase.addChild: start:
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/logs]]
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.handleSubClassException(LifecycleBase.java:440)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:198)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:1007)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:983)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:639)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:712)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:2001)
        at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1152)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:622)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.VerifyError: (class: javax/servlet/GenericServlet, method: init signature: (Ljavax/servlet/ServletConfig;)V) invokedynamic bytecode is not supporte
d in this class file version
        at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields0(Native Method)
        at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredFields(Class.java:2509)
        at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields(Class.java:1819)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.Introspection.getDeclaredFields(Introspection.java:106)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadFieldsAnnotation(WebAnnotationSet.java:270)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadApplicationServletAnnotations(WebAnnotationSet.java:138)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadApplicationAnnotations(WebAnnotationSet.java:70)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.applicationAnnotationsConfig(ContextConfig.java:417)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:891)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:388)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:123)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5536)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
        ... 10 more
May 10, 2021 9:52:50 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase addChildInternal
SEVERE: ContainerBase.addChild: start:
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/mis-all-1.0.0]]
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.handleSubClassException(LifecycleBase.java:440)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:198)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:1007)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:983)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:639)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:1296)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDirectory.run(HostConfig.java:2037)
        at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1152)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:622)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.VerifyError: (class: javax/servlet/GenericServlet, method: init signature: (Ljavax/servlet/ServletConfig;)V) invokedynamic bytecode is not supported in this class file version
        at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields0(Native Method)
        at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredFields(Class.java:2509)
        at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields(Class.java:1819)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.Introspection.getDeclaredFields(Introspection.java:106)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadFieldsAnnotation(WebAnnotationSet.java:270)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadApplicationServletAnnotations(WebAnnotationSet.java:138)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadApplicationAnnotations(WebAnnotationSet.java:70)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.applicationAnnotationsConfig(ContextConfig.java:417)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:891)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:388)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:123)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5536)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
        ... 10 more
.......
May 10, 2021 9:52:50 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
SEVERE: Error deploying web application directory [/path/of/web/application]
java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild: start: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/mis-all-1.0.0]]
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:1011)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:983)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:639)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:1296)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDirectory.run(HostConfig.java:2037)
        at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1152)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:622)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
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