---
title: Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry Java release notes
description: Release notes for Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry Java.
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/release-notes/edot/sdks/java
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless
  - Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry Java
  - Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry SDK
  - Elastic Observability
applies_to:
  - Serverless Observability projects: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry Java release notes
Review the changes, fixes, and more in each version of Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry Java.
To check for security updates, go to [Security announcements for the Elastic stack](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/announcements/security-announcements/31).

## 1.9.0

**Release date:** February 9, 2026

### Breaking changes

- univeral profiling is disabled by default #958


## 1.8.0

**Release date:** December 9, 2025

### Features and enhancements

- Enable indy delegation by default - [#899](https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-java/pull/899)


## 1.7.0

**Release date:** November 5, 2025

### Features and enhancements

- Inferred spans can now be disabled and re-enabled via central config - [#838](https://github.com/elastic/elastic-otel-java/pull/838)
- The agent config is now logged on startup, use option elastic.otel.java.experimental.configuration.logging.enabled (default true) to disable if needed - [835](https://github.com/elastic/elastic-otel-java/pull/835)
- add header support for OpAMP integration [#848](https://github.com/elastic/elastic-otel-java/pull/848)

This release is based on the following upstream versions:
- opentelemetry-javaagent: [2.21.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/releases/tag/v2.21.0)
- opentelemetry-sdk: [1.55.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/releases/tag/v1.55.0)
- opentelemetry-semconv: [1.37.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions-java/releases/tag/v1.37.0)
- opentelemetry-java-contrib: [1.50.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib/releases/tag/v1.50.0)


## 1.6.0

**Release date:** October 6, 2025

### Features and enhancements

- Add support for dynamic configuration options for 9.2 #818
- Switch upstream Opamp client #789


### Breaking changes

- Switch to upstream instrumentation of openai by default #763

This release is based on the following upstream versions:
- opentelemetry-javaagent: [2.20.1](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/releases/tag/v2.20.1)
- opentelemetry-sdk: [1.54.1](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/releases/tag/v1.54.1)
- opentelemetry-semconv: [1.37.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions-java/releases/tag/v1.37.0)
- opentelemetry-java-contrib: [1.49.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib/releases/tag/v1.49.0)


## 1.5.0


### Features and enhancements

- Add support of `elastic.otel.verify.server.cert` config option to disable server certificate validation - #726
- tech preview release of central configuration support for dynamically changing instrumentation and sending, using OpAMP protocol

This release is based on the following upstream versions:
- opentelemetry-javaagent: [2.17.1](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/releases/tag/v2.17.1)
- opentelemetry-sdk: [1.51.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/releases/tag/v1.51.0)
- opentelemetry-semconv: [1.34.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions-java/releases/tag/v1.34.0)
- opentelemetry-java-contrib: [1.46.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib/releases/tag/v1.46.0)


## 1.4.1


### Fixes

- Fixed `otel.exporter.otlp.metrics.temporality.preference` config option having no effect.

This release is based on the following upstream versions:
- opentelemetry-javaagent: [2.15.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/releases/tag/v2.15.0).
- opentelemetry-sdk: [1.49.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/releases/tag/v1.49.0).
- opentelemetry-semconv: [1.32.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions-java/releases/tag/v1.32.0).
- opentelemetry-java-contrib: [1.45.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib/releases/tag/v1.45.0).


## 1.4.0


### Features and enhancements

- Switched the default of `otel.exporter.otlp.metrics.temporality.preference` from `CUMULATIVE` to `DELTA` to improve dashboarding experience with Kibana. If you want to restore the previous behaviour, you can manually override `otel.exporter.otlp.metrics.temporality.preference` to `CUMULATIVE` via JVM-properties or environment variables.
- Set elastic-specific User-Agent header for OTLP exporters.
- Added support for openAI client 1.1+, drop support for older versions.
- Enabled Azure resource provider by default with `otel.resource.providers.azure.enabled` = `true`.

This release is based on the following upstream versions:
- opentelemetry-javaagent: [2.15.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/releases/tag/v2.15.0).
- opentelemetry-sdk: [1.49.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/releases/tag/v1.49.0).
- opentelemetry-semconv: [1.32.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions-java/releases/tag/v1.32.0).
- opentelemetry-java-contrib: [1.45.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib/releases/tag/v1.45.0).


## 1.3.0


### Features and enhancements

- Added support for OpenAI client 0.14 to 0.31.
- Added support for OpenAI developer messages and raise minimum supported version to 0.8.0.

This release is based on the following upstream versions:
- opentelemetry-javaagent: [2.13.3](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/releases/tag/v2.13.3).
- opentelemetry-sdk: [1.47.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/releases/tag/v1.47.0).
- opentelemetry-semconv: [1.30.0-rc.1](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions-java/releases/tag/v1.30.0-rc.1).
- opentelemetry-java-contrib: [1.44.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib/releases/tag/v1.44.0).


## 1.2.1


### Features and enhancements

- Added support for OpenAI client 0.13.0.

This release is based on the following upstream versions:
- opentelemetry-javaagent: [2.12.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/releases/tag/v2.12.0).
- opentelemetry-sdk: [1.46.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/releases/tag/v1.46.0).
- opentelemetry-semconv: [1.29.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions-java/releases/tag/v1.29.0).
- opentelemetry-java-contrib: [1.42.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib/releases/tag/v1.42.0).


## 1.2.0


### Features and enhancements

- Added dynamically disabled instrumentation capability.
- Added disable all instrumentations option.
- Added stop-sending option.
- Added OpenAI client instrumentation.

This release is based on the following upstream versions:
- opentelemetry-javaagent: [2.12.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/releases/tag/v2.12.0).
- opentelemetry-sdk: [1.46.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/releases/tag/v1.46.0)
- opentelemetry-semconv: [1.29.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions-java/releases/tag/v1.29.0).
- opentelemetry-java-contrib: [1.42.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib/releases/tag/v1.42.0).


## 1.1.0


### Fixes

- Fixed missing transitive dependencies when using universal profiling integration standalone.

This release is based on the following upstream versions:
- opentelemetry-javaagent: [2.10.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/releases/tag/v2.10.0).
- opentelemetry-sdk: [1.44.1](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/releases/tag/v1.44.1).
- opentelemetry-semconv: [1.28.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions-java/releases/tag/v1.28.0).
- opentelemetry-java-contrib: [1.40.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib/releases/tag/v1.40.0).


## 1.0.0

General Availability release.