newrelic / newrelic/newrelic-java-agent
Flip which Kafka metrics module(s) is enabled by default
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Since Oct 16, 2025.
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Description
The original kafka metrics module (kafka-clients-metrics) did not account for nodes. We added kafka-clients-node-metrics to account for this, but in order to not break existing customers we disabled that new module by default, and it needs to be manually enabled.
In our next break-change release we should consider swapping which module(s) are enabled and disabled.
Definition of Done:
- Compare the performance of these two options
- Compare the diff of data ingest between these two configs.
- Review the test results
- Implement the changes in breaking changes branch.
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