Important
The end-of-life date for this agent version is July 29, 2019. To update to the latest agent version, see Update the agent. For more information, see End-of-life policy.
Notes
This release of the Python agent is a hotfix release to prevent proxy credentials set in the agent configuration file from being transmitted to New Relic.
The agent can be installed using easy_install/pip/distribute via the Python Package Index or can be downloaded directly from our download site.
For a list of known issues with the Python agent see Status of the Python agent.
Bug fixes
- Previously, the agent stripped the
proxy_user
andproxy_pass
settings when it transmitted configuration settings to New Relic, so as not to expose credentials. However, theproxy_host
setting was transmitted unaltered, even if it was a URI containing a username and/or password. With this release, proxy usernames and passwords specified in a URI in theproxy_host
setting are obfuscated before being transmitted. In addition, theproxy_user
andproxy_pass
settings are obfuscated, and are also transmitted.