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title: New Python agent features
source: https://docs.newrelic.com/whats-new/2021/01/new-python-agent-features
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**Httpx instrumentation:** Python agent now automatically instruments external web requests made with the HTTPX client module.

**Django ASGI instrumentation:** Django’s ASGI mode is also supported through automatic instrumentation.

![Screenshot showing the UI tab "trace details" with Django ASGI information.](https://docs.newrelic.com/images/python-httpx.webp "python-httpx.webp")