# Elastic APM java agent (production version?) **URL:** \ **Category:** APM\ **Created:** [November 5, 2018, 11:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-java-agent-production-version/155387 "2018-11-05T11:12:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oliver\_Joggerst](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/oliver_joggerst/32/81599_2.png) [@Oliver\_Joggerst](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Oliver_Joggerst)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 11:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-java-agent-production-version/155387/1 "2018-11-05T11:12:05Z")
Hello, we have been installing the Elastic APM server and java agents to our development environment and it seems working great. I just have a small question about the roadmap of the elastic-java-agent. How far is the tool from the first release version, so that we could use it also in production? Br oliver ---
**Author:** ![felixbarny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/felixbarny/32/27341_2.png) [@felixbarny](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/felixbarny)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-java-agent-production-version/155387/2 "2018-11-05T13:28:02Z")
I can't promise exact dates but we are really close to releasing a production ready version. We will most likely release a release candidate within the next few days. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-java-agent-production-version/155387/3 "2018-11-26T09:28:03Z")
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